Selective catalytic reduction catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549417-B2
Application number	US-201917045332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2019
Priority date	Apr 23, 2018
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel engine comprising: a flow-through substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the flow through substrate extending therethrough; a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate, wherein the coating comprises a non-zeolitic oxidic material comprising manganese and one or more of the metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table, and further comprises one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A selective catalytic reduction catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel engine, comprising:
a flow-through substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the flow-through substrate extending therethrough; and
a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate,
wherein the coating comprises a non-zeolite oxide material comprising manganese and one or more metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table, and further comprises one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolite material comprising one or more of copper and iron,
wherein the coating comprises the non-zeolite oxide material at a loading (l1), and the one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolite material comprising one or more of copper and iron at a loading (l2), and
wherein the ratio of loading (l1) to loading (l2), (l1):(l2), is in the range of from 0.1:1 to 10:1
wherein from 55 to 90 weight-% of the non-zeolitic oxidic material consist of manganese, present as Mn 2 O 3 from 5 to 25 weight-% of the non-zeolitic oxidic material consist of zirconium, calculated as ZrO 2 , and from 5 to 25 weight-% of the non-zeolitic oxidic material consist of lanthanum, calculated as La 2 O 3 .

2. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table are selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, tantalum, and tungsten.

3. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table are selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, iron, and tungsten,
wherein titanium, if present, is in the non-zeolite oxide material as titania, and
wherein the non-zeolite oxide material further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon, antimony, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, and neodymium.

4. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table are selected from the group consisting of aluminum, vanadium, iron, and tungsten.

5. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table are selected from the group consisting of vanadium, cobalt, zirconium, and tungsten,
wherein the non-zeolite oxide material further comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of silicon, antimony, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, and neodymium, and
wherein the manganese comprised in the non-zeolite oxide material is present as Mn 2 O 3 .

6. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the non-zeolite oxide material comprised in the coating has a loading in the range of from 10 to 100 g/l.

7. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the coating comprises a zeolite material comprising one or more of copper and iron, and
wherein the zeolite material comprised in the coating has at least one framework type selected from the group consisting of ABW, ACO, AEI, AEL, AEN, AET, AFG, AFI, AFN, AFO, AFR, AFS, AFT, AFV, AFX, AFY, AIT, ANA, APC, APD, AST, ASV, ATN, ATO, ATS, ATT, ATV, AVL, AWO, AWW, BCT, BEA, BEC, BIK, BOF, BOG, BOZ, BPH, BRE, BSV, CAN, CAS, CDO, CFI, CGF, CGS, CHA, -CHI, -CLO, CON, CSV, CZP, DAC, DDR, DFO, DFT, DOH, DON, EAB, EDI, EEI, EMT, EON, EPI, ERI, ESV, ETR, EUO, *-EWT, EZT, FAR, FAU, FER, FRA, GIS, GIU, GME, GON, GOO, HEU, IFO, IFR, -IFU, IFW, IFY, IHW, IMF, IRN, IRR, -IRY, ISV, ITE, ITG, ITH, *-ITN, ITR, ITT, -ITV, ITW, IWR, IWS, IWV, IWW, JBW, JNT, JOZ, JRY, JSN, JSR, JST, JSW, KFI, LAU, LEV, LIO, -LIT, LOS, LOV, LTA, LTF, LTJ, LTL, LTN, MAR, MAZ, MEI, MEL, MEP, MER, MFI, MFS, MON, MOR, MOZ, *MRE, MSE, MSO, MTF, MTN, MTT, MTW, MVY, MWF, MWW, NAB, NAT, NES, NON, NPO, NPT, NSI, OBW, OFF, OKO, OSI, OSO, OWE, -PAR, PAU, PCR, PHI, PON, POS, PSI, PUN, RHO, -RON, RRO, RSN, RTE, RTH, RUT, RWR, RWY, SAF, SAO, SAS, SAT, SAV, SBE, SBN, SBS, SBT, SEW, SFE, SFF, SFG, SFH, SFN, SFO, SFS, *SFV, SFW, SGT, SIV, SOD, SOF, SOS, SSF, *SSO, SSY, STF, STI, *STO, STT, STW, -SVR, SW, SZR, TER, THO, TOL, TON, TSC, TUN, UEI, UFI, UOS, UOV, UOZ, USI, UTL, UWY, VET, VFI, VNI, VSV, WEI, -WEN, YUG, ZON, and mixtures thereof.

8. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 7 , wherein the zeolite material comprises copper in an amount, calculated as CuO, in the range of 0.1 to 10 weight-% based on the total weight of the zeolite material,
wherein from 95 to 100 weight-% of the framework structure of the zeolite material consists of Si, Al, O, and optionally H,
wherein the framework structure of the zeolite material comprises Si and Al, and
wherein the framework structure of the zeolite material has a molar ratio of Si to Al, calculated as molar SiO 2 :Al 2 O 3 , in the range of from 2:1 to 50:1.

9. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the coating comprises the zeolite material at a loading in the range of from 60 to 300 g/l.

10. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the coating further comprises a metal oxide binder,
wherein the metal oxide binder comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of zirconia, alumina, titania, silica, and mixtures thereof,
wherein the coating comprises the metal oxide binder at a loading in the range of from 1 to 12 g/l.

11. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst of claim 1 , wherein the coating comprises a vanadium oxide,
wherein the vanadium oxide is one or more of a vanadium (V) oxide and a vanadium (IV) oxide,
wherein the vanadium oxide optionally comprises one or more of tungsten, iron, and antimony, and
wherein the vanadium oxide is supported on an oxide material comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium, silicon, zirconium, titania, and tungsten.

12. An exhaust gas treatment system for treating an exhaust gas stream, comprising the selective catalytic reduction catalyst according to claim 1 and at least one selected from the group consisting of a diesel oxidation catalyst, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, an ammonia oxidation catalyst, and a filter.

13. A process for preparing a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, comprising:
(a) providing a flow-through substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end, and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough;
(b) preparing a slurry comprising a non-zeolite oxide material comprising manganese and one or more metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table, and further comprising one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolite material comprising one or more of copper and iron, and water;
(c) disposing the slurry obtained in (b) on the surface of the internal walls of the flow-through substrate according to (a), obtaining a slurry-treated substrate;
(d) optionally drying the slurry-treated substrate obtained in (c), obtaining the substrate having a coating disposed thereon;
(e) calcining the slurry-treated substrate obtained in (c), or the substrate having a coating disposed thereon obtained in (d), obtaining the selective catalytic reduction catalyst.

14. A method for selectively catalytically reducing nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas stream, said method comprising
passing th

Assignees

• Basf Corp

Inventors

• Hilgendorff Marcus
• Dumbuya Karifala
• Peter Matthias
• Sundermann Andreas

Classifications

• B01J2523/00

  Constitutive chemical elements of heterogeneous catalysts · CPC title

• B01D2255/2063

  Lanthanum · CPC title

• B01J37/0215

  Coating · CPC title

• F01N3/2066 Primary

  Selective catalytic reduction [SCR] · CPC title

• B01D2255/20723

  Vanadium · CPC title