Photo-catalytic Control Technologies of Flue Gas Pollutants

This book introduces the theory and applications of nanometer photocatalysis, and it briefly presents the concept of photocatalysts, photocatalytic reaction mechanisms and kinetics, and photocatalytic reactor design. In addition, the use of photocatalysis in the control of flue-gas pollutants is discussed in detail.

The book also describes how a photocatalytic reactor is designed and implemented to evaluate the photocatalytic oxidation capacity of different photocatalysts on elemental mercury in a simulated flue gas. After that, the effect of photocatalysts on the SO2, NOx and Hg removal in the flue gas is studied. Photocatalytic cleaning technology can be applied not only in gas pollutant cleaning at power plants, but also in wastewater purification.

Readers gain a comprehensive understanding of possible mercury emission control methods and the industrial applications of these technologies.

Jiang Wu is the vice dean, the school of energy and environmental engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power. He has worked in the field of pollution emission controls for nearly 20 years, and studied in the field of SO₂, NO_x and Hg emission measurement and controls for more than 10 years, and in the field of photo catalytic for more than 8 years. He published more than 50 journal papers and 30 proceedings.

Jianxing Ren achieved his Ph.D. degree in thermal engineering from Zhejiang University in 1993, and worked as JSPS scholar in Waseda University, Japan. He is working in the school of energy and environmental engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power. His research interests include combustion and pollution emission controls, distributed energy resources and energy system security. He has worked in the field of pollution emission controls for almost 30 years, and published more than 60 journal papers and proceedings.

Yongfeng Qi achieved his Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2009, and currently he works as an associate professor in department of thermal energy engineering, school of hydraulic energy and power engineering, Yangzhou University. His main research areas include combustion mechanisms of coal and biomass, biomass gasification, and catalyzer for selective catalytic reduction.