Mutual promotion effect of SO2 and NOx during yellow phosphorus and phosphate rock slurry adsorption process

Abstract Removing SO 2 and NOx released from middle and small‐scaled coal‐burning boiler is one important strategy for air pollution control. Herein, we first report a novel process on simultaneous eliminating SO 2 and NOx at low temperature, by employing large scale and cheap sources of phosphorus sludge and phosphate rock slurry. The results showed that 100% desulfurization and denitrification efficiency can be obtained, and there exhibited a significant mutual‐promoting effect between SO 2 and NOx abatement processes. Based on characterizations and theoretical calculation results, it was found that the active substances produced by the interaction of sulfur and nitrogen species played a significant role in promoting the removal of SO 2 and NOx. Compared with traditional purification technology, this process can achieve simultaneous desulfurization and denitrification with no discharge of secondary pollutants, and can be regarded as a new and economic technology for efficient removal of SO 2 and NOx in industrial scale.