The emission of gaseous pollutants
from the combustion of fossil
fuels is believed to be one of the most serious environmental challenges
in the 21st century. Given the increasing demands of multipollutant
control (MPC) via adsorption or catalysis technologies, such as NO
x
, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), heavy
metals (Hg etc.), and ammonia, and considering investment costs and
site space, the use of existing equipment, especially the selective
catalytic reduction (SCR) system to convert pollutants into harmless
or readily adsorbed substances, is one of the most practical approaches.
Consequently, many efforts have been directed at achieving the simultaneous
elimination of multipollutants in a SCR convertor, and this method
has been widely used to mitigate the stationary emission of NO
x
. However, the development of active, selective,
stable, and multifunctional catalysts/adsorbents suitable for large-scale
commercialization remains challenging. Herein, we summarize recent
works on the applications of SCR in MPC, describing the approaches
of (i) SCR + VOCs oxidation, (ii) SCR + heavy metal control, and (iii)
SCR + NH3 reduction to reveal that the efficiency of simultaneous
elimination depends on catalyst composition and flue gas parameters.
Furthermore, the synergistic promotional/inhibitory effects between
SCR and VOCs/ammonia/heavy metal oxidations are shown to be the key
to the feasibility of the reactions.