Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 590-599.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(19)63312-7

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Chemical deactivation of Cu-SAPO-18 deNOx catalyst caused by basic inorganic contaminants in diesel exhaust

Shujun Minga, Lei Pangb, Chi Fana, Wen Guoa, Yahao Donga, Peng Liua, Zhen Chena, Tao Lia   

  1. a Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China;
    b DongFeng Trucks R & D Center, Wuhan 430056, Hubei, China
  • Received:2018-11-19 Revised:2019-01-11 Online:2019-04-18 Published:2019-03-14
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21473064).

Abstract:

Contaminants (K, Na, Ca, and Mg) were introduced into Cu-SAPO-18 via incipient wetness impregnation to investigate their effect on the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 (NH3-SCR) over Cu-SAPO-18. After the introduction of contaminants into Cu-SAPO-18, the quantity of acidic sites and Cu2+ species in catalyst decreases owing to the replacement of H+ and Cu2+ by K+, Na+, Ca2+, and Mg2+. Furthermore, the loss of isolated Cu2+ induces the generation of CuO and CuAl2O4-like phases, which causes further loss in the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of the catalyst. Consequently, the deNOx performance of the contaminated Cu-SAPO-18 catalysts drops. Such decline in NH3-SCR performance becomes more pronounced by increasing the contaminant contents from 0.5 to 1.0 mmol/gcatal. In addition, the deactivation influence of the contaminants on Cu-SAPO-18 is presented in the order of K > Na > Ca > Mg, which is consistent with the order of reduction of acidic sites. To a certain degree, the effect of the acidic sites on the deactivation of Cu-SAPO-18 might be more significant than that of isolated Cu2+ and the catalyst framework. Moreover, kinetic analysis of NH3-SCR was conducted, and the results indicate that there is no influence of contaminants on the NH3-SCR mechanism.

Key words: Cu-SAPO-18 catalyst, Basic inorganic contaminant, Selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3, Acidic site, Isolated Cu2+