Patent ID: 7759122

Claim:
A method of testing a honeycomb-form NO x removal catalyst for use in a flue gas NO x removal apparatus, the catalyst having gas conduits for feeding a discharge gas from an inlet to an outlet of each conduit and performing NO x removal on the sidewalls of the conduit, characterized in that the method comprises providing a first test piece, which is a portion of the catalyst having a length covering the entirety of a turbulent flow zone in which a gas to be treated that has been fed into the gas conduits through the inlet of the NO x removal catalyst forms a turbulent flow and further covering at least a portion of a laminar flow zone in which the turbulent flow is rectified to form a laminar flow; performing a first NO x removal test of the provided first test piece; subsequently, performing a second NO x removal test of a second test piece, which is obtained through cutting out a catalyst portion of a length covering the turbulent flow zone; and assessing, on the basis of the test results, catalytic performance of the turbulent flow zone and that of the laminar flow zone, whereby catalytic performance of the NO x removal catalyst is assessed.