Advances in Off-Gas Handling System
A special issue of Gases (ISSN 2673-5628).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 391
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Because of the climate crisis facing us today, the world is rapidly shifting to renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic and wind turbine generation. However, many parts of the world still need to rely substantially on fossil resources for power generation. Today, more than 80% of the energy demand is estimated to be supplied by natural gas, oil, and coal. Air pollutions caused by using fossil fuels are still a great threat to our society. After-treatments of gaseous pollutants such as NOx, SOx, particulate matter (PM), and other harmful trace elements have been extensively studied both in academia and industry and are now considered as well-established technology as an off-gas handling system. However, there is still plenty of room to improve the systems' applicability, flexibility, efficiency, and cost. For example, the combination with renewable sources requires making the operation of fossil-fuel-based plants more flexible, which have traditionally been operated in a steady-state way. New designs and processes are desired to cooperatively adjust with variable energy sources. More stringent requirements for pollutant control are another object of consideration.
This Special Issue aims to collect original and review articles on all aspects of research on advances of off-gas handling systems to identify the most relevant sources of air pollution and investigate new solutions for a cleaner environment.
Authors are invited to submit articles regarding new concepts and ideas for emerging off-gas handling technology for pollution control. Experiences in the field and new knowledge obtained from commercial operations are also welcomed. In this sense, submission from industry is also encouraged. Themes are not limited to the handling of traditional pollutants such as NOx, SOx, and PM from fossil fuels but are open to pollutants from biomass and alternative, synthetic fuels as well.
Dr. Hiroyuki Kamata
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emission control
- flue gas treatment
- NOx
- SOx
- particulate matters (PM)
- trace elements
- mercury
- volatile organic matters (VOC)
- catalyst
- coal
- fossil fuel
- biomass
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