Projects
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| Reference Number | DTI/CC/231 | |
| Title | Development of Nitrogen Stable Isotope Ratio Measurements to Apportion Fuel and Thermal NOx in Coal Combustion | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion) 20%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Coal, Coal combustion) 80%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor C (Colin ) Snape No email address given Chemical and Environmental Engineering University of Nottingham |
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| Award Type | 3 | |
| Funding Source | DTI | |
| Start Date | 01 March 2001 | |
| End Date | 01 February 2003 | |
| Duration | 23 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £110,000 | |
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| Region | East Midlands | |
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| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor C (Colin ) Snape , Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham (99.997%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , E.ON UK (formerly PowerGen) (0.001%) Project Contact , Babcock International Group plc (0.001%) Project Contact , Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | The main aim of the project was to develop a nitrogen-stable isotope measurement technique for NOx and to ascertain whether it can be used to determine the relative contributions of fuel and thermal NOx during coal combustion. The specific objectives were to:
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| Abstract | Suitable substrates for adsorbing sufficiently high concentrations of NOx from flue gas streams to facilitate the reliable measurement of the nitrogen stable isotope ratios were developed, the substrates encompassing both manganese oxide supported on zirconia (MnOy-ZrO2) and iron supported on active carbon (Fe/AC). Nitrogen stable isotope measurements were conducted on a number of thermal/prompt (diesel) and actual (coal) PF NO samples collected fromthe 1 MW test facility at Powergen and fuel NOx samples from the fluidised-bed (FB) combustor at the Caledonian paper mill in Ayrshire, together with measurements on a range of pyrolysis and combustion chars obtained from a drop-tube reactor. The nitrogen stable isotope ratios ( 15N) of the thermal/prompt NO samples analysed occur across a relatively narrow range with a mean below 0 (the value for atmospheric nitrogen), although reliable backgroundcorrect ions could not be applied at this stage. | |
| Data | No related datasets |
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| Projects | No related projects |
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| Publications | Development of Stable Isotopic Ratio Measurement - Apportioning of Fuel and Thermal NOx. Nitrogen Isotope Ratio Measurements Apportioning Of Fuel And Thermal Nox: Project Summary |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
