Potential and Limitations of Natural Chabazite for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with NH 3

Abstract The potential of the natural chabazite for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH 3 is evaluated in the present work. Activity tests were performed under technically relevant reaction and temperature conditions for the fresh and hydrothermally aged catalysts. The natural cha...

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Published inChemie ingenieur technik Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 632 - 641
Main Authors Günter, Tobias, Casapu, Maria, Doronkin, Dmitry, Mangold, Stefan, Trouillet, Vanessa, Augenstein, Timo, Grunwaldt, Jan‐Dierk
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.05.2013
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Summary:Abstract The potential of the natural chabazite for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with NH 3 is evaluated in the present work. Activity tests were performed under technically relevant reaction and temperature conditions for the fresh and hydrothermally aged catalysts. The natural chabazite before and after alkaline removal as well as after iron and copper addition were compared. The structural as well as surface and bulk properties were elucidated by a variety of complementary characterization techniques, i.e. XRD, XPS, EPR, BET, NH 3 ‐TPD, ex situ and in situ XAS. The results indicate that an important facet for using the natural chabazite for the standard and fast SCR reactions is the removal of alkaline metals, which at the same time also leads to a partial change of the structure and the size of the iron‐containing particles. The performance and especially the hydrothermal stability can be further improved by copper addition.
ISSN:0009-286X
1522-2640
DOI:10.1002/cite.201200182