Journal article
Kinetic modeling of urea decomposition and byproduct formation
A kinetic model for urea decomposition and byproduct formation was developed and validated against thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) of urea and urea-derived byproducts, including biuret and cyanuric acid, at heating rates up to 500 oC/min. The model provided a good description of urea decomposition at all investigated heating rates.
The results indicate that an increase in heating rate causes a shift in production of cyanuric acid into ammelide and limits the overall byproduct formation. Additionally, it is shown that a long reaction time is necessary to fully decompose urea at temperatures corresponding to SCR applications.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2020 |
Pages: | 116138 |
ISSN: | 18734405 and 00092509 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ces.2020.116138 |
ORCIDs: | 0000-0002-2594-9277 , Glarborg, Peter , Wu, Hao and Hashemi, Hamid |