METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF FLUE GAS NOX

摘要

Described herein are a method and a reactor for reducing NOx contained in a gaseous emission stream. The method and the reactor both utilize an adsorption region in which NOx is adsorbed by either a catalyst material or a non-catalytic adsorbent material and a reduction region in which the adsorbed NOx is catalytically reduced by a hydrocarbon stream. Concentrations of components that inhibit catalytic NOx reduction, such as water vapour, oxygen, and sulphur dioxide, are lower in the reduction region than in the adsorption region. By adsorbing NOx in the adsorption region of the reactor and reducing NOx in the reduction region of the reactor, the reactor and method described herein allow for the efficient reduction of NOx from the emission stream even when the emission stream has a relatively high concentration of components that can inhibit efficient NOx reduction.