생활폐기물 소각장에서 발생되는 질소산화물(NOx)을 저감을 위한 요소용액 이용 선택적 무촉매 환원(SNCR: selective non-catalytic reduction) 상용화 공정에 대하여 전산유체역학(CFD: computational fluid dynamics) 모델을 개발하였고, 이 모델은 현장 실험결과로 검증되었다. 저 농도 일산화탄소와 12% 과잉공기 조건에서 요소와 질소산화물간의 7개 화학반응식과 액적의 증발과정을 포함하는 3차원 난류반응 흐름 CFD 모델은 소각로에 설치된 SNCR 공정의 유체역학 모사를 위하여 사용하였다. 본 SNCR 공정에서는 정면 노즐 1개와 측면 노즐 2개를 사용하여 2차 연소로 내에 요소용액을 공기와 함께 분사하였다. 3개의 노즐에 동일유량으로 NSR=1.8에서 요소용액과 공기를 분사할 경우, 출구온도는 현장 실험값과 모사값이 일치하며, 질소산화물 저감효율은 실험에서는 57%, CFD 모사에서는 59%를 보여주었다. 각 노즐 별 분사유량의 비율을 변화하면서 수행된 CFD 모사 결과에서는 3개의 노즐에 동일 유량을 분사하는 것보다 정면 1개 노즐에 측면노즐 유량의 2배를 분사하는 것이 약 8% 높은 질소산화물저감 효율을 보여주었다.

A computational fluid dynamics(CFD) model is developed and validated with on-site experiments for a urea-based SNCR(selective non-catalytic reduction) process to reduce the nitrogen oxides(NOx) in a municipal incinerator. The three-dimensional turbulent reacting flow CFD model having a seven global reaction mechanism under the condition of low CO concentration and 12% excess air and droplet evaporation is used for fluid dynamics simulation of the SNCR process installed in the incinerator. In this SNCR process, urea solution and atomizing air were injected into the secondary combustor, using one front nozzle and two side nozzles. The exit temperature(980 ℃) of simulation has the same value as in situ experiment one. The NOx reduction efficiencies of 57% and 59% are obtained from the experiment and CFD simulation, respectively at NSR=1.8(normalized stoichiometric ratio) for the equal flow rate ratio from the three nozzles. It is observed in the CFD simulations with varying the flowrate ratio of the three nozzles that the injection of a two times larger front nozzle flowrate than the side nozzle flowrate produces 8% higher NOx reduction efficiency than the injection of the equal ratio flowrate in each nozzle.

NOx Reduction SNCR(selective non-catalytic reduction) Urea Solution Incinerator CFD(computational fluid dynamics) Nozzle Flowrate Ratio

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