A study of the mechanism of selective conversion of ammonia to nitrogen on Ni/γ-Al2O3 under strongly oxidising conditions

The activity and excellent selectivity (>90%) of γ-Al₂O₃-supported Ni for the selective catalytic oxidation (SCO) of NH₃ to N₂ with excess O₂ has been shown by microreactor studies. Further studies of the mechanism involved in this reaction have been carried out using TPD, TPO, TPReaction as well as DRIFTS. N₂H₄ and NO have been used to model the intermediates of the SCO mechanism (direct formation of N₂ via the recombination of two NH_x species) and of the in situ SCR mechanism (two-step formation of N₂ via the reduction of an in situ produced NO species by a NH_x species), respectively. Two IR absorption bands appear during the TPO of NH₃ in the temperature range of N₂ formation and have been assigned to stable bidentate nitrate surface species. This represents strong evidence that under the present conditions, formation of N₂ occurs via the in situ SCR mechanism. This also explains the sudden “NO jump” observed on various systems once the temperature is high enough to activate 50% of the NH₃ molecules fed to the catalyst. The fact that NO and NH₃ are able to react to give N₂ at low temperature (from 100°C) confirms that activation of NH₃ is the limiting step. In contrast, no evidence has been found to support the possibility of the SCO mechanism.     

选择催化还原(SCR)反应机理研究进展

简述了NH₃和NO在催化剂表面吸附、转化活化和反应历程及H₂O和SO₂对以上反应行为的影响。分析表明,NH₃氧化脱氢进而与NO反应是决定NH₃反应性和最终产物的关键。NO以气态（Eley-Rideal机理）或硝基类物质等吸附态（Langmuir-Hinshelwood机理）形式参与选择催化还原（SCR）反应。提高催化剂酸性和氧化还原循环性能,利于NH₃和NO吸附和转化及相互间反应。高温时,H₂O影响轻微,而SO₂增强催化剂酸性,提高脱硝活性。低温时,H₂O和SO₂抑制NO吸附和转化活化,导致硫铵盐累积和活性位转变为硫酸盐使催化剂失活。因此,提高抗H₂O、抗SO₂性能是低温脱硝催化剂研发的重要方向。而发展在线升温等再生工艺以解决硝酸盐或含硫化合物导致的失活问题,对保障低温脱硝系统长期稳定运行具有重要意义。     

Combined effect of H2O and SO2 on V2O5/AC catalysts for NO reduction with ammonia at lower temperatures

Combined effect of H₂O and SO₂ on V₂O₅/AC the activity of catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH₃ at lower temperatures was studied. In the absence of SO₂, H₂O inhibits the catalytic activity, which may be attributed to competitive adsorption of H₂O and reactants (NO and/or NH₃). Although SO₂ promotes the SCR activity of the V₂O₅/AC catalyst in the absence of H₂O, it speeds the deactivation of the catalyst in the presence of H₂O. The dual effect of SO₂ is attributed to the SO₄²⁻ formed on the catalyst surface, which stays as ammonium-sulfate salts on the catalyst surface. In the absence of H₂O, a small amount of ammonium-sulfate salts deposits on the surface of the catalyst, which promote the SCR activity; in the presence of H₂O, however, the deposition rate of ammonium-sulfate salts is much greater, which results in blocking of the catalyst pores and deactivates the catalyst. Decreasing V₂O₅ loading decreases the deactivation rate of the catalyst. The catalyst can be used stably at a space velocity of 9000 h⁻¹ and temperature of 250 °C.     

Low temperature SCR of NO with NH3 over carbon nanotubes supported vanadium oxides

A novel multiwalled carbon nanotube (CNTs) supported vanadium catalyst was prepared. The structure of catalyst prepared was characterized by TEM, BET, FTIR, XRD and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) methods. The results indicated that vanadium particles were highly dispersed on the wall of carbon nanotubes. The V₂O₅/CNT catalysts showed good activities in the SCR of NO with a temperature range of 373–523 K. The Lewis acid sites on the surface of V₂O₅/CNT are the active sites for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH₃ at low temperatures. It was suggested that the reaction path might involve the adsorbed NH₃ species reacted with NO from gaseous phase and as well as the adsorbed NO₂ species. The diameter of CNTs showed positive effect on the activities of the catalysts. Under the reaction conditions of 463 K, 0.1 Mpa, NH₃/NO = 1, GHSV = 35,000 h⁻¹, and V₂O₅ loading of 2.35 wt%, the outer diameter of CNTs of 60–100 nm, the NO conversion was 92%.     

Reactivity of NO/NO2–NH3 SCR system for diesel exhaust aftertreatment: Identification of the reaction network as a function of temperature and NO2 feed content

We present a systematic study of the NH₃-SCR reactivity over a commercial V₂O₅–WO₃/TiO₂ catalyst in a wide range of temperatures and NO/NO₂ feed ratios, which cover (and exceed) those of interest for industrial applications to the aftertreatment of exhaust gases from diesel vehicles. The experiments confirm that the best deNO_x efficiency is achieved with a 1/1 NO/NO₂ feed ratio. The main reactions prevailing at the different operating conditions have been identified, and an overall reaction scheme is herein proposed.

Particular attention has been paid to the role of ammonium nitrate, which forms rapidly at low temperatures and with excess NO₂, determining a lower N₂ selectivity of the deNO_x process. Data are presented which show that the chemistry of the NO/NO₂–NH₃ reacting system can be fully interpreted according to a mechanism which involves: (i) dimerization/disproportion of NO₂ and reaction with NH₃ and water to give ammonium nitrite and ammonium nitrate; (ii) reduction of ammonium nitrate by NO to ammonium nitrite; (iii) decomposition of ammonium nitrite to nitrogen. Such a scheme explains the peculiar deNO_x reactivity at low temperature in the presence of NO₂, the optimal stoichiometry (NO/NO₂ = 1/1), and the observed selectivities to all the major N-containing products (N₂, NH₄NO₃, HNO₃, N₂O). It also provides the basis for the development of a mechanistic kinetic model of the NO/NO₂–NH₃ SCR reacting system.     

DRIFTS investigation of V=O behavior and its relations with the reactivity of ammonia oxidation and selective catalytic reduction of NO over V2O5 catalyst

The behavior of V=O band over V₂O₅ crystallite during NH₃ adsorption and SCR reaction was characterized by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and the results are correlated with the reactivity in NH₃ oxidation and SCR reaction. It is found that the decrease of V=O band intensity is due either to the reduction of V₂O₅ surface and/or to the adsorption of ammonia. The 70% intensity of original V=O band is preserved up to 573 K under the conditions of SCR reaction. The vanadium oxidation state is about +4.4. When the temperature reached 673 K, almost all the V=O band was recovered. From these results, it can be suggested that the decrease of the apparent SCR activity due to the increase of NO amount through NH₃ oxidation above 673 K be attributed to the increase of two neighboring V=O sites, which favor the NO formation in ammonia oxidation.     

Involvement of nitrate species in the SCR of NO by NH3 at ambient conditions over TS-1 catalysts

An IR and microcalorimetric study of adsorption and in situ reaction at room temperature of NO, O₂, NO₂ and NH₃ provides evidence of the involvement of surface nitrate species in this reaction. On the basis of this new experimental evidence a mechanism is proposed for the low temperature SCR reaction of NO by NH₃ over titanium silicalites (TS-1).     

Modelling of an SCR catalytic converter for diesel exhaust after treatment: Dynamic effects at low temperature

As part of a fundamental and applied work on the development of an unsteady mathematical model of the NH₃-selective catalytic reduction (SCR) process for design and control of integrated after-treatment systems of heavy-duty engines, we present herein a transient kinetic analysis of the standard SCR NO + NH₃ system which provides new insight in the catalytic kinetics and mechanism prevailing at low temperatures. Based on kinetic runs performed over a commercial powdered V₂O₅–WO₃–TiO₂ catalyst in the 175–450 °C T-range feeding NH₃ and NO (1000 ppm) in the presence of H₂O (1–10%, v/v) and O₂ (2–6%, v/v), an original dual-site modified redox rate law is derived which effectively accounts for NH₃ inhibition effects observed during transient reactive experiments at T < 250 °C. We also demonstrate that implementation of the novel modified redox kinetics into a fully predictive 1D + 1D model of SCR monolith reactors can significantly improve simulations of SCR transient runs at different scales, including engine test bench experiments over full-scale SCR honeycomb catalysts.     

Catalytic performance of a novel ceramic-supported vanadium oxide catalyst for NO reduction with NH3

A novel TiO₂/Al₂O₃/cordierite honeycomb-supported V₂O₅–MoO₃–WO₃ monolithic catalyst was studied for the selective reduction of NO with NH₃. The effects of reaction temperature, space velocity, NH₃/NO ratio and oxygen content on SCR activity were evaluated. Two other V₂O₅–MoO₃–WO₃ monolithic catalysts supported on Al₂O₃/cordierite honeycomb or TiO₂/cordierite honeycomb support, two types of pellet catalysts supported on TiO₂/Al₂O₃ or Al₂O₃, as well as three types of pellet catalysts V₂O₅–MoO₃–WO₃–Al₂O₃ and V₂O₅–MoO₃–WO₃–TiO₂ were tested for comparison. The experiment results show that this catalyst has a higher catalytic activity for SCR with comparison to others. The results of characterization show, the preparation method of this catalyst can give rise to a higher BET surface area and pore volume, which is strongly related with the highly active performance of this catalyst. At the same time, the function of the combined carrier of TiO₂/Al₂O₃ cannot be excluded.     

TiO2-SiO2 and V2O5/TiO2-SiO2 catalyst: Physico-chemical characteristics and catalytic behavior in selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3

TiO₂-SiO₂ with various compositions prepared by the coprecipitation method and vanadia loaded on TiO₂-SiO₂ were investigated with respect to their physico-chemical characteristics and catalytic behavior in SCR of NO by NH₃ and in the undesired oxidation of SO₂ to SO₃, using BET, XRD, XPS, NH₃-TPD, acidity measurement by the titration method and activity test. TiO₂-SiO₂, compared with pure TiO₂, exhibits a remarkably stronger acidity, a higher BET surface area, a lower crystallinity of anatase titania and results in allowing a good thermal stability and a higher vanadia dispersion on the support up to high loadings of 15 wt% V₂O₅. The SCR activity and N₂ selectivity are found to be more excellent over vanadia loaded on TiO₂-SiO₂ with 10–20 mol% of SiO₂ than over that on pure TiO₂, and this is considered to be associated with highly dispersed vanadia on the supports and large amounts of NH₃ adsorbed on the catalysts. With increasing SiO₂ content, the remarkable activity decrease in the oxidation of SO₂ to SO₃, favorable for industrial SCR catalysts, was also observed, strongly depending on the existence of vanadium species of the oxidation state close to V⁴⁺ on TiO₂-SiO₂, while V⁵⁺ exists on TiO₂, according to XPS. It is concluded that vanadia loaded on Ti-rich TiO₂-SiO₂ with low SiO₂ content is suitable as SCR catalysts for sulfur-containing exhaust gases due to showing not only the excellent de-NO_x activity but also the low SO₂ oxidation performance.     

Boosting low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 of V2O5/TiO2 catalyst via B-doping

A series of B-doped V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalysts has been prepared the by sol-gel and impregnation methods to investigate the influence of B-doping on the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO_x with NH₃. X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area, scanning electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, temperature-programmed reduction of H₂ and temperature-programmed desorption of NH₃ technology were used to study the effect of the B-doping on the structure and NH₃-SCR activity of V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalysts. The experimental results demonstrated that the introduction of B not only improved the low-temperature SCR activity of the catalysts, but also broadened the activity temperature window. The best SCR activity in the entire test temperature range is obtained for VTiB_2.0 with 2.0% doping amount of B and the NO_x conversion rate is up to 94.3% at 210 ℃. The crystal phase, specific surface area, valence state reducibility and surface acidity of the active components for the as-prepared catalysts are significantly affected by the B-doping, resulting in an improved NH₃-SCR performance. These results suggest that the V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalysts with an appropriate B content afford good candidates for SCR in the low temperature window.     

Selective catalytic reduction of NO and NO2 at low temperatures

The fast SCR reaction using equimolar amounts of NO and NO₂ is a powerful means to enhance the NO_x conversion over a given SCR catalyst. NO₂ fractions in excess of 50% of total NO_x should be avoided because the reaction with NO₂ only is slower than the standard SCR reaction.

At temperatures below 200 °C, due to its negative temperature coefficient, the ammonium nitrate reaction gets increasingly important. Half of each NH₃ and NO₂ react to form dinitrogen and water in analogy to a typical SCR reaction. The other half of NH₃ and NO₂ form ammonium nitrate in close analogy to a NO_x storage-reduction catalyst. Ammonium nitrate tends to deposit in solid or liquid form in the pores of the catalyst and this will lead to its temporary deactivation.

The various reactions have been studied experimentally in the temperature range 150–450 °C for various NO₂/NO_x ratios. The fate of the deposited ammonium nitrate during a later reheating of the catalyst has also been investigated. In the absence of NO, the thermal decomposition yields mainly ammonia and nitric acid. If NO is present, its reaction with nitric acid on the catalyst will cause the formation of NO₂.     

Inhibition effect of H2O on V2O5/AC catalyst for catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 at low temperature

The inhibition effect of H₂O on V₂O₅/AC catalyst for NO reduction with NH₃ is studied at temperatures up to 250 °C through TPD, elemental analyses, temperature-programmed surface reaction (TPSR) and FT-IR analyses. The results show that H₂O does not reduce NO and NH₃ adsorption on V₂O₅/AC catalyst surface, but promotes NH₃ adsorption due to increases in Brønsted acid sites. Many kinds of NH₃ forms present on the catalyst surface, but only NH₄⁺ on Brønsted acid sites and a small portion of NH₃ on Lewis acid sites are reactive with NO at 250 °C or below, and most of the NH₃ on Lewis acid sites does not react with NO, regardless the presence of H₂O in the feed gas. H₂O inhibits the SCR reaction between the NH₃ on the Lewis acid sites and NO, and the inhibition effect increases with increasing H₂O content. The inhibition effect is reversible and H₂O does not poison the V₂O₅/AC catalyst.     

SCR反应过程中NO/NH3在γ-Al2O3表面吸附特性

采用密度泛函理论（DFT）方法研究了NO和NH₃在完整和有缺陷的γ-Al₂O₃（110）表面吸附与SCR（选择催化还原）反应特性。研究表明,NO在完整的（110）表面的吸附作用较弱,而NH₃分子的吸附作用较强,NH₃分子在Al原子顶位可形成稳定吸附。反应路径研究结果表明完整的（110）表面上SCR反应的决速步为-NH₂NO基团的分解,反应的最大能垒为235.75 kJ·mol^-1。对于产生氧空穴的有缺陷（110）表面,NO和NH₃均可稳定吸附,NH₃在吸附过程中可直接裂解成NH₂和H。另外,SCR反应在有缺陷（110）表面的最大能垒明显较低,说明氧空穴的存在促进了SCR脱硝反应的进行。     

Effect of oxygen concentration on the NOx reduction with ammonia over V2O5–WO3/TiO2 catalyst

The catalytic reduction of NO_x in the typical operation temperatures and oxygen concentrations of diesel engines has been studied in the presence of V3W9Ti in a tubular flow reactor. The results have shown that the selective catalytic reduction is strongly affected by the oxygen concentration in low temperature range (150–275 °C). At higher temperatures, the reaction becomes independent of the O₂ concentration. The rate of the selective catalytic reduction of NO with ammonia may be considerably enhanced by converting part of the NO into NO₂. DRIFT measurements have shown that NH₃ and NO₂ are adsorbed on the catalyst surface on the contrary of NO. The experiments have shown that the decrease in N₂ selectivity of the SCR reaction is mainly due to the SCO of ammonia and to the formation of nitrous oxide.     

CeO2改性再生SCR催化剂的单质汞氧化特性

对国内某1000MW燃煤发电机组失活选择性催化还原（SCR）催化剂进行CeO₂改性再生。对再生前后样品进行N₂吸附-脱附、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、X射线荧光光谱（XRF）、傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）对比表征分析。在自制固定床反应系统上对CeO₂改性再生催化剂（CeReCat）进行Hg⁰氧化性能测试,同时研究了SO₂、H₂O、NO和NH₃对Hg⁰氧化性能的影响。结果表明,CeO₂改性再生方法可有效清洗失活SCR催化剂表面杂质,恢复催化剂表面活性位点和孔隙结构,可使Ce、V两种活性元素得到有效负载。CeO₂改性后的样品Hg⁰氧化性能显著提升,3.0 CeReCat具有最佳Hg⁰的氧化效率。此外,烟气中加入600μL/L SO₂后,3.0 CeReCat仍具有高达74.4%的Hg⁰氧化效率,抗SO₂性能较好。烟气中的NO可轻微促进Hg⁰的氧化。由于竞争吸附作用,烟气中的H₂O和NH₃会抑制Hg⁰的氧化。CeO₂改性再生催化剂置于SCR系统下层时,由于烟气NH₃浓度较低而具有较高Hg⁰氧化效率,具有良好的应用前景。     

Research advance in mechanism of low-temperature SCR of NO on carbon materials

简述了不同反应物组合在碳材料表面的行为特征,单组分NO可以形成吸附态的NO₂、二聚体(NO)₂、—NO₂或吡啶类的化合物;O₂存在时NO被吸附态的氧氧化成NO₂;NO、O₂和NH₃同时存在时,反应发生在吸附态的NH₃和吸附态的NO₂之间。着重详述了活性碳纤维（activated carbon fibers,ACF）催化剂上的选择性催化还原（selective catalytic reduction,SCR）NO的机理为：低温时以NH₃为还原剂的SCR（NH₃-SCR）遵循Langmuir-Hinshelwood机理,较高温度时NH₃-SCR 遵循Eley-Rideal机理;分析指出了催化剂孔结构特征和表面化学官能团是ACF能低温选择性催化还原NO的主要影响因素。     

SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NITRIC OXIDE BY AMMONIA ON PILLARED CLAY CATALYSTS: POSSIBLE MECHANISM AND PROMOTERS

The delaminated Fe₂0₃-pillared clay shows high activities for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO by NH₂. Temperature program desorption (TPD) studies show that large amounts of NO., are adsorbed on the pillared clay catalyst at the SCR reaction temperatures (i.e. near 400°C). This result indicates that a Langmuir-Hinshelwood type mechanism (for reaction between chemisorbed NO, and NH, on the surface to form N₂) is operative for the pillared clay catalyst, which is in contrast to the SCR reaction on the commercial vanadia-based catalysts. The SCR activities for the delaminated Fe₂0₃-pillared clay catalyst are higher than that of a commercial-type V₂O₅ + WO₃/TiO₂ catalyst under SO₂ + H₂0 free conditions, but became lower in the presence of SO₂ +l H₂0. However, when promoted by doping 1-3% Cr₂0₃, the pillared clay catalyst exhibits higher SCR activities than the commercial-type catalyst in the presence of S0₂ + H₂O at all practical SCR reaction temperatures     

MnOx/WO3/TiO2低温选择性催化还原NOx机理的原位红外研究

浸渍法制备15% MnO_x/5% WO₃/TiO₂低温脱硝催化剂,利用原位傅里叶变换红外（in situ FT-IR）设计包括多种吸附反应以及不同预处理方式的微观暂态试验与微观稳态试验,研究其NH₃-SCR脱硝反应机理,并推测反应路径。结果表明,催化剂的NH₃-SCR反应主要以Eley-Rideal机理方式进行,仅在一定温度条件下可以看到Langmuir-Hinshclwood反应路径。催化剂表面Lewis酸位的NH₃吸附是还原剂的主要来源,Brønsted酸位吸附的NH₄⁺随温度上升参与反应的比例略有提高。NH₃的吸附活化是整个反应的控制步骤,吸附态NH₃更易与NO₂发生反应,NO与催化剂表面的相互作用明显弱于NO₂。NO会在催化剂表面氧化活性中心形成大量双齿配位型硝酸盐,阻碍NH₃的吸附和活化,O₂存在条件下促进NH₃-SCR反应进行,阻止NO在催化剂表面形成双齿硝酸盐。NO与NH₃在催化剂表面存在吸附竞争,NO的吸附作用强于NH₃,温度达到100℃后吸附的NH₃方可大量活化并与NO_x发生进一步反应。     

微波热解制备g-Fe2O3催化剂及其SCR脱硝性能

以FeSO₄·7H₂O[Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O]为铁源,采用新型微波热解法制备γ-Fe₂O₃[a-Fe₂O₃]催化剂样品,通过XRD、N₂等温吸附-脱附、压汞法等实验手段对催化剂样品晶相、微观孔结构等进行表征;考察两种催化剂样品的NH₃-SCR脱硝性能,通过归一化处理得到两种催化剂在不同温度下的本征脱硝反应速率,同时对比研究了γ-Fe₂O₃与钒系催化剂的脱硝活性;研究氨氮比、氧浓度等运行参数对γ-Fe₂O₃催化剂NH₃-SCR脱硝性能的影响规律,并对其抗硫抗水性能进行考察.结果表明:采用新型微波热解法可得到纯度较高的γ-Fe₂O₃催化剂,其介孔分布合理且大孔数量丰富;同时γ-Fe₂O₃催化剂表现出优于a-Fe₂O₃催化剂的脱硝性能,400℃时最大NO_x转化率达到96%,300、325、350℃下单位面积脱硝速率达到a-Fe₂O₃催化剂的3倍左右;γ-Fe₂O₃催化剂具备优良的抗硫抗水性能,其最佳氨氮比为1、最佳氧体积分数为3.5%.