NCG Incinerator scrubber plume problems.
NCG Incinerator scrubber plume problems.
(OP)
It looks to me like SO3 formation in an NCG incinerator may depend in part on the NOx present in the furnace exhaust.
I'm looking for someone who has noticed an effect like that, maybe a lesser SO3 plume after changing to a low-NOx burner, or a change in the plume associated with a change in the amount of NH3 or other nitrogen compound in the NCG's. Could save someone installing an "end of pipe" super demister to handle the SO3 aerosol.
I'm looking for someone who has noticed an effect like that, maybe a lesser SO3 plume after changing to a low-NOx burner, or a change in the plume associated with a change in the amount of NH3 or other nitrogen compound in the NCG's. Could save someone installing an "end of pipe" super demister to handle the SO3 aerosol.





RE: NCG Incinerator scrubber plume problems.
NO2 + SO2 --> NO + SO3
British physician and inventor John Roebuck in 1746 took this reaction and is given credit for inventing the Lead Chamber process for the manufacture of sulfuric acid. The contactors were known as Guy-Lussac Towers. This was the principal means of manufacture of sulfuric acid well into the 20th century. One can therefore draw the simple conclusion that the higher the NO2 the higher the SO3.
RE: NCG Incinerator scrubber plume problems.