Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 649-656.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60268-0

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The effect of Fe species distribution and acidity of Fe-ZSM-5 on the hydrothermal stability and SO2 and hydrocarbons durability in NH3-SCR reaction

Xiaoyan Shi, Hong He, Lijuan Xie   

  1. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
  • Received:2014-11-04 Revised:2014-12-12 Online:2015-03-23 Published:2015-03-23
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    This work was financially supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, 2013AA065301) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51278486, 51221892).

Abstract:

Fe-exchanged ZSM-5 catalysts prepared from Na+ and H+ forms of ZSM-5 were evaluated for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3 (NH3-SCR). Fe-H-ZSM-5 showed higher SCR activity than Fe-Na-ZSM-5 both when fresh and after hydrothermal aging at 750 ℃ in 5% H2O/air. The Fe species distribution and acidity of Fe-H-ZSM-5 and Fe-Na-ZSM-5 were found to be different. The dealumination of the zeolite framework of Fe-H-ZSM-5 during hydrothermal aging was found to be more severe compared with that of Fe-Na-ZSM-5. The durability of Fe-H-ZSM-5 and Fe-Na-ZSM-5 in NH3-SCR was compared using SO2 tolerance and hydrocarbon resistance experiments. The effect of water and SO2 on the activity of the two catalysts was similar, such that their activity decreased at low temperatures and increased at high temperatures. Fe-Na-ZSM-5 showed better propene resistance than Fe-H-ZSM-5. The SO2 and propene poisoning of the two Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts were found to be reversible.

Key words: Iron-ZSM-5, Ammonia selective catalytic reduction, Removal of nitrogen oxide, SO2 durability, Hydrothermal stability