Abstract:
Urea as reducing agent supported on pitch-based spherical activated carbon (PSAC) was studied for NO
2 reduction at low temperatures (30~90℃). The results showed that increasing urea loading from 8% to 30% raised the reaction probabilities of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO
2 by urea, which resulted in significant increase of the SCR activity; moreover, the NO
x removal period was extended. In the temperature range of 30~90℃, high reaction temperature was unfavorable for NO
x removal on account of the decreased NO
2 adsorption on PSAC.It was found that the SCR activity was improved by increasing NO
2 or O
2 concentration in the feed gas. However, further increase in O
2 concentration above 9% made a weak contribution to the improvement of the SCR activity. Decreasing space velocity not only increased the SCR activity but also prolonged the NO
x removal period. More than 85% NO
x conversion for 49 h could be achieved over PSAC with 8% urea loading at 30℃ under the condition of 0.05% NO
2, 21% O
2 and a space velocity of 2000h
-1.