NACAT - N2O Abatement by Catalytic Treatment

The purpose of the N2O Abatement by Catalytic Treatment (NACAT) project is to demonstrate the potential for catalytic treatment of N2O from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

In the project, a pilot plant containing an adsorption guard, blower, and reactor with the catalyst was tested at three Danish WWTPs - on two mainstream off-gas streams and two sidestream deammonification off-gas streams.

The project shows good results for catalytic treatment of N2O, but the economic feasibility of the technology has to be assessed at a case-by-case level and seems to demand high emissions of N2O. Modelling efforts with a digital twin approach showed good results in predicting N2O emissions.

Read the MUDP-report.