Optimization of Internals for Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) for NO Removal

This work tried to identify the relationship between the internals of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system and mixing performance for controlling ammonia (NH3) slip. In the SCR flow section, arranging the flow-guided internals can improve the uniformity of velocity distribution but is unfavorable for the uniformity of NH3 concentration distribution. The ammonia injection grids (AIG) with four kinds of nozzle diameters (i.e., 1.0 mm, 1.5 mm, 2,0 mm, and mixed diameters) were investigated, and it was found that the AIG with mixed nozzle diameters in which A3, A4, B3, and B4 nozzles' diameters are 1.0 mm and other nozzles' diameters are 1.5 mm is the most favorable for the uniformity of NH3 concentration distribution. In the SCR reactor section, the appropriate space length between two catalyst layers, which serves as gas mixing in order to prevent maldistribution of gas concentrations into the second catalyst layer, under the investigated conditions is about 100, 1000, and 12 mm for honeycomb-like cordierite catalyst, plate-type catalysts with parallel channel arrangement, and with cross channel arrangement, respectively. Therefore, the cross channel arrangement is superior to the parallel channel arrangement in saving the SCR reactor volume.