Multi-state gaseous pollutant destruction apparatus and method
US5836154A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D53/32
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A corona discharge pollutant destruction system has two or more corona discharge reactors in series, with each stage optimized for either oxidation of hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) or reduction of nitrogen oxides (NO.sub.x). The reactors may be arranged with initial oxidation stages followed by reduction stages. Alternatively, the oxidation and reduction reactors may be arranged in alternate stages, with each oxidation reactor followed by a reduction reactor. The treatment of different pollutants by different reactors is achieved by supplying the different reactors with different power levels.
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