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Corona treatment for NOx reduction from stationary diesel engine exhaust: Impact of nature of energization and exhaust composition

Srinivasan, AD and Rajanikanth, BS and Mohapatro, Sankarsan (2009) Corona treatment for NOx reduction from stationary diesel engine exhaust: Impact of nature of energization and exhaust composition. In: Electrostatics joint conference, June 2009, Boston.

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Abstract

A detailed study on the removal of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from the exhaust of a stationary diesel engine was carried out using non-thermal plasma (dielectric barrier discharge) process. The objective of the study was to explore the effect of different voltage energizations and exhaust composition on the NOx removal process. Three types of voltage energizations, namely AC, DC and Pulse were examined. Due to the ease of generation of high voltage AC/DC electrical discharges from automobile/Vehicular battery supply for possible retrofitting in exhaust cleaning circuit, it was found relevant to investigate individual energisation cases in detail for NOx removal. AC and Pulse energisations exhibit a superior NOx removal efficiency compared to DC energisation. However,Pulse energisation is found to be more energy efficient. Experiments were further carried out with filtered/ unfiltered (raw) exhaust under pulse energisations. The results were discussed with regard to NOx removal, energy consumption and formation of by-products.

Item Type: Conference Paper
Keywords: Non–thermal plasma;Pulse;AC and DC electrical discharge plasma;Filtered/Unfiltered Diesel engine exhaust;NOx removal;by-products.
Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Engineering
Date Deposited: 30 Mar 2012 07:45
Last Modified: 30 Mar 2012 07:45
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/44150

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