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.     

碱金属化合物对V2O5/AC催化剂低温脱硝的影响

研究了碱金属化合物(K₂SO₄)对活性炭(AC)担载五氧化二钒(V₂O₅)组成的V₂O₅/AC催化剂的低温脱硝活性的影响。发现在V₂O₅/AC催化剂表面负载碱金属化合物(K₂SO₄)后其脱硝活性大大降低。用等体积浸渍法制备了V₂O₅/AC催化剂和K_x-V₂/AC(x=0.5,1,2)催化剂。采用5种模型对动力学实验数据进行关联。结果显示,无论V₂O₅/AC催化剂是否负载K₂SO₄,Eley-Rideal模型均比其他模型可更好地描述SCR脱硝反应,碱金属化合物(K₂SO₄)的存在提高了反应活化能,但并不改变反应机理。     

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.     

V2O5/（TiO2-SiO2）脱硝催化剂新型制备工艺及性能研究

将偏钒酸铵和羟丙基甲基纤维素搅拌混溶制备滴胶液,以自制的7孔圆柱蜂窝钛硅复合氧化物为载体,采用滴胶涂覆法制备了V₂O₅/（TiO₂-SiO₂）脱硝催化剂。通过X射线衍射（XRD）、程序升温还原（H₂-TPR）、比表面积分析（BET）和催化剂评价等方法对制备的脱硝催化剂进行分析表征。考察了五氧化二钒在钛硅复合氧化物载体上的分布、五氧化二钒涂覆量等对催化剂性能的影响,并就反应温度、反应空速、氨与一氧化氮物质的量比等条件对脱硝催化剂活性的影响进行了研究。实验结果表明,使用五氧化二钒涂覆量为1.2%（质量分数）的V₂O₅/（TiO₂-SiO₂）脱硝催化剂,在反应温度为320 ℃、空速为10 000 h^-1、氨与一氧化氮物质的量比为1.2条件下进行脱硝活性实验,一氧化氮转化率达到93.0%。经与工业脱硝催化剂对比实验表明,制备的V₂O₅/（TiO₂-SiO₂）脱硝催化剂性能优良,并且降低了钒的使用量,节约了生产成本,减少了环境污染。     

Effect of promoters including tungsten and barium on the thermal stability of V2O5/sulfated TiO2 catalyst for NO reduction by NH3

The effect of tungsten and barium on the thermal stability of V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst for NO reduction by NH₃ was examined over a fixed bed flow reactor system. The activity of V₂O₅/sulfated TiO₂ catalyst gradually decreased with respect to the thermal aging time at 600 °C. The addition of tungsten to the catalyst surface significantly enhanced the thermal stability of V₂O₅ catalyst supported on sulfated TiO₂. On the basis of Raman and XRD measurements, the tungsten on the catalyst surface was identified as suppressing the progressive transformation of monomeric vanadyl species into crystalline V₂O₅ and of anatase into rutile phase of TiO₂. However, the NO removal activity of V₂O₅/sulfated TiO₂ catalyst including barium markedly decreased after a short aging time, 6 h at 600 °C. This may be due to the transformation of vanadium species to inactive V–O–Ba compound by the interaction with BaO which was formed by the decomposition of BaSO₄ on the catalyst surface at high reaction temperature of 600 °C. The addition of SO₂ to the feed gas stream could partly restore the NO removal activity of thermally aged V₂O₅/sulfated TiO₂ catalyst containing barium.     

溶胶-凝胶原位合成宽活性温度V2O5/TiO2脱硝催化剂

利用溶胶-凝胶技术原位合成一系列不同V₂O₅担载量的V₂O₅/TiO₂催化剂,通过BET、XRD、NH₃-TPD及紫外-可见光等手段对催化剂进行表征。结果表明：制备的催化剂均具有介孔结构,V₂O₅在TiO₂表面高度分散,且存在3种典型的酸性位。通过选择性催化还原反应对V₂O₅/TiO₂催化剂进行活性评价,结果显示随着V₂O₅含量的增加,NO转化率大于75%的温度窗口向低温方向偏移,含10% （质量分数）V₂O₅的催化剂的NO转化率为80%的温度窗口最宽为200～450℃,240℃时20 h连续实验表现出稳定的抗硫抗水性能。结合紫外-可见光谱分析,揭示了钒掺杂所形成的单聚和低聚钒酸盐为催化剂的活性组分。     

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.     

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%.     

Transient kinetic study of the SCR-DeNOx reaction

The unsteady-state kinetics of the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH₃ is studied over V₂O₅–WO₃/TiO₂ model catalysts by means of the transient response method. NH₃ strongly adsorbs onto the catalyst surface whereas NO does not adsorb appreciably. A dynamic mathematical model based on a Temkin-type desorption process for NH₃ and a SCR reaction rate with a complex dependence on the ammonia surface coverage is well suited to represent the data.     

The influence of sulphate on the catalytic properties of V2O5-TiO2 and WO3-TiO2 in the reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia

The effect of sulphate on the catalytic properties of V₂O₅/TiO₂ and WO₃/TiO₂ in the selective reduction of NO with NH₃ has been investigated. For both catalytic systems, the presence of sulphate results in the enhancement of catalytic activity without reduction of selectivity to nitrogen. The rate of NO reduction depends on the sulphate content, which is affected by the original composition of titania, the method of catalyst preparation and the metal oxide loading.     

REDUCTION OF NO WITH NH3 ON Fe-Cr OXIDES CATALYST

A catalyst consisting of a mixture of Fe₂O₃ and Cr₂O₃ (5/1 atomic ratio of Fe:Cr) supported on alumina pellets was examined for the complete reduction of NO with NH₃ to N₂ in an isothermal flow reactor. The reduction of NO was determined at various inlet concentrations of NO (approximating utility boiler emissions) and NH₃, and catalyst bed temperatures. In the absence of O₂, NO reduced completely to N₂ without N₂O formation. Correlation of the kinetic data considering both external and internal reactant mass transfer provided the following rate expression for the reduction of NO, r = 7.71 × 10⁴ exp. ( - 12,300/RT) P^0.9_NO P^0.1_NH3, moles / g.cat-sec atm.     

Regeneration of a vanadium pentoxide supported activated coke catalyst-sorbent used in simultaneous sulfur dioxide and nitric oxide removal from flue gas: Effect of ammonia

A vanadium pentoxide supported activated coke (V₂O₅/AC) catalyst-sorbent has been reported to be very active for simultaneous removal of SO₂ and NO under dry conditions at temperatures of 200 °C and below. Regeneration of the SO₂-captured catalyst-sorbent is a key step in operation of such a process, which influences the catalyst-sorbent's SO₂ and NO removal activities, lifetime, as well as recovery of sulfur. Due to limited information in this regard, this paper studies thermal regeneration of a V₂O₅/AC catalyst-sorbent with emphases on the effect of atmosphere. The optimum regeneration temperature is found to be 380 °C in an Ar stream and 300 °C in a 5% NH₃/Ar stream. Compared to the fresh V₂O₅/AC, the V₂O₅/ACs regenerated in Ar show lower SO₂ adsorption capacities and higher NO removal activities, while the regenerated V₂O₅/ACs by 5% NH₃/Ar show higher and stable SO₂ adsorption capacities and higher NO removal activities. Two types of reactions occur during the regeneration: reduction of the adsorbed sulfur species by carbon to SO₂ and CO₂, and oxidation of carbon by oxygen in the V₂O₅/AC to CO₂. The carbon consumption of the latter is much more than that of the former in an Ar atmosphere, but fully suppressed by the presence of 5% NH₃. Detailed analysis and characterization of the V₂O₅/AC subjected to the regenerations are presented.     

SO2 resistant antimony promoted V2O5/TiO2 catalyst for NH3-SCR of NOx at low temperatures

To get the low temperature sulfur resistant V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalysts quantum chemical calculation study was carried out. After selecting suitable promoters (Se, Sb, Cu, S, B, Bi, Pb and P), respective metal promoted V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalysts were prepared by impregnation method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Brunner Emmett Teller surface area (BET-SA). Se, Sb, Cu, S promoted V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalysts showed high catalytic activity for NH₃ selective catalytic reduction (NH₃-SCR) of NO_x carried at temperatures between 150 and 400 °C. The conversion efficiency followed in the order of Se > Sb > S > V₂O₅/TiO₂ > Cu but Se was excluded because of its high vapor pressure. An optimal 2 wt% ‘Sb’ loading was found over V₂O₅/TiO₂ for maximum NO_x conversion, which also showed high resistance to SO₂ in presence of water when compared to other metal promoters. In situ electrical conductivity measurement was carried out for Sb(2%)/V₂O₅/TiO₂ and compared with commercial W(10%)V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst. High electrical conductivity difference (ΔG) for Sb(2%)/V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst with temperature was observed. SO₂ deactivation experiments were carried out for Sb(2%)/V₂O₅/TiO₂ and W(10%)/V₂O₅/TiO₂ at a temperature of 230 °C for 90 h, resulted Sb(2%)/V₂O₅/TiO₂ was efficient catalyst. BET-SA, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulfur (CHNS) elemental analysis of spent catalysts well proved the presence of high ammonium sulfate salts over W(10%)/V₂O₅/TiO₂ than Sb(2%)/V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst.     

SCR脱硝中催化剂表面NH4HSO4生成及分解的原位红外研究

采用工业用V₂O₅-WO₃/TiO₂催化剂,基于傅里叶原位红外光谱(in situ FT-IR)技术考察了SCR脱硝过程中催化剂表面NH₄HSO₄的生成与分解特性。结果表明:在V₂O₅-WO₃/TiO₂催化剂表面ABS的生成可由催化剂V═O基团上Lewis酸上配位吸附活化态的NH₃在O₂环境中与SO₂反应生成,也可由SO₂与催化剂表面反应生成的吸附态金属硫酸盐中间物VOSO₄与气态NH₃直接反应生成;NO能通过与NH₄HSO₄中的NH₄⁺直接反应来降低NH₄HSO₄降解的温度窗口,促进其在催化剂表面的分解行为,NO的脱除与NH₄HSO₄的生成是相互抑制关系;NH₄HSO₄本身的负载量影响其分解与挥发行为。     

钒钛系脱硝催化剂抗硫酸氢铵中毒改进措施研究进展

NH₃选择性催化还原(SCR)技术具有较高的脱硝效率、优良的选择性和实用性,是当前燃煤电厂去除NO_x的主流方法。其中V₂O₅/TiO₂催化剂在中温段(300～450℃)具有较高的脱硝活性和抗硫性,被广泛应用。但是,烟气中的SO₃、NH₃和水蒸气会发生反应生成硫酸氢铵(ABS)和硫酸铵(AS),其中硫酸氢铵在低温条件下因毛细冷凝现象沉积在V₂O₅/TiO₂催化剂表面致其中毒,活性降低。为了改善低温条件下催化剂中毒问题,本文通过分析ABS在催化剂表面的生成机理、对催化剂的危害及催化剂抗ABS中毒改性研究进展,发现钒钛系脱硝催化剂抗ABS中毒改进措施主要集中在抑制硫酸氢铵生成、促进硫酸氢铵分解两方面。最后,总结了合理调控催化剂壁厚、孔径和隔离层等物理结构以及添加MoO₃、BaO、Nb₂O₅、Fe₂     

Competition between NO reduction and NO decomposition over reduced V–W–O catalysts

The SCR of NO and NO decomposition were investigated over a V–W–O/Ti(Sn)O₂ catalyst on a Cr–Al steel monolith. The conversions of NO and NH₃ over the reduced and oxidised catalysts were determined. The higher conversion of NO than of NH₃ was observed in SCR over the reduced catalyst and very close conversions of both substrates were found over the oxidised one. The increase of the pre-reduction temperature was found to cause an increase in catalyst activity and its stability in direct NO decomposition. The surface tungsten cations substituted for vanadium ones in vanadia-like active species are considered to be responsible for the direct NO decomposition. The results of DFT calculations for the 10-pyramidal clusters: V₁₀O₃₁H₁₂ (V–V) and V₉WO₃₁H₁₂ (V–W) modelling (0 0 1) surfaces of vanadia and WO₃–V₂O₅ solid solution (s.s.) active species, respectively, show that preferable conditions for NO adsorption exist on W sites of s.s. species and that reduction causes an increase in their ability for electron back donation to the adsorbed molecule. Electron back donation is believed to be responsible for the electron structure reorganisation in the adsorbed NO molecule resulting in its decomposition. The high selectivity of NO decomposition to dinitrogen was considered to be connected with the formation of the tungsten nitrosyl complexes solely via the W–N bond.     

Ammonia activation over catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx and the selective catalytic oxidation of NH3. An FT-IR study

The adsorption and transformation of ammonia over V₂O₅, V₂O₅/TiO₂, V₂O₅-WO₃/TiO₂ and CuO/TiO₂ systems has been investigated by FT-IR spectroscopy. In all cases ammonia is first coordinated over Lewis acid sites and later undergoes hydrogen abstraction giving rise either to NH₂ amide species or to its dimeric form N₂H₄, hydrazine. Other species, tentatively identified as imide NH, nitroxyl HNO, nitrogen anions N₂⁻ and azide anions N₃⁻ are further observed over CuO/TiO₂. The comparison of the infrared spectra of the species arising from both NH₃ and N₂H₄ adsorbed over CuO/TiO₂ strongly suggest that N₂H₄ is an intermediate in NH₃ oxidation over this active selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and selective catalytic oxidation (SCO) catalysts. This implies that ammonia is activated in the form of NH₂ species for both SCR and SCO, and it can later dimerize. Ammonia protonation to ammonium ion is detected over V₂O₅-based systems, but not over CuO/TiO₂, in spite of the high SCR and SCO activity of this catalyst. Consequently Brönsted acidity is not necessary for the SCR activity.     

NO reduction with NH3 over chromia–vanadia catalysts supported on TiO2: an in situ Raman spectroscopic study

In situ Raman spectroscopy was used for studying the ternary 2% CrO₃–6% V₂O₅/TiO₂ catalyst, for which a synergistic effect between vanadia and chromia leads to enhanced catalytic performance for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH₃. The structural properties of this catalyst were studied under NH₃/NO/O₂/N₂/SO₂/H₂O atmospheres at temperatures up to 400 °C and major structural interactions between the surface chromia and vanadia species are observed. The effects of oxygen, ammonia, water vapor and sulfur dioxide presence on the in situ Raman spectra are presented and discussed.     

Selective removal of H2S from coke oven gas

The catalytic performance of some metal oxides in the selective oxidation of H₂S in the stream containing water vapor and ammonia was investigated in this study. Among the catalysts tested, V₂O₅/SiO₂ and Fe₂O₃/SiO₂ catalyst showed good conversion of H₂S with very low selectivity to undesired SO₂. Hydrogen sulfide could be recovered as harmless solid products (elemental sulfur and various ammonium salts), and distribution of solid products was varied with types of catalyst and compositions of reactant. XRD and FT-IR analysis revealed that the salt was mixture of ammonium–sulfur–oxygen compounds. It was noteworthy that V₂O₅/SiO₂ catalyst produced elemental sulfur and ammonium thiosulfate, and that elemental sulfur was principal product on Fe₂O₃/SiO₂ catalyst. Small amount of ammonium sulfate was obtained with the Fe₂O₃/SiO₂ catalyst. In order to elucidate the reaction path, the effects of O₂/H₂S ratio and concentration of NH₃ and H₂O are also studied with the V₂O₅/SiO₂ catalyst.     

A practical scale evaluation of sulfated V2O5/TiO2 catalyst from metatitanic acid for selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3

The characteristics of sulfated V₂O₅/TiO₂ honeycomb catalyst from metatitanic acid (MTA) were studied in the practical conditions of pilot plant using high dust flue gas from coal fired utility boiler. The effects of reaction temperature, NH₃/NO mole ratio, space velocity and operation time on the reduction of nitric oxide (NO) were mainly investigated for engineering application. The catalyst showed high NO reduction of about 90% at a space velocity of 4000 h⁻¹, NH₃/NO mole ratio of 1.0 and reaction temperature of 300–400 °C. The efficiency of this catalyst remained constant during the present experiment of 2400 h and the erosion by fly ash was lower than that of the commercial catalysts. These results clearly demonstrate the high potential for this catalyst to be applied commercially for the control of NO_x emissions from coal fired utility boiler.