Removal of NOx by Cement Raw Meal and Biochar Admixture

Abstract

Many studies have indicated that carbon can be reduced to nitric oxide. This paper reports an experimental study of NO reduction by mixed materials of biochar or active carbon with cement raw meal. The proportion of mixed materials was 95 wt.% cement raw meal and 5 wt.% biochar or active carbon. A mixture loading amount and gas flow rate study quantifying the effect of carbon amount and gas residence on the reduction of nitric oxide was carried out. The experiment was performed in a fixed bed reactor at the temperature of 800°C, with O2 concentration of 1%. The inlet NO concentration was 1000 ppm. The characterization of structure and properties of biochar and active carbon was conducted by SEM-EDS, BET. The results show that different carbon materials have different NO reduction effect. The NO conversion rate increases with the increase of the amount of mixture loading. This method of removing NO is practically feasible.