There is an overview of secondary methods for NOX removal from stationary sources in the first part of master’s thesis. There are well known methods as SCR o SNCR, but also new and experimental ones. An accent is putting on catalytic filtration, especially on cloth filter, which will be used for experiments. An important part of master’s thesis is a project of new experimental unit for experiments with cloth and ceramic catalytic filters as well as with a bit of cloth filtration material. Unit has compact proportions, high-class measurement and control and wide application spectra. Other advantages of this equipment are fast and easy cleaning and installation. This unit, called INTEQ II, can be used in plants or in laboratories. There is prediction model created together with new technology. It enables calculation of efficiency at catalytic filters with variable conditions without many experiments. This model is elaborate and will be finished with dates from measuring. There in only summary of planned experiments in this thesis, because measurements at new unit have not done yet. Experiences with operations at unit INTEQ I were used for proposal of new equipment and for experiments planning.

Research in the field of NOX abatement has grown significantly in the past two decades. The general trend has been to develop new catalysts with complex materials in order to meet the stringent environmental regulations. The master’s thesis deals with the cleaning flue gases through a filter element which is from porous ceramics. There is catalyst implemented for NOx reduction throug the method of selective catalytic reduction in the filter element. There is also description of experimental unit for flue gas cleaning. Part of the thesis is creation of prediction model which allows to predict efficiency reduction in the filtration device operating conditions with some accuracy.

My master´s thesis deals with the problems of NOx abatement that are included in flue gas. The accent is put on flue gases treatment throug cloth filter or ceramic candles, where the deposited catalyst enables NOx reduction throug the method of selective cytalytic reduction. In thesis is also describe experimental unit which current remove gaseous pollutants (dioxin, VOC and NOX) and ash on catalytic cloth filter or catalytic ceramic candles. For experimental unit has been calculated pressure drop. Pressure drop has been calculated for nominal and maximal conditions for cloth filter and ceramic candle. Last part of thesis deals with compile a experimental schemes for different concentration of NO, flow and temperature of combustion.

Afin de contrôler l’émission totale des NOx dans l’échappement automobile, un capteur potentiométrique à base de zircone stabilisée à l’yttrium a été développé par la technique de sérigraphie. Il est montré que l’utilisation d’un filtre catalytique, déposé directement sur l’élément sensible, permet d’éliminer les interférences venant d’autres gaz réducteurs dans l’échappement, en particulier monoxyde de carbone (CO), hydrogène (H2), hydrocarbures (CxHy) et ammoniac (NH3). En plus, il est possible de fixer avec le filtre catalytique le rapport NO/NO2 correspondant à l’équilibre thermodynamique. Par conséquent la réponse du capteur n’est plus dépendante du rapport NO/NO2, mais seulement de la température. De plus, la sensibilité et la sélectivité du capteur à NO2 peut considérablement être améliorée en appliquant un courant de polarisation. / In order to monitor the total NOx emission in car exhausts, a potentiometric gas sensor based on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) has been developed by screen-printing technology. It is shown that the use of a catalytic filter directly deposited on the sensing element can successfully eliminate the interferences coming from other reducing gas species in the automotive exhaust such as carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), hydrocarbons (CxHy) and ammoniac (NH3). Furthermore, another advantage of the catalytic filter is its capacity to fix the NO/NO2 ratio according to the thermodynamic equilibrium. In that way, the sensor response is no longer dependent on the NO/NO2 ratio in the exhaust, but only dependent on the temperature. Finally, the application of a polarisation current can enhance considerably the selectivity and sensitivity of the sensor towards NO2.

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