Pyrolysis of urea and guanidinium salts to be used as ammonia precursors for selective catalytic reduction of NOx

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 564-574

  Sandoval Rangel, Ladislao ^a   Rivera De La Rosa, Javier ^a   Lucio Ortiz, Carlos J ^a   Castaldi, Marco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Guanidinium salts; NH3 production; Pyrolysis; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; SALTS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOLYSIS; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMMONIUM CARBAMATES; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; GUANIDINIUM CHLORIDES; GUANIDINIUM SALTS; PRECURSOR COMPOUNDS; SCHERRER EQUATIONS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NOX; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84930753417     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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