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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1991
Energy and Environmental Research Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for reducing NO.sub.x emissions from stationary combustion systems having variable flue gas temperatures are disclosed. Use of an annonium salt of an organic acid enlarges the temperature window for effective selective noncatalytic NO.sub.x reduction thereby accounting for variable flue gas temperatures. Currently preferred ammonium salts of organic acids include ammonium formate, ammonium acetate, and ammonium oxalate. Mixtures of urea and either an ammonium salt of an organic acid or a metallic salt of an organic acid provide an even greater temperature window for NO.sub.x reduction. Currently preferred metallic salts of organic acids include Ca(COOH).sub.2, Ca(CH.sub.3 COO).sub.2, Ca(C.sub.2 H.sub.5 COO).sub.2, Mg(COOH).sub.2, Mg(CH.sub.3 COO).sub.2, and Mg(C.sub.2 H.sub.5 COO).sub.2.