NOx Reduction by V2O5/Al2O3-SiO2 Catalyst in the Flue Gas of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator
Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) in stationary flue gas is a major contribution to air pollution and its reduction is thus of great importance. Vanadium pentoxide,V2O5 catalyst was deposited on woven stainless steel wire mesh (WSSWM) to examine NOx reduction in solid waste incinerator flue gas. The WSSWM was initially coated with an alumina/silica (Al2O3-SiO2) mixture using the dip-slurry method. Wet impregnation of the catalyst was achieved by using V2O5 precursor solutions of concentration 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 M followed by calcination process for 48 hours at 500°C. The prepared catalyst is termed as V2O5/Al2O3-SiO2. NOx reduction activity of V2O5/Al2O3-SiO2 was performed on the in-house bench scale municipal solid waste incinerator (BS-MSWI) by using cafeteria waste combustion to simulate NOx emission. The NOx conversion was evaluated based on flue gas temperature at operating air flow rate of 100, 150 and 200 ℓ/min respectively. The maximum NOx reductions of 82.1, 87.8 and 88.7% were achieved at 400°C and with an air flow rate of 200 ℓ/min for precursor catalyst concentrations of 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 M, respectively.
