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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Mandar R. Gadgil, Akron, OH (US);
S. Behrooz Ghorishi, Uniontown, OH (US);
Mandar R. Gadgil, Akron, OH (US);
S. Behrooz Ghorishi, Uniontown, OH (US);
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc., Barberton, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the field of emission control equipment for boilers, heaters, kilns, or other flue gas-, or combustion gas-, generating devices (e.g., those located at power plants, processing plants, etc.) and, in particular to a new and useful method and apparatus for reducing or preventing the poisoning and/or contamination of an SCR catalyst. In another embodiment, the method and apparatus of the present invention is designed to protect the SCR catalyst. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for increasing the service life and/or catalytic activity of an SCR catalyst while simultaneously controlling various emissions.