NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR CONTROLLING NOX FROM INCINERATORS AND JET ENGINES

A NEW NONCATALYTIC CHEMICAL REACTION IS DISCLOSED WHICH PERMITS THE RAPID QUANTITATIVE CONVERSION OF NO TO NO(2). SINCE NO(2), UNLIKE NO, IS A STRONGLY ACIDIC GAS, THIS REACTION WILL ALLOW THE REMOVAL OF NO(X) FROM EXHAUST GASES EITHER BY USING WET SCRUBBERS OR BY INJECTING BASIC SORBENT AS A DRY POWDER INTO THE EXHAUST GAS. COMBINING THIS NONCATALYTIC REACTION WITH AN ACID GAS REMOVAL SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE A VERY COST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF NO(X) CONTROL WHICH COULD BE APPLICABLE TO UNITS WITH EITHER WET SCRUBBERS OR PARTICULATE CONTROL SYSTEMS. HENCE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE PARTICULARLY WELL SUITED TO THE AIR FORCE'S NEED TO CONTROL NO(X) EMISSIONS FROM INCINERATORS AND JET ENGINE TEST CELLS.