Removal kinetics for gaseous NO and SO2 by an aqueous NaClO2 solution mist in a wet electrostatic precipitator

Removal kinetics for NO and SO2 by NaClO2 solution mist were investigated in a wet electrostatic precipitator. By varying the molar concentrations of NO, SO2, and NaClO2, the removal rates of NO and SO2 confirmed to range from 34.8 to 72.9 mmol/m(3) s and 36.6 to 84.7 mmol/m(3) s, respectively, at a fixed gas residence time of 0.25 s. The rate coefficients of NO and SO2 were calculated to be 0.679 (mmol/m(3))-0.33 s(-1) and 1.401 (mmol/m(3))(-0.1) s(-1) based on the rates of the individual removal of NO and SO2. Simultaneous removal of NO and SO2 investigated after the evaluation of removal rates for their individual treatment was performed. At a short gas residence time, SO2 gas removed more quickly by a mist of NaClO2 solution than NO gas in simultaneous removal experiments. This is because SO2 gas, which has a relatively high solubility in solution, was absorbed more rapidly at the gas- liquid interface than NO gas. NO and SO2 gases were absorbed as nitrite (NO2-) and sulfite (HSO3-) ions, respectively, by the NaClO2 solution mist at the gas-liquid interface. Then, NO2- and HSO3- were oxidized to nitrate (NO3-) and sulfate (SO42-), respectively, by reactions with ClO-(2), ClO2, HClO, and ClO in the liquid phase.