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===== Short description ===== | ===== Short description ===== | ||
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- | | | + | | 2.B.2 | T2 |
+ | ^ Key Category | ||
+ | | 2.B.2 | ||
- | {{page> | + | {{page> |
- | During the production of nitric acid, nitrogen oxide occurs | + | During the production of nitric acid (HNO< |
* Oxidation of NH< | * Oxidation of NH< | ||
* Conversion of NO to NO< | * Conversion of NO to NO< | ||
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**Catalytic oxidation of ammonia** | **Catalytic oxidation of ammonia** | ||
- | A mixture of ammonia and air at a ratio of 1:9 is oxidised, in the presence of a platinum catalyst alloyed with rhodium and/or palladium, at a temperature of between 800 and 950 °C. The related | + | A mixture of ammonia and air at a ratio of 1:9 is oxidised, in the presence of a platinum catalyst alloyed with rhodium and/or palladium, at a temperature of between 800 and 950 °C. The reaction according to the Oswald process is as follows: |
4 NH< | 4 NH< | ||
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4 NH< | 4 NH< | ||
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4 NH< | 4 NH< | ||
All three oxidation reactions are exothermic. Heat may be recovered to produce steam for the process and for export to other plants and/or to preheat the residual gas. The reaction water is condensed in a cooling condenser, during the cooling of the reaction gases, and is then conveyed into the absorption column. | All three oxidation reactions are exothermic. Heat may be recovered to produce steam for the process and for export to other plants and/or to preheat the residual gas. The reaction water is condensed in a cooling condenser, during the cooling of the reaction gases, and is then conveyed into the absorption column. | ||
- | ===== Methodology | + | ===== Method |
+ | In Germany, there are currently seven nitric acid plants. | ||
==== Activity data ==== | ==== Activity data ==== | ||
- | As this source category is a key category for N,,2,,O, plant specific activity data are applied | + | As this source category is a key category for N<sub>2</ |
- | These data are made available basically via a co-operation agreement with the nitric acid producers and the IVA (Industrieverband Agrar). As the data provided by the producers has to be treated as confidential, | + | This data is made available basically via a co-operation agreement with the nitric acid producers and the IVA (Industrieverband Agrar). As the data provided by the producers has to be treated as confidential, |
+ | According to the IVA, catalytic reduction is used as an abatement method in some of the plants. | ||
- | According to the IVA, catalytic reduction is used as a reduction method in some of the plants. | + | ==== Emission |
- | ==== Emission | + | |
- | For NO,,x,, the default emission factor from the EEA Emission Inventory Guidebook of 10 kg/t NH,,3,,[(EEA, 2013: EMEP EEA Emission Inventory Guidebook 2013, Aug 2013: page 15, table 3.3 Tier 1 emission factor for source category 2.B.2 Nitric acid production)] is used. | + | For NO<sub>x</ |
===== Recalculations ===== | ===== Recalculations ===== | ||
With **activity data** and **emission factors** remaining unrevised, no recalculations have been carried out compared to last year's submission. | With **activity data** and **emission factors** remaining unrevised, no recalculations have been carried out compared to last year's submission. | ||
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+ | <WRAP center round info 60%> | ||
+ | For pollutant-specific information on recalculated emission estimates for Base Year and 2018, please see the pollutant specific recalculation tables following [[general: | ||
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===== Planned improvements ===== | ===== Planned improvements ===== | ||
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- | <WRAP center round info 60%> | + | |
- | For pollutant-specific information on recalculated emission estimates for Base Year and 2018, please see the pollutant specific recalculation tables following [[general: | + | |
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