Fuel injection system and method for treatment of NO.sub.x in a corona discharge pollutant destruction apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides a system for injecting fuel into a corona discharge NO.
sub.
x reduction reactor to facilitate the reduction of NO.
sub.
x compounds into N.
sub.
2 and O.
sub.
2.
The system is applicable to a corona discharge pollutant destruction apparatus that has one or more corona discharge reactor stages dedicated to reducing NO.
sub.
x compounds.
One advantage of using fuel to supply hydrocarbons to destroy NO.
sub.
x in reduction reactors is that the fuel can be the same as that used for combustion in the engine, thus greatly simplifying fuel storage.
In a preferred embodiment, a computerized control module analyzes the types and amounts of pollutants in the engine's exhaust gas from an exhaust sensor and determines the amount of fuel needed to effectively destroy NO.
sub.
x in reduction reactors.
The control module precisely controls the rate of fuel transfer from a pump that feeds the fuel to the reduction reactors.
These and other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, taken together with the accompanying drawings, in which: