Urea decomposition and HNCO hydrolysis studied over titanium dioxide, Fe-Beta and gamma-Alumina
Journal article, 2011
The catalytic effect of titanium dioxide, Fe-Beta, gamma-Alumina, on the thermal decomposition of urea and hydrolysis of HNCO, was investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and mass spectrometry (MS). The catalytic materials were coated on cordierite substrates and a pure cordierite sample was also used for comparison. The urea was administered by impregnating the monoliths with an urea/water solution. The experiments were performed using a constant heating rate of 10 K/min and over a temperature range of 25-500 degrees C. A sweep gas flow rate of 80 mL/min of either dry or humid Ar was used. The results show that TiO(2) is the best hydrolysis catalyst. Fe-Beta showed a very large ammonia production, due to selective adsorption of urea during the impregnation of the monolith in the urea solution. One experiment with lower flow, higher urea loading and increased ramp speed conducted in dry Ar over TiO(2) showed a large formation of biproducts. This experiment was repeated in the presence of water and this decreased the formation of CYA and biuret significantly. The reason for this is the effective hydrolysis of the HNCO over titania, which hindered the bi-product formation.
selective catalytic-reduction
HNCO hydrolysis
metal-exchanged zeolites
diesel-engine
Zeolite
TiO(2)
emissions
thermal-decomposition
Micro-calorimetry
performance
scr catalysts
Fe-Beta
adsorption
SCR
nox
Urea decomposition
gamma-Al(2)O(3)
low-temperatures
MS
Biuret
CYA
Author
Andreas Lundström
Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical Reaction Engineering
T. Snelling
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)
P. Morsing
Haldor Topsoe
Pär Gabrielsson
Haldor Topsoe
E. Senar
Haldor Topsoe
Louise Olsson
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical Reaction Engineering
Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
0926-3373 (ISSN) 1873-3883 (eISSN)
Vol. 106 3-4 273-279Areas of Advance
Transport
Energy
Materials Science
Subject Categories
Chemical Sciences
DOI
10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.05.010