Regeneration of the Waste Selective Catalytic Reduction Denitrification Catalyst by Nitric Acid Washing

[Image: see text] In this study, the waste V(2)O(5)–WO(3)/TiO(2) denitrification catalysts from the coal-fired power plant were washed with water or nitric acid, followed by impregnating different contents of V(2)O(5). The effects of the HNO(3) concentration and the additional amount of vanadium on the low-temperature selective catalytic reduction denitrification activity were investigated under the condition of high concentration of SO(2) and H(2)O. The catalysts were characterized by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, X-ray powder diffraction , N(2) adsorption/desorption, H(2)-temperature-programmed reduction, NH(3)-temperature-programmed desorption , Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , and Raman spectroscopy. The evaluation results revealed that optimum activity was achieved by using 0.8 mol/L HNO(3) solution and loading 1.60 wt % V(2)O(5) to make the total V(2)O(5) reach 2.3 wt %. The characterization results showed that nitric washing can remove most of the ammonium salts deposited on the surface of the waste catalyst and produce crystalline WO(3), which can effectively inhibit the agglomeration of vanadium species in the process of impregnation. Furthermore, it can also increase the amount of oligomeric VO(x), which can improve the denitration activity.