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A Study on Reaction Rate of Solid SCR for NOx Reduction of Exhaust Emissions in Diesel Engine

디젤엔진 배출가스 질소산화물 저감을 위한 Solid SCR의 반응률에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Hoyeol (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Hannam University) ;
  • Yoon, Cheon Seog (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hannam University) ;
  • Kim, Hongsuk (Engine Research Center, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
  • 이호열 (한남대학교 대학원 기계공학과) ;
  • 윤천석 (한남대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 김홍석 (한국기계연구원 그린동력연구실)
  • Received : 2013.04.22
  • Accepted : 2013.06.06
  • Published : 2013.11.01
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Abstract

Liquid urea based SCR has been used in the market to reduce NOx in the exhaust emission of the diesel engine vehicle. This system has several problems at low temperature, which are freezing below $-12^{\circ}C$, solid deposit formation in the exhaust, and difficulties in dosing system at exhaust temperature below $200^{\circ}C$. Also, it is required complicated exhaust packaging equipment and mixer due to supply uniform ammonia concentration. In order to solve these issues, solid urea, ammonium carbonate, and ammonium carbamate are selected as ammonia sources for the application of solid SCR. In this paper, basic research on reaction rate of three ammonia-transporting materials was performed. TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) and DTA (Differential Thermal Analysis) tests for these materials are carried out for various heating conditions. From the results, chemical kinetic parameters such as activation energy and frequency factor are obtained from the Arrhenius plot. Additionally, from test results of DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter) for these materials, chemical kinetic parameters using the Kissinger method are calculated. Activation energies of solid SCR from this experiment are compared with proper data of literature study, then obtained data of this experiment are used for the design of reactor and dosing system for candidate vehicle.

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