Development of Non-Thermal Plasma Reactor Technology for Control of Atmospheric Emissions: Interim Technical Report for SERDP Project CP-1038 (1998)

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Subject Categories: PLASMA PHYSICS AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL
Corporate Author: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB NM
Title: Development of Non-Thermal Plasma Reactor Technology for Control of Atmospheric Emissions: Interim Technical Report for SERDP Project CP-1038 (1998)
Descriptive Note: Project rept.
Personal Authors: Rosocha, Louis A.; Miziolek, Andrzej W.; Huie, Robert E.; Change, J. -S.; Herron, John T.
Report Date: 01 DEC 1998
Pages: 11 PAGES
Report Number: LA-UR-98-5553
Monitor Acronym: XD
Monitor Series: SERDP
Descriptors: *NITROGEN OXIDES, *EMISSION CONTROL, AIR POLLUTION, PLASMAS(PHYSICS), REGULATIONS, JET ENGINE EXHAUST.
Identifiers: *NONTHERMAL PLASMA REACTORS, SERDP COLLECTION, SERDP(STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM), HAP(HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT), VOC(VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND), JET ENGINE TEST CELLS, CRUISE MISSILE TEST CELLS, TINKER AIR FORCE BASE(OKLAHOMA)
Abstract: Incentives for implementing new pollution-control technologies for oxides of nitrogen (NO) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), are both regulatory and economic. Of immediate concern, given considerable regulatory pressure, e.g., the promulgation of a NESHAPS for NOx emissions in CY 2000, new de-NOx technologies are necessarily being explored. This project is currently emphasizing evaluations of non-thermal plasma (NTP) technologies for treating jet-engine exhaust and other HAPs. This report will summarize our technical progress for calendar year 1998; considerable further details of our work are contained in the reports and papers cited in the appendix. The literature on NTP de-NOx has been reviewed, laboratory measurements and modeling studies on NTP-initiated NOx removal have been carried out, adsorber performance for NOx removal aimed at hybrid systems have also been done, and scaling and optimization relationships and algorithms have been developed. We have completed cost analyses and economic assessments for various NTP reactor systems compared to conventional selective catalytic reduction (SCR) - wet scrubber technology and find that NTP technology is cost- competitive for jet-engine exhaust de-NOx. We are now at the point where initial design options for NTP reactor systems for a field-pilot demo on CMTC exhaust at Tinker AFB (currently scheduled for September, 1999) have been completed.
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Source Code: 211350
Citation Creation Date: 02 JUN 1999