In this article, the kinetics of
the ozone and hydrogen peroxide-based
NO2 removal from flue gas has been evaluated using the
well-known two-film theory. The effectiveness of the rate of absorption
of NO2 has been tested by the effect of pH, temperature,
H2O2 concentration, and so forth. This study
also includes the comparison of the Hatta number (Ha) at various experimental
conditions. It was observed that the reaction of NO2 is
first order in nature with both ozone and hydrogen peroxide. The effect
of SO2 concentration on the absorption of NO2 was negligible. However, the absorption efficiency decreases in
the presence of higher SO2 concentration in the peroxone
process. The predicted model shows a good fit with the experimental
results for various NO2 inlet concentrations. The optimum
pH for NO2 absorption for ozonation and peroxone processes
was 8. At 318 K, absorption of NO2 shows the maximum value
for the ozonation process, whereas for the peroxone process, it was
328 K. The effect of H2O2 on the absorption
of NO2 in the aqueous phase was prominent with high Ha
values. It was observed that NO2 absorption increases rapidly
when H2O2 concentration is increased from 0
to 0.3 mol·L–1. In the zone of 0.5–3.5
mol·L–1 H2O2 concentration,
the rate of NO2 absorption was slow.