Modeling for plasma-enhanced catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides

In this work, we simulated the whole processes of plasma-enhanced selective catalytic reduction for nitrogen oxides removal with hydrocarbon additive. The simulation model consists of plasma simulation and catalysis simulation. First, single filamentary microdischarge in dielectric barrier discharge was calculated to evaluate the radical production yield as a function of specific input energy. Second, the chemical reaction process in the discharge reactor was simulated to find the gas reforming property by the plasma. This plasma simulation was applied to NO oxidation process in atmospheric pressure N2/O2/NO/C3H6 mixtures under various discharge conditions. Finally, the catalytic reaction process was modeled using simple mass balance equations in gas-phase and on catalyst surface. The catalytic reaction simulation was tested for the reduction of nitrogen oxides on γ-Al2O3 catalyst in N2/O2/NO/C3H6 and in N2/O2/NO2/C3H6.