The Impact of Lanthanum and Zeolite Structure on Hydrocarbon Storage
Journal article, 2021

Hydrocarbon traps can be used to bridge the temperature gap from the cold start of a vehicle until the exhaust after-treatment catalyst has reached its operating temperature. In this work, we investigate the effect of zeolite structure (ZSM-5, BEA, SSZ-13) and the effect of La addition to H-BEA and H-ZSM-5 on the hydrocarbon storage capacity by temperature-programmed desorption and DRIFT spectroscopy. The results show that the presence of La has a significant effect on the adsorption characteristics of toluene on the BEA-supported La materials. A low loading of La onto zeolite BEA (2% La-BEA) improves not only the toluene adsorption capacity but also the retention of toluene. However, a higher loading of La results in a decrease in the adsorbed amount of toluene, which likely is due to partial blocking of the pore of the support. High loadings of La in BEA result in a contraction of the unit cell of the zeolite as evidenced by XRD. A synergetic effect of having simultaneously different types of hydrocarbons (toluene, propene, and propane) in the feed is found for samples containing ZSM-5, where the desorption temperature of propane increases, and the quantity that desorbed increases by a factor of four. This is found to be due to the interaction between toluene and propane inside the structure of the zeolite.

cold start

lanthanum

toluene

zeolite

HC trap

gasoline

La-BEA

Author

Rasmus Jonsson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Hoang Phuoc Ho

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Aiyong Wang

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Magnus Skoglundh

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Louise Olsson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Catalysts

20734344 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 5 635

Subject Categories

Inorganic Chemistry

Materials Chemistry

Other Chemical Engineering

DOI

10.3390/catal11050635

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