In this work the activity of potassium-containing coal-pellets against NO
x at 450
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C was studied.The sample chosen presents high potassium content, 16.8% in wt, and was prepared from a humicacid+KOH mixture and a Spanish high volatile A bituminous coal. The effect of the NOx partialpressure, combined with that of the influence of the residence time as variables for the NO
xreduction process were investigated in order to look for reaction conditions where high NO
xconversions be reached and maintained during a long time. 100% of NO
x conversion was reachedand kept during a long time, employing a sample mass of 2 grams (residence time 1.8 s), regardlessof the NO
x partial pressure tested. A first reaction order, with respect to NO
x partial pressure,was found from the fit of all the data, in agreement with the data reported in the literature. Therate constant estimated at the temperture of study was of 1.15 s
-1.