High-concentration CaO particles and gas compositions have a significant influence on NOx reduction by selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) in cement precalciners. The effect of gas composition on NOx reduction by SNCR with NH₃ was studied in a cement precalciner atmosphere with and without CaO at 700-1100 °C. It was found that CaO significantly lowers NOx reduction efficiency between 750 °...

New data are presented on the phase equilibria and crystal chemistry of the binary systems CaO-Bi2O3 and CaO-CuO and the ternary CaO-Bi2O3-CuO. Symmetry data and unit cell dimensions based on single crystal and powder x-ray diffraction measurements are reported for several of the binary CaO-Bi2O3 phases, including corrected compositions for Ca4Bi6O13 and Ca2Bi2O5. The ternary system contains no...

Dechlorination of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) was achieved by a mixture of commercial CaO and alpha-Fe2O3 (CaO/alpha-Fe2O3) in closed systems at temperatures of 300 degrees C and 350 degrees C, which exhibited a synergic effect compared to CaO or alpha-Fe2O3 alone, and the dechlorination efficiency was dramatically enhanced. When CaO and alpha-Fe2O3 coexisted, HCB was dechlorinated by about 98% aft...

Higher plants acclimate to various light environments by changing the antenna size of a light-harvesting photosystem. The antenna size of a photosystem is partly determined by the amount of chlorophyll b in the light-harvesting complexes. Chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO) converts chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b in a two-step oxygenation reaction. In our previous study, we demonstrated that the c...

cal College who has received the title of Kui Bahadur from Government, and we are fully convinced that these gentlemen well deserve the distinctions conferred on them. Nevertheless, it strikes us as somewhat remarkable, that of all the professors attached to the College, only one (Dr. Fayrer) has received any mark of distinction from the Government. This remark applies not only to the medical o...

In this work the effect of Nano-sized Fe2O3 on microstructure and hydration resistance of MgO-CaO refractories with 35 wt% CaO was investigated. MgO-CaO refractories with  35 wt% CaO content was prepared by using dolomite and magnesite calcined as starting materials and Nano-sized Fe2O3 (2,4, 6 and 8 wt%) as an additive. Samples were pressed into ...

Thermal behaviors and combustion kinetics of Thai lignite with different SO₃-free CaO contents were investigated. Nonisothermal thermogravimetric method was carried out under oxygen environment at heating rates of 10, 30, and 50°C min⁻¹ from ambient up to 1300°C. Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) and Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) methods were adopted to estimate the apparent activation energy (E) for the...

The technical feasibility of using calcium oxide (CaO) as a sorbent for CO2 and Fe-Cr as a catalyst for the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction using syngas for the steam gasification of biomass was investigated. The effects of temperature, steam to biomass mass ratio, CaO to biomass molar ratio, and Fe-Cr WGS catalyst on gas composition were studied. Within a temperature range of 250 C to 550 C, ...