Abstract: The iron ore sintering process is the main source of SO₂ emissions in the iron and steel industry. In our previous research, we proposed a novel technology for reducing SO₂ emissions in the flue gas in the iron ore sintering process by adding urea at a given distance from the sintering grate bar. In this paper, a pilot-scale experiment was carried out in a commercial sintering plant. The results showed that, compared to the SO₂ concentration in flue gas without urea addition, the SO₂ concentration decreased substantially from 694.2 to 108.0 mg/m³ when 0.10wt% urea was added. NH₃ decomposed by urea reacted with SO₂ to produce (NH₄)₂SO₄, decreasing the SO₂ concentration in the flue gas.