Module 7: Combustion and Environment
  Lecture 38: Species Emission and Its Corrected Value
 


SOx Emission and Its Control

  • Sulphur is relatively inert and harmless to human beings.
  • Oxides of sulphur poses serious environmental problem.
  • Sulphur oxides are corrosive in nature.
  • Organic fuels such as coal, oil, wood, etc contain some sulphur.
  • SO is a highly reactive radical and its life time is few milliseconds.
  • Under fuel rich conditions, in addition to sulphur oxides, hydrogen sulphide, carbonyl sulphide, and elemental sulphur are formed.
  • Understanding of the mechanism of sulphur oxides have not evolved to a maturity level.
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