Inventors:
Desmond Radlein - Waterloo, CA
Girard Simons - Lynnfield MA
Klaus H. Oehr - Surey, CA
Joe Zhou - Vancouver, CA
Assignee:
Dynamotive Technologies Corporation - Vancouver
International Classification:
C10L 900, B01D 5356
Abstract:
A method is provided for reducing the nitrogen oxide content of a flue gas produced by the combustion of fuel by introducing a nitrogen oxide removal agent into either the nitrogen oxide contaminated flue gas or the fuel to be combusted. The nitrogen oxide removal agent is the reaction product of a carbon compound in a pyrolysis liquor and a nitrogen compound such as ammonia, ammonium hydroxide or urea. The carbon compound is selected from carboxylic acids, phenols, esters, aldehydes and ketones. The pyrolysis liquor is derived from a feed stock containing cellulose, lignin or starch.