[Kinetic mechanism and characteristics researches for hydrazine-based NOx removal at moderate to high temperatures]

The kinetic mechanism of NOx reduction with hydrazine hydrate in selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) process was studied and verified by the experimental results, the dominant radicals and reactions were confirmed through sensitivity analysis and key parameters in SNCR process have been obtained. The results of numerical simulation based on the proposed mechanism showed that the effective temperatures for SNCR de-NOx process were bimodal distribution with the optimum temperatures being 650 degrees C and 975 degrees C respectively and the lower temperature window fell in the range of 597-747 degrees C; while the experimental results proved the bimodal distribution of effective temperature with peak values being 653 degrees C and 968 degrees C respectively and the lower temperature window was within the range of 587-707 degrees C for hydrazine-based SNCR process, Simulation results and experimental results matched well with respect to reaction behaviors versus temperature. Through sensitivity analysis it had been found that the most effective reaction to reduce NO was the decomposition reaction of N2H4 to NH2 and the most helpful radical was NH2. Compared to ammonia the temperature window of hydrazine-based SNCR process on the lower temperature side is more flexible for application. Decreased O2 concentration would move the temperature window to the right side, which was contrary to that of ammonia; while increased n(N2H4)/n(NO) moved the temperature window to the left side and NO, reduction efficiency was also improved. All of these results showed that hydrazine has lower temperature window than those traditional de-NOx reagents and it will be widely used in application of SNCR as a potential reductant for NOx reduction.