Objective Preliminary results indicate that the principle of economically removing both sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides simultaneously from a single mobile-bed reactor has been established. The process involves the adsorption of toxic gases through a bed of copper based catalytic material to form copper sulphate. This is injected with ammonia which in turn catalyses the DeNOx reaction. The spent catalyst is treated with a reducing agent, returned to the top of the reactor and converted to copper oxide thereby initiating a new cycle.Further studies are under way to optimize the process, ensure that the chemical reactions involved are completely understood, and that they can be contained over long periods of operation.THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO SET UP A CATALYTIC PROCESS ABLE TO REDUCE THE SO2 AND NOX EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS TO LEVELS LOWER THAN THE LEVELS REPORTED IN THE EEC PROPOSAL FOR YEAR 1995.SO, THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES ARE:- TO IDENTIFY AND CHARACTERIZE A CATALYTIC SYSTEM ABLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVE SO2 AND NOX FROM FLUE GASES.- TO SET UP A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE REACTION AND TO PERFORM THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programme(s) FP1-BRITE - Multiannual research and development programme (EEC) in the fields of basic technological research and the applications of new technologies (BRITE), 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Università degli Studi di Bologna Address Viale del risorgimento 4 40136 Bologna Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Enichem Anic SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Piazza boldrini 1 20097 San donato milanese See on map National Institute for Higher Education-Limerick Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Plassey technological park 61 Limerick See on map SNAMPROGETTI SPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale alcide de gasperi 16 20097 San donato milanese See on map Società per lo Sviluppo Tecnologico dei Materiali Avanzati SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via sabbionara 611 40059 Medicina bologna See on map UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Place de l'universite 1 Louvain-la-neuve See on map Links Website Opens in new window
