Application of urea-based SNCR to a municipal incinerator: On-site test and CFD simulation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-43

  Nguyen, Thanh D B ^a   Kang, Tae Ho ^a   Lim, Young Il ^a   Eom, Won Hyeon ^b   Kim, Seong Joon ^b   Yoo, Kyung Seun ^b  

^a Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Incinerator; NOx reduction; Nonuniform droplet size; Selective non catalytic reduction (SNCR); Urea solution

Indexed keywords

INCINERATOR; NOX REDUCTION; NONUNIFORM DROPLET SIZE; SELECTIVE NON-CATALYTIC REDUCTION (SNCR); UREA SOLUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROP FORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLUE GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; METABOLISM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; SOLID WASTES; UREA; WASTE INCINERATION;

REDUCTION;

EID: 67649797492     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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