System and method using cool hydrogen flame for destruction of vocs and odorous compounds

• Main Authors: LIM TUTI M, LIANG TEE D, TAY JOO H, LI DONG F
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.07.2007
• Subjects: AIR; AIR SUPPLY; BLASTING; BURNERS; COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES; CONSUMING WASTE PRODUCTS BY COMBUSTION; CREMATION FURNACES; DRAUGHT-INDUCING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METHODSOR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUELOR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SUPPLYING NON-COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID OR GAS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WEAPONS

A system for using cool hydrogen flame for destruction of VOCs and odorous compounds comprises an existing exhaust system for an industrial process or a factory. The existing exhaust system comprises at least an exhaust duct or a chimney for exhaust gases. The exhaust gases may comprise of odorous compounds such as DMS, MDSO and other VOCs. The system further comprises at least one burner nozzle for generating a configurable hydrogen surface-mixed diffusion flame. The main by-product from this hydrogen flame is water and free radicals. These free radicals produced during hydrogen combustion are extremely reactive and highly oxidative in nature especially hydroxyl radicals. As such, odorous compounds such as VOCs, DMS and DMSO would easily be destroyed by these free radicals produced during hydrogen combustion.