selective catalytic reduction (SCR) denitrification technology is the most effective technique to control emissions of nitrogen oxides from coal-fired power plants and it is widely utilized. The SCR catalyst is the core of SCR denitrification technology
which often encounters inactivation problems. The amount of harmful inactivated SCR catalyst is increasing with the increase in operation time of these power plants. V2O5 is the main active ingredient in the deactivated catalyst
and needs to be recovered. Three reducible organic acids
citric acid
tartaric acid
and oxalic acid were chosen to create an optimal experiment for recovery V2O5 from deactivated catalyst
and X-ray fluorescence was used to analyse the recovery result. The results demonstrated that oxalic acid has high acidity and strong reducibility
which provides a stronger acid environment for recovery V2O5 in the experiment. The oxalic acid recycling method only to control the reaction conditions
and no agent is needed to assist the recovery process. The experiment processes of oxalic acid simplify recovery method and are cost-effective.