Apparatus and method for the selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) of NOx in industrial cement production plants
AssigneeEcospray Technologies S.r.l.
InventorMaurizio Archetti
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) of NOx in industrial cement production plants. In particular, the method according to the present invention provides for the atomization of an aqueous solution containing the reagent by introducing it into the gas to be treated that is at a high temperature, thus achieving the simultaneous and immediate evaporation of the water and gasification of the reagent. Thanks to this method, there is achieved improved performance of the non-catalytic reduction process of NOx while using the same reagent or, specularly, the same performance with a lesser amount of reagent being required, with consequent reduction of the costs.
Claims12
A method for the selective non-catalytic reduction SNCR of NOx of process gas in industrial cement production systems, comprising the following steps:
- tapping a flow (Q) of gas to be treated from any point of the cement production system in which said gas has a temperature comprised between 180° C. and 800° C.;
- conveying said flow (Q) of gas to a filtering element adapted to separate possible solid particles from the gaseous current;
- conveying the clean gas let out from said filtering element to a reactor in which the reactant in form of aqueous solution is injected;
- atomizing aqueous solution containing the reactant introducing into the gas to be treated, thus obtaining the simultaneous, immediate evaporation of water and gasification of the reactant;
- reintroducing the flow (Q1) of gas containing the reactant also in gaseous state into a preheater into a zone with gas temperature comprised between 750 and 1100° C.
An apparatus for the selective non-catalytic reduction SNCR of NOx in cement production industrial systems, comprising a suction line of the gases to be treated connectable to the hot gas exhaust pipe of a preheater of a cement production system and adapted to tap a flow (Q) of said hot combustion gases, and further comprising a filtering element adapted to separate from said flow (q) the gaseous phase (Q1) cleaned from the solid particles, a return line for reintroducing in said solid particles into said preheater, a reactor for injecting reactant in aqueous solution in said flow (Q1) of clean gas, a return line connectable to said preheater at a reintroduction point for reintroducing said flow (Q1) of clean gas containing reactant in gaseous state into said preheater.
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