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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 8/00 ; B01D 5/356 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 8/00 ; B01D 5/356 ;
Abstract
The apparatus comprises a NO reducing unit, a duct to receive a flue gas stream from said NO and reducing unit, and an activation source associated with the duct. In use, the activation source applies energy to the flue gas stream to facilitate the removal of contaminants from the flue gas stream. Further, the method comprises providing an activation source is downstream of a NO reducing unit. The activation source is then activated to facilitate the removal of contaminants from the flue gas stream.