Thermodynamics of reactions of vanadium oxide clusters with SO2 are studied at the BPW91/LANL2DZ level of theory. BPW91/LANL2DZ is insufficient to properly describe relative V-O and S-O bond strengths of vanadium and sulfur oxides. Calibration of theoretical results with experimental data is necessary to compute reliable enthalpy changes for reactions between VxOy and SO2. Theoretical results i...

−Poly-Ethylene Glycol (PEG) 300+H2O solutions (PEGWs) has been used as a promising medium for the absorption of SO2. We investigated the UV, FTIR, 1H-NMR, and fluorescence spectra in the absorption processes of SO2 in PEGWs to present an important absorption mechanism. Based on the spectral results, the possibility of intermolecular hydrogen bond formation by hydroxyl oxygen atom in the PEG mol...

[1] Severe smog episodes over China in January 2013 received worldwide attention. This air pollution was distinguished by heavy loadings of fine particulate matter and SO2. To characterize these episodes, we employed the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite, Nadir Mapper (OMPS NM), an ultraviolet (UV) spectrometer flying on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) spacecraft since Octob...

In this work, we investigated the performance of Ag-alumina catalysts for the SCR of NO with methane in gas streams with a high concentration of SO2, typical of coal-fired power plant flue gas. Agalumina catalysts were prepared by co-gelation and nitric-acid leaching was used to remove weakly bound silver species from the catalyst surface [1, 2]. We found that SO2 has a dramatic inhibitory effe...

Honeycomb cordierite-based Mn–Ce/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared by the impregnation method and used for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH3, with and without SO2 and/or H2O in a homemade fixed-bed tubular reactor. The catalyst reached nearly 80% NOx conversion at 100 ◦C in the absence of SO2. However, SO2 reduces the catalytic activity (80% to 72%) of the honeycom...

During normothermia, a reduction in near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived tissue oxygen saturation (So2) is an indicator of central hypovolemia. Hyperthermia increases skin blood flow and reduces tolerance to central hypovolemia, both of which may alter the interpretation of tissue So2 during central hypovolemia. This study tested the hypothesis that maximal reductions in tissue So2 would b...

A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of sulfur dioxide. The method is based on the reaction of SO2 with a known excess of ICI as the oxidant. The unreacted ICI iodinates thymol blue under acidic conditions. The lambdamax of thymol blue is at 545 nm under acidic conditions, and on lodination lambdamax shifts to 430 nm. This shift r...

The reduction of SO2 and PM for marine engines was investigated using the electrostatic precipitator (ESP) with the heat exchanger. The experiments were carried out to reduce SO2 due to condensation of water in the exhausted gas. The experimental system consists of the diesel engine, the heat exchanger and the ESP. The exhausted gas at 180 o C of the temperature is cooled to 20 o C, and generat...

The heterogeneous oxidation of SO2 by NO2 on mineral dust was studied using Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and a Knudsen cell. This made it possible to characterise, kinetically, both the formation of sulfate and nitrate as surface products and the gas phase loss of the reactive species. The gas phase loss rate was determined to be first order in both SO2 a...