Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia (May 2013)

Effect of heating method on NO<sub>x</sub> decomposition on H<sub>3</sub>PW<sub>12</sub>O<sub>40</sub>•6H<sub>2</sub>O

  • R. Wang,
  • L. Cheng,
  • X. Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v27i2.13
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 2
pp. 281 – 287

Abstract

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The thermal decomposition of nitrogen oxides (NOx) on phosphotungstic acid (H3PW12O40·6H2O or HPW) by two different heating methods is compared. Infra-red (IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements are conducted to investigate the decomposition mechanism. Both heating methods, i.e. heating from 30 °C to 450 °C at a rate of 150 °C/min (“rapid heating”) and heating at a constant temperature of 450 °C (“constant-temperature heating”) lead to an actual, considerably high heating rate. Compared with rapid heating, however, constant-temperature heating results in enhanced N2 conversion (21.8%). Furthermore, the catalyst can be reused after decomposition at constant-temperature heating, while its performance quickly degrades after decomposition via rapid heating.

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