InjectionofN-RadicalsintoDieselEngineExhaustTreatedbyPlasmaforImprovedNOxRemoval:AFeasibilityStudy

<正> Reported in this paper is a feasibility study on the injection of plasma induced N radicals for the abatement of NO and NOx present in the actual diesel exhaust. The radical laden diesel exhaust was further treated by discharge plasma in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor. N radicals were produced in a separate plasma reactor filled with BaTiO3 pellets and were then injected into the treatment zone. There was a significant improvement in the efficiency when the radicals were injected compared to that when there was no radical injection. The efficiency of NOx removal at 0 load with plasma alone was 14% whereas with the injection of N radicals it went up to 38%. The results of the experiments conducted at different loads are discussed.