Book Description
The most advanced and proven technology for NO(subscript x) control for stationary sources is Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR). In SCR, NO(subscript x) is reduced by NH3 to N2 and H2O. The commercial catalysts are based on V2O5/TiO2, and the vanadium-based catalysts are patented by the Japanese (Mitsubishi). However, there are three main advantages for the vanadium-based SCR catalyst: (a) a tendency to be poisoned in the flue gas; (b) oxidation of SO2 to SO3 by V2O5, this is a particularly severe problem due to the higher sulfur content of American coals compared with coals used in Japan (from Australia) and in Europe; (c) environmental problems involved in the disposal of the spent catalyst (due to the toxicity of vanadium). In order to overcome these problems, in addition to the undesirable dominance by the Japanese patent position, the authors have studied in this project a new type of catalyst for the SCR reaction; namely, pillared clays, which have adjustable, unique structures and acidity. Three types of catalysts were developed and tested for this reaction, i.e. Fe2O3-pillared clays, delaminated Fe2O3-pillared clays, and ion-exchanged pillared clays. The project was divided into sixteen tasks, and will be reported as such.