공업화학 (Applied Chemistry for Engineering)

  • 제29권1호
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  • Pages.103-111
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  • 2018
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  • 1225-0112(pISSN)
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  • 2288-4505(eISSN)
한국공업화학회 (The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry)
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플라즈마-탄화수소 선택적 촉매환원공정을 이용한 질소산화물 저감 연구

Conversion of NOx by Plasma-hydrocarbon Selective Catalytic Reduction Process

  • 조진오 (제주대학교 생명화학공학과) ;
  • 목영선 (제주대학교 생명화학공학과)
  • Jo, Jin-Oh (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University) ;
  • Mok, Young Sun (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University)
  • 투고 : 2017.12.02
  • 심사 : 2017.12.23
  • 발행 : 2018.02.10
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초록

본 연구에서는 온도가 큰 폭으로 변화하는 배기가스에 대응하기 위하여 플라즈마 촉매 공정을 이용하여 넓은 온도범위($150{\sim}500^{\circ}C$)에서 질소산화물($NO_x$)의 전환효율을 향상시키고자 하였다. 촉매 자체의 활성이 높은 고온에서는 $NO_x$저감이 효과적으로 일어나므로 고온 영역에서는 플라즈마 발생을 중지한 채 운전하고, 저온영역에서는 촉매상에 플라즈마를 발생시켜 $NO_x$ 전환효율을 증가시켰다. 촉매의 종류, 반응온도, 환원제(n-헵테인)의 농도 및 에너지 밀도의 변화가 $NO_x$ 전환효율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 다양한 촉매를 비교분석한 결과, 고온에서 촉매에 의한 $NO_x$ 전환효율은 $Ag-Zn/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ 촉매의 경우가 90% 이상으로 가장 우수하였다. 저온 영역에서는 탄화수소 선택적 환원 공정에 의해 $NO_x$가 거의 제거되지 않았으나, 플라즈마를 촉매상에서 발생시킬 경우 약 90%의 높은 $NO_x$ 전환효율을 나타내었다. 배기가스의 온도변화에 대응하여 플라즈마를 촉매상에 생성시켜 운전할 경우 $150{\sim}500^{\circ}C$에서 $NO_x$ 전환효율을 높게 유지할 수 있다.

A plasma-catalytic combined process was used as an attempt to improve the conversion efficiency of nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$) over a wide temperature range ($150{\sim}500^{\circ}C$) to cope with the exhaust gas whose temperature varies greatly. Since the catalytic $NO_x$ reduction is effective at high temperatures where the activity of the catalyst itself is high, the $NO_x$ reduction was carried out without plasma generation in the high temperature region. On the other hand, in the low temperature region, the plasma was created in the catalyst bed to make up for the decreased catalytic activity, thereby increasing the $NO_x$ conversion efficiency. Effects of the types of catalysts, the reaction temperature, the concentration of the reducing agent (n-heptane), and the energy density on $NO_x$ conversion efficiency were examined. As a result of comparative analysis of various catalysts, the catalytic $NO_x$ conversion efficiency in the high temperature region was the highest in the case of the $Ag-Zn/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ catalyst of more than 90%. In the low temperature region, $NO_x$ was hardly removed by the hydrocarbon selective reduction process, but when the plasma was generated in the catalyst bed, the $NO_x$ conversion sharply increased to about 90%. The $NO_x$ conversion can be maintained high at temperatures of $150{\sim}500^{\circ}C$ by the combination of plasma in accordance with the temperature change of the exhaust gas.

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