ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Ozone Effects on the Emissions of Pollutants
Coming from Natural Gas Combustion
Małgorzata Wilk, Aneta Magdziarz
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Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology,
Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2010;19(6):1331-1336
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ABSTRACT
The effects of ozone additions to natural gas/air mixtures on emissions of CO, CnHm, NO, and NO2 were
studied. The investigations have been realized in the stage composed of an ozone generator, the combustion
chamber with a modified Mecker burner and gas composition, and flow rate and temperature measurement
instrumentation. Comparisons were made of combustion with and without ozone additions. The tests were performed
for 1.25 to 14.02 mg O3/dm3(O3+N2) additions at 260, 330, and 390 W thermal powers and the air
excess ratio of 0.8 to 1.4 using synthetic air. The investigations demanded the application of synthetic air. In
experimental work a decrease of CO and CnHm concentrations with the ozone concentration in air and an
increase in thermal power were confirmed and a slight increase of NO was observed. No effects of ozone on
NO2 concentrations have been detected.