Patent ID: 7574968

Claim:
A method of capturing gas phase pollutants in a combustion system comprising the steps of: modeling flow patterns of the combustion system; modeling temperature patterns of the combustion system; modeling condensation reactions of the combustion system; using the modeled flow patterns, temperature patterns, and modeled condensation reactions to predict the impact on gas phase pollutants from injecting particles into the combustion system, and to predict the impact on gas phase pollutants by the particle size distribution and the amount of injected particles in order to reduce the pollutants to a desired level; using the modeled flow patterns, modeled temperature patterns, and modeled condensation reactions to determine one or more optimal locations in the combustion system for the injection of particles; using the modeled flow patterns, modeled temperature patterns, and modeled condensation reactions to determine an optimal size and amount of particles to be injected; and injecting the determined amount and size of particles into the combustion system at one or more of the determined locations to capture gas phase pollutants in the combustion system.