Research Results on Processes and Catalyst Materials for Lean NOx Conversion

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel König ◽  
Thomas Richter ◽  
Edward Jobson ◽  
Michael Preis ◽  
Emanuele Leveroni ◽  
...  
2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Jobson ◽  
Per Salomonsson ◽  
Michael Preis ◽  
Thomas Richter ◽  
Reinhard Tatschl ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Amin Reihani ◽  
Brent Patterson ◽  
John Hoard ◽  
Galen B. Fisher ◽  
Joseph R. Theis ◽  
...  

Lean NOx Traps (LNTs) are often used to reduce NOx on smaller diesel passenger cars where urea-based Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems may be difficult to package. However, the performance of LNTs at temperatures above 400°C needs to be improved. The use of Rapidly Pulsed Reductants (RPR) is a process in which hydrocarbons are injected in rapid pulses ahead of the LNT in order to improve its performance at higher temperatures and space velocities. This approach was developed by Toyota and was originally called Di-Air (Diesel NOx aftertreatment by Adsorbed Intermediate Reductants) [1]. There is a vast parameter space that needs to be explored in order to maximize the NOx conversion at high temperatures and flow rates while minimizing the fuel penalty associated with the hydrocarbon injections. Four parameters were identified as important for RPR operation: (1) the flow field and reductant mixing uniformity; (2) the pulsing parameters including the pulse frequency, duty cycle, and rich magnitude; (3) the reductant type; and (4) the catalyst composition, including the type and loading of precious metal, the type and loading of NOx storage material, and the amount of oxygen storage capacity (OSC). In this study, RPR performance was assessed between 150°C and 650°C with several reductants including dodecane, propane, ethylene, propylene, H2, and CO. A novel injection and mixer system was designed that allowed for the investigation of previously unexplored areas of high frequency injections up to f = 100Hz. Under RPR conditions, H2, CO, dodecane, and C2H4 provided approximately 80% NOx conversion at 500°C, but at 600°C the conversions were significantly lower, ranging from 40 to 55%. The NOx conversion with C3H8 was low across the entire temperature range, with a maximum conversion of 25% near 300°C and essentially no conversion at 600°C. In contrast, C3H6 provided greater than 90% NOx conversion over a broad range of temperature between 280°C and 630°C. Among the hydrocarbons, this suggested that the high temperature NOx conversion with RPR improves as the reactivity of the hydrocarbon increases.


Author(s):  
Michael A. Smith ◽  
Christopher D. Depcik ◽  
Stefan Klinkert ◽  
John W. Hoard ◽  
Stanislav V. Bohac ◽  
...  

One approach for nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission control of medium duty diesel engines is through the use of a combination Lean NOx Trap and Selective Catalytic Reduction (LNT-SCR) catalyst system. In this system, part of the NOx conversion occurs via an NH3 SCR catalyst that is dependent on the NO2 to NOx ratio of the feed gas with NO2 being a more advantageous oxidizer. One benefit of using this system is the conversion of NO to NO2 over the LNT which increases the NO2:NOx ratio of the feed gas to the SCR catalyst. An experimental study has been performed to investigate the NO2-NH3 reaction for an Fe-based zeolite SCR catalyst using a bench top flow reactor. The increase in NO2 concentration at the inlet of the SCR results in the formation of large quantities of N2O from 200°C to 400°C. Further experiments determined that N2O and NH3 react above 350°C. This has led to a hypothesis that one primary SCR reaction (Slow SCR) can be replaced with two reaction steps featuring NH3, NO2, and N2O. As a result, this paper proposes five NOx reduction reactions as part of a global mechanism, which would account for the observed experimental behavior.


2004 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Aswani ◽  
M. J. van Nieuwstadt ◽  
J. A. Cook ◽  
J. W. Grizzle

The 2004 Federal Tier II and California LEV I emission standards for diesel light trucks mandate tailpipe NOx levels of 0.6g∕mi. Active lean NOx catalysts (ALNC or LNC) have been proposed as a means to achieve this standard. These catalysts require the delivery of supplemental hydrocarbons in order to reduce NOx in the lean environment typical of diesel exhaust. In the system studied here, these additional hydrocarbons are injected into the exhaust system downstream of the turbocharger. A control-oriented, gray-box mathematical model is developed for diesel active lean NOx catalysts. The model represents the phenomena relevant to NOx reduction and HC consumption, namely, the catalyst chemical reactions, HC storage in the ALNC, and heat transfer behavior on the basis of an individual exhaust element. As an illustration of how the model may be used, dynamic programing is applied to determine the optimal trade-off of NOx conversion efficiency versus quantity of injected hydrocarbons.


Author(s):  
Amin Reihani ◽  
Brent Patterson ◽  
John Hoard ◽  
Galen B. Fisher ◽  
Joseph R. Theis ◽  
...  

Lean NOx traps (LNTs) are often used to reduce NOx on smaller diesel passenger cars where urea-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems may be difficult to package. However, the performance of LNTs at temperatures above 400 °C needs to be improved. Rapidly pulsed reductants (RPR) is a process in which hydrocarbons are injected in rapid pulses ahead of the LNT in order to improve its performance at higher temperatures and space velocities. This approach was developed by Toyota and was originally called Di-Air (diesel NOx aftertreatment by adsorbed intermediate reductants) (Bisaiji et al., 2011, “Development of Di-Air—A New Diesel deNOx System by Adsorbed Intermediate Reductants,” SAE Int. J. Fuels Lubr., 5(1), pp. 380–388). Four important parameters were identified to maximize NOx conversion while minimizing fuel penalty associated with hydrocarbon injections in RPR operation: (1) flow field and reductant mixing uniformity, (2) pulsing parameters including the pulse frequency, duty cycle, and magnitude, (3) reductant type, and (4) catalyst composition, including the type and loading of precious metal and NOx storage material, and the amount of oxygen storage capacity (OSC). In this study, RPR performance was assessed between 150 °C and 650 °C with several reductants including dodecane, propane, ethylene, propylene, H2, and CO. Under RPR conditions, H2, CO, C12H26, and C2H4 provided approximately 80% NOx conversion at 500 °C; however, at 600 °C the conversions were significantly lower. The NOx conversion with C3H8 was low across the entire temperature range. In contrast, C3H6 provided greater than 90% NOx conversion over a broad range of 280–630 °C. This suggested that the high-temperature NOx conversion with RPR improves as the reactivity of the hydrocarbon increases.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Ohno ◽  
Toshikatsu Takanohashi ◽  
Nobuaki Takaoka ◽  
Osamu Kuroda ◽  
Hidehiro Iizuka
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2015 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 677-681
Author(s):  
P. Kumaran ◽  
S. Mohanamurugan ◽  
P. Shankar ◽  
R. Vijay ◽  
R. Narayanan

In LNT Catalysts, oxidizing agents are added for reducing the levels of NOxemission. In the current work three sets of LNT catalysts were prepared by dipping them in three independent solutions containing i) Barium nitrate, ii) Copper nitrate + Silver nitrate, iii) Copper nitrate + Ferric nitrate + Barium nitrate. These three catalysts were then tested in dual-cylinder four-stroke Simpson 217 DI Diesel engine coupled to electrical dynamometer with wire wound resistance loading device. LNT process was studied and performance of the various chemicals used to reduce the NOx emission under various load conditions in lean burn engine was evaluated. 60% NOx conversion was obtained for LNT catalyst coated with barium + copper +ferric nitrate.


Author(s):  
I. Brent Heath

Detailed ultrastructural analysis of fungal mitotic systems and cytoplasmic microtubules might be expected to contribute to a number of areas of general interest in addition to the direct application to the organisms of study. These areas include possibly fundamental general mechanisms of mitosis; evolution of mitosis; phylogeny of organisms; mechanisms of organelle motility and positioning; characterization of cellular aspects of microtubule properties and polymerization control features. This communication is intended to outline our current research results relating to selected parts of the above questions.Mitosis in the oomycetes Saprolegnia and Thraustotheca has been described previously. These papers described simple kinetochores and showed that the kineto- chores could probably be used as markers for the poorly defined chromosomes. Kineto- chore counts from serially sectioned prophase mitotic nuclei show that kinetochore replication precedes centriole replication to yield a single hemispherical array containing approximately the 4 n number of kinetochore microtubules diverging from the centriole associated "pocket" region of the nuclear envelope (Fig. 1).


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