Experimental Results Obtained with a Pilot Scale System to Remove Pollutants from an Incinerator Effluent

Incineration is a promising method for converting biomass and human waste into CO₂ and H₂O during extended planetary exploration. Unfortunately, it produces NO_X and other pollutants. TDA Research has developed a safe and effective process to remove NO_X from waste incinerator product gas streams. In our process, NO is catalytically oxidized to NO₂, which is then removed with a wet scrubber. In a SBIR Phase II project, TDA designed and constructed a pilot scale system, which will be used with the incinerator at NASA Ames Research Center. In this paper, we present test results obtained with our system, which clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach to NO_X control.