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Kinetics of nitric oxide oxidation

Kinga Skalska, Jacek S. Miller, and Stanisław Ledakowicz

Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Lodz, Wolczanska 213/215, 90-924 Lodz, Poland

E-mail: kiniaska@wp.pl

Received: 4 May 2009  Revised: 31 July 2009  Accepted: 11 August 2009

Abstract: Nitrogen oxides are nowadays a subject of global concern. Several types of nitrogen oxides exist in the environment: N₂O, NO, NO₂, N₂O₃, N₂O₄, N₂O₅. The abbreviation NO _x usually relates to nitric oxide NO, nitrogen dioxide NO₂, and nitrous oxide N₂O. The first two are harmful pollutants for both environment and human health, whereas the third is one of the greenhouse gases. Implementation of stringent NO _x emission regulations requires the development of new NO _x removal technologies from exhaust gases. One of many proposals for NO _x emission reduction is the application of an oxidizing agent which would transform NO _x to higher nitrogen oxides with higher solubility in water. The main objective of the paper was to present the rate constant of nitric oxide oxidation, determined in our studies.

Keywords: air pollution - nitrogen oxides - kinetics - oxidation

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-009-0105-8

Chemical Papers 64 (2) 269–272 (2010)