NO{sub x} removal in jet-engine exhaust: Proposed non-thermal plasma systems and economic considerations
Incentives for implementing new pollution-control technologies are both regulatory and economic. Given considerable regulatory pressure, e.g., the promulgation of a NESHAPS (National Emissions Standard for hazardous Air Pollutants ) for NO{sub x} emissions in CY 2000, new de-NO{sub x} technologies are being explored. One major reason for this is that conventional de-NO{sub x} methods (like wet scrubbers plus Selective Catalytic Reduction - SCR) will not work effectively for the low NO concentrations (e.g., <50 ppm), high exhaust-gas flow rates ({approximately} 10{sup 6}Nm{sup 3}/h), and low gas temperatures (near ambient) characteristic of Jet Engine Test Cells (JETCs). The project is currently evaluating nonthermal plasma (NTP) technologies for treating jet-engine exhaust and other hazardous air pollutants. In this paper, the authors will present the initial design options for NTP reactor systems for a field-pilot demonstration on small jet engines (e.g., F107 or F112; flow rates {approximately} 10{sup 4} Nm{sup 3}/h). The field-pilot demonstration is necessary to provide further data and operating experience to more fully evaluate economic and performance projections for NTP de-NO{sub x} technology and to design larger systems with confidence. They are presently considering five candidate NTP reactor systems: pulsed corona, dielectric barrier (silent discharge), hybrid NTP reactor-adsorber, plasma-catalytic hybrid, and corona radical shower. Because of the cost and logistics of using an electron-beam NTP reactor (for which some economic data will be given), they have limited the candidate systems to those based on electric-discharge-driven NTP reactors. This paper will discuss the exhaust stream to be addressed, the test setup, candidate reactor systems, and projected operating parameters and specifications for the field-pilot units--as well as initial cost comparisons of three NTP-based de-NO{sub x} systems with two SCR-based systems based on published small scale test results and the bench-scale experiments.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20067612
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1999 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Monterey, CA (US), 06/20/1999--06/24/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: The 26th IEEE international conference on plasma science, 342 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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