Control of NOx Pollution

In Automobiles
Catalytic Converter

In Power Plants
Fuel is fired at high T with sub-stoichiometric
amount of air (Yield of NO is limited)
Fuel is burnt out at low T in excess air (NO is not
formed)

NOx Removal from Stack Gas -
Scrubbing Process
Introduce flue gas & NO
2
into an Oxidiser
NO
2
+ NO N
2
O
3
NO
2
+ SO
2
+ H
2
O H
2
SO
4
+ NO

Scrub N
2
O
3
by H
2
SO
4
in a Scrubber & Release
cleaned flue gas into the atmosphere
N
2
O
3
+ 2H
2
SO
4
2NOHSO
4
+ H
2
O
NOx Removal from Stack Gas -
Scrubbing Process..
Decompose NOHSO
4
in a Decomposer &
Recycle resulting H
2
SO
4
to scrubber
2NOHSO
4
+ O
2
+ H
2
O 2H
2
SO
4
+ 2NO
2

Produce HNO
3
using NO
2
3NO
2
+ H
2
O 2HNO
3
+ NO

Recirculate excess NO
2
and NO via oxidiser

Analysis of NO
x

Chemiluminescence
Spectrophotometry
Chemiluminescene Detector