Mechanism of enhanced SO2 and NO adsorption of CaO by red mud doping
The rich iron oxide in red mud possesses catalytic properties,and blending a certain proportion of red mud can be used to modify Ca-based desulfurization and denitrification adsorbents.To explore the mechanism by which red mud doping enhances the desulfurization and denitrification performance of calcium-based adsorbents,red mud/CaO adsorbents with varying doping ratios were prepared using the extrusion molding method.Utilizing a fixed-bed reactor system to simulate actual flue gas conditions,adsorption performance and DFT sim-ulation studies were conducted.Based on density functional theory,CaO(001)surface models and Fe-CaO(001)surface models were constructed,and the impact of red mud doping on the adsorption performance of CaO for SO2 and NO was revealed through calcula-tions and analyses at the microscopic atomic level.The experimental results show that when the addition of red mud is 5%,the red mud/CaO adsorbent significantly extended the efficient adsorption time for SO2 and markedly improve the adsorption efficiency for NO,increas-ing from 62.5%to 84.0%,confirming the effectiveness of red mud doping in enhancing adsorbent performance.The simulation calculation results indicate that red mud doping reduced the adsorption energy of SO2 and NO from-1.181 eV to-2.247 eV and from-0.601 eV to-0.977 eV,respectively.Furthermore,after doping with red mud,the interactions between Fe atoms,O atoms,and S atoms(or N atoms)produces three atomic orbital resonance peaks with high state density,indicating that red mud doping enhances the stability of the CaO structure and intensifies the interactions between Fe and O atoms,thereby increasing the reactivity of O atoms.Consequently,red mud do-ping improves the chemical adsorption performance of CaO for SO2 and NO.