Urea decomposition and HNCO hydrolysis studied over titanium dioxide, Fe-Beta and gamma-Alumina
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 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
Författare
Andreas Lundström
Kompetenscentrum katalys
Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kemisk reaktionsteknik
T. Snelling
Kemisk reaktionsteknik
Kompetenscentrum katalys
P. Morsing
Haldor Topsoe
Pär Gabrielsson
Haldor Topsoe
E. Senar
Haldor Topsoe
Louise Olsson
Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kemisk reaktionsteknik
Kompetenscentrum katalys
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
0926-3373 (ISSN) 1873-3883 (eISSN)
Vol. 106 3-4 273-279Styrkeområden
Transport
Energi
Materialvetenskap
Ämneskategorier
Kemi
DOI
10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.05.010