The present invention describes a fluid which is suitable for the decontamination of heat engines which can carry out, at the same time, both the catalytic reduction of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) contained in exhaust gases and assist in the regeneration of the particulate filter (PF). The invention also describes several embodiments of said fluid consisting of producing an oil-in-water type emulsion.

In methods of and/or plants for manufacturing cement clinker, the amount of chloride bypass exhaust gas 79 can be substantially decreased, when using previously cooled chloride bypass exhaust gas 81 and/or cooled kiln exhaust gas as coolant for the chloride bypass exhaust gas 39 prior to deducting the chloride bypass exhaust gas 39.

Denitrifying bypass exhaust gases in a cement clinker producing plant. The plant comprises a rotary kiln connected to a calciner for the deacidification of raw material or to a rotary kiln riser shaft via a rotary kiln inlet chamber, and the bypass exhaust gas being drawn off in the region of the rotary kiln inlet chamber. The method comprises: cooling the bypass gas to between 260 C and 400 C in a cooling device, injecting an ammonia-, urea-, and/or ammonium-containing substance into the cooled bypass gas, introducing the cooled and mixed bypass gas into a ceramic filter system to filter out any halide and sulfate of the alkali metals and alkaline-earth metals precipitated during cooling the gas, and any nitrogen not reacted by the injected substances is chemically selectively reduced over a catalytic converter which is located in or directly downstream of the ceramic filter system.

A plant may include an offgas-producing treatment apparatus for mechanical and/or thermal treatment of an inorganic material, an oxidation catalyst downstream of the offgas-producing treatment apparatus in a flow direction of the offgas, a reduction catalyst downstream of the oxidation catalyst in the flow direction of the offgas, and a temperature-affecting apparatus for affecting the temperature of the offgas upstream of the oxidation catalyst and/or between the oxidation catalyst and the reduction catalyst. In some examples, the the temperature-affecting apparatus is controllable and may comprise at least one of an auxiliary preheater, a mixing-in device for a fluid, or a heat exchanger.

A spray-drying device includes a spray nozzle that sprays the dehydrated filtrate from the desulfurization wastewater, in a spray-drying device body, an inlet that is provided in the spray-drying device body and introduces flue gas for drying spray liquid, a dry area that is provided in the spray-drying device body and dries the dehydrated filtrate by the flue gas, an outlet that discharged the flue gas contributing to the drying, a plurality of thermometers that are provided in the dry area and measure temperatures of the inside, a determination unit that determines whether or not a spray-drying state of the dehydrated filtrate is satisfactory on the basis of the measurement results of the thermometers, and a control unit that adjusts the flue gas or the dehydrated filtrate when it is determined that the spray-drying is not satisfactory as a result of the determination of the determination unit.

An electrocoagulation (EC) reactor and method for simultaneous CO.sub.2 capture and brine desalination. The EC reactor includes a reaction chamber that holds brine solution with contaminants, an inlet tube for CO.sub.2 gas mixture supply, and a plurality of electrodes (130), submerged in the brine. The electrodes are connected to a power source, applying a voltage to induce electrochemical reactions that precipitate dissolved salts and heavy metals, reducing brine salinity and contaminants, while capturing CO.sub.2 in the form of carbonates to form solid coagulants. The method involves introducing brine into the EC reactor's reaction chamber, adding calcium oxide (CaO) and ammonium bicarbonate (NH.sub.4HCO.sub.3) to create a homogeneous solution, and applying electric current to dissolve the electrodes, producing solid coagulants. A CO.sub.2 gas mixture is introduced to facilitate carbonation reactions, forming precipitates like calcium carbonate (CaCO.sub.3) and magnesium carbonate (MgCO.sub.3), which are filtered to obtain desalinated brine.

A carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) capture and utilization system captures CO.sub.2 from flue gas and utilizes the same to enhance algae or cyanobacteria growth. The system generally comprises a CO.sub.2 capture unit and a utilization unit that is in fluid communication with the CO.sub.2 capture unit. The CO.sub.2 capture unit includes a membrane CO.sub.2 absorber that captures CO.sub.2 from incoming flue gas to produce a CO.sub.2-rich solvent. The utilization unit processes the CO.sub.2-rich solvent to produce a product stream that includes CO.sub.2 and NH.sub.3 in a predetermined CO.sub.2:NH.sub.3 ratio. The product stream is delivered to a cultivation subsystem of the utilization of the unit including one or more species of algae or cyanobacteria. A method for capturing and utilizing CO.sub.2 is also provided herein.

A treatment process for remediating contaminants in a mixture of contaminated fluids, including at least one liquid fluid and at least one gaseous fluid, includes the steps of: preparing a liquid treatment composition containing at least 80 volume % of an aqueous solution containing at least one hydroxide compound at a collective concentration of 35-55 weight percent, and at least one of fulvic acid and humic acid at a collective concentration of 0.1-5 wt % of the treatment composition; adding a dosage of the treatment composition to a mixture of contaminated fluids including a liquid portion and a gaseous portion; and allowing the treatment composition to react with the mixture of contaminated fluids for at least 10 minutes, wherein a pH of the treatment composition is at least 13.0 and the aqueous solution contains at least one of NaOH and KOH.