Effect of Combustible Gas Components on SNCR Reaction with Reducing Agent in Ceramic Kiln

Selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) is a denitration method used in NOx process-control of ceramic kiln. In this study, the effect of combustion gas components (CO, H2, CH4) on NOx removal in the SNCR process was investigated, using ammonia and urea as reducing agent in a lab-scale experimental platform. The results showed that the addition of CO slightly promoted the NOx removal efficiency when ammonia was used as reducing agent, while when urea was used as reducing agent, the addition of CO inhibited the denitrification. The increase of H2 and CH4 addition ratio in the simulated flue gas reduced the de-NOx efficiency. With the same addition ratio, the effect of CH4 on the reduction of denitration efficiency was much more obvious than that of H2. When ammonia was used as reducing agent, the ammonia escape was much greater than that of urea.