Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for purifying NOx-containing exhaust gases formed in an internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention is directed at the purification of exhaust gases from an engine which produces a lean-burn exhaust gas, e.g. a diesel engine or a spark-ignition engine operated under lean conditions. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an appropriately equipped exhaust gas purification apparatus. The apparatus proposes a sequence of different catalysts for purifying primary axhaust gas of lean-burn engines, in which an oxidatively active particle filter (1) is followed by an oxidation catalyst (2) and this is in turn followed by an SCR catalyst, (3c) with the latter being arranged downstream of an addition of reducing agent (3a) located downstream of the oxidation catalyst (2).
Abstract:
An oxygen storage material based on cerium oxide with at least one other oxide of the metals silicon and zirconium, wherein the cerium oxide and the other oxides are present in the form of a mixed oxide. The material is obtainable in that hydroxidic precursors of the mixed oxide are first prepared in a manner known per se using a wet-chemical route, these precursors are optionally dried at temperatures between 80 and 300° C. and the dried precursors are then treated under a hydrogen-containing atmosphere at a temperature between 600 and 900° C. for a period of 1 to 10 hours. The reductive thermal treatment endows the material with a greatly improved dynamic behavior as compared with conventional calcination in air.
Abstract:
A nitrogen oxide storage material is disclosed which contains at least one storage component for nitrogen oxides in the form of an oxide, mixed oxide, carbonate or hydroxide of the alkaline earth metals magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium and the alkali metals potassium and caesium on a high surface area support material. The support material can be doped cerium oxide, cerium/zirconium mixed oxide, calcium titanate, strontium titanate, barium titanate, barium stannate, barium zirconate, magnesium oxide, lanthanum oxide, praseodymium oxide, samarium oxide, neodymium oxide, yttrium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium barium cuprate, lead titanate, tin titanate, bismuth titanate, lanthanum cobaltate, lanthanum manganate and barium cuprate or mixtures thereof.
Abstract:
A single-layered three-way catalytic converter containing palladium as the only catalytically active noble metal, with high activity and heat resistance. The catalyst contains, in addition to finely divided, stabilized aluminum oxide, at least one finely divided cerium/zirconium mixed oxide and optionally finely divided nickel oxide as well as highly dispersed amounts of cerium oxide, zirconium oxide and barium oxide. The palladium is distributed largely uniformly throughout the entire catalyst.
Abstract:
The adherence to future legally obligatory exhaust gas limit values for diesel vehicles in Europe, North America and Japan requires not only the removal of particles but also effective removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas (‘deNOx’). The ‘active SCR process’ is the preferred method for this. The nitrogen oxide conversions achieved by means of this process are particularly high when an optimal NO2/NOx ratio, preferably 0.5, is set upstream of the SCR catalyst. The invention proposes a process which solves the problem of supplying NO2 in accordance with requirements by means of temperature control of the precatalyst which is decoupled from the operating state of the engine. In an associated apparatus, a precatalyst (1) which contains at least one oxidation component and whose temperature can be controlled independently of the operating state of the engine and an active SCR stage comprising an SCR catalyst (3c) with upstream metering facility (3b) for a reducing agent from an external source (3a) are arranged in series. A particle filter (2) can be arranged between precatalyst and metering facility. The precatalyst preferably additionally contains a nitrogen oxide storage material.
Abstract:
In exhaust gas purification units for decreasing nitrogen oxides in lean-burn exhaust gas of internal combustion engines by selective catalytic reduction by means of ammonia, introduction of excess ammonia leads to undesirable emissions of unused ammonia. These emissions can be decreased by means of ammonia barrier catalysts. In the ideal case, ammonia is oxidized to nitrogen and water by these catalysts. These require additional space in the exhaust gas purification unit which may have to be taken away from the space provided for the SCR main catalyst. In addition, the use of such ammonia barrier catalysts can result in overoxidation of the ammonia to nitrogen oxides.To overcome these disadvantages, a catalyst containing two superposed layers is proposed for the removal of nitrogen-containing pollutant gases from diesel exhaust gas. The lower layer contains an oxidation catalyst and the upper layer can store at least 20 milliliters of ammonia per gram of catalyst material. This catalyst displays reduced ammonia breakthrough at good SCR conversions in the low-temperature range. It can be used as SCR catalyst having reduced ammonia breakthrough or as ammonia barrier catalyst.
Abstract:
Selective catalytic reduction with ammonia or a compound that decomposes to ammonia is a known method for the removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of primarily lean-burn internal combustion engines. The vanadium-containing SCR catalysts that have long been generally used for this are characterized by a good conversion profile. However, the volatility of vanadium oxide can, at higher exhaust gas temperatures, lead to the emission of toxic vanadium compounds. Zeolite-based SCR catalysts, which are used in particular in discontinuous SCR systems, constitute a very cost-intensive solution for the problem.A method is proposed by which a homogeneous cerium-zirconium mixed oxide is activated for the SCR reaction in a defined manner by the introduction of sulphur and/or transition metal. Using this method, a highly active, ageing-resistant SCR catalyst is provided, which represents a vanadium-free, cost-effective and high-performance alternative to the existing SCR catalysts and is suitable in particular for use in motor vehicles.
Abstract:
Structured automotive catalysts which comprise a plurality of different catalytically active coatings arranged above one another on a support body and whose coatings contain transition metals and porous support materials are well known. Structured automotive catalysts of this type which do not belong to the group of three-way catalysts, in particular, frequently display large selectivity losses after thermal aging processes which can be attributed to the thermally induced migration of transition metal atoms from one layer into the neighbouring coating. The introduction of a diffusion barrier which slows or prevents the thermally induced migration of transition metal atoms from one catalytically active layer into the other increases the thermal aging stability of such catalysts significantly
Abstract:
An oxygen storage material comprising cerium oxide and at least one second oxide of a metal M1 is disclosed as well as a process for manufacturing the material and the use of this material in an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst. In a preferred embodiment the oxygen storage material comprises particles from a Ce/M1 mixed oxide solid solution coated with an oxide of another metal M2. Metal M1 e.g. can be calcium or zirconium while metal M2 most preferably is aluminum.
Abstract translation:公开了一种包含氧化铈和至少一种金属M 1 O 2的第二氧化物的储氧材料,以及用于制造材料的方法以及在废气清洁催化剂中使用该材料。 在优选的实施方案中,储氧材料包含涂覆有另一种金属M 2 O 2的氧化物的Ce / M 1混合氧化物固溶体的颗粒。 金属M 1,例如 可以是钙或锆,而金属M 2最优选是铝。
Abstract:
A process for operating an exhaust gas treatment device in a gasoline engine which is operated mainly with a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio and is operated with a rich-mix air/fuel ratio when accelerating or under full load. The exhaust gas treatment device contains a three-way converter catalyst and a first lambda probe upstream of the catalyst and a second lambda probe downstream of the catalyst. The air/fuel ratio is controlled by using the signal from the first lambda probe, whereas the signal from the second lambda probe is used to check the first lambda probe (trim control) and to diagnose the function of the catalyst. Trim control with the second lambda probe is enabled only when, in the event of rich exhaust gas, the voltage difference between the probe voltage for the second lambda probe and a set point voltage is not larger than a predetermined value.