Numerical simulation of NO emission reduction in coke oven regenerator with synergistic SNCR/SCR process

Abstract

According to the temperature gradient distribution characteristics of the regenerator of the coke oven, a method of synergistic the SNCR/SCR process inside the regenerator to achieve NO emission reduction was proposed in this work. Based on the verification of SNCR and SCR models, the NH3/NO concentration field and the spatial distribution characteristics of NO in the process of SNCR, SCR, and SNCR+SCR were studied. The conclusion shows that the synergistic SNCR and SCR processes had achieved NO reduction by 64.3% and 37.1%, respectively. However, the increase in reaction temperature caused by the change of injection position resulted in a 0.4% decrease in SNCR+SCR compared to SNCR. It was also found that temperature dramatically influences the SNCR process and the reductant injection position. Limited by the structure of the regenerator and the catalyst coating area, the SCR process exhibited a low NO reduction ability. The SNCR+SCR process should focus on improving the efficiency of the SCR process.