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Catalyst for reductive conversion of nitrogen oxides in waste gases

Assignee: Lonza AG
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Filing: 1987-06-03
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Granted: 1988-12-06
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Expires: 2007-06-03
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Abstract

Abstract Catalyst for the reductive conversion of nitrogen oxides, optionally accompanied by sulfur dioxides, in waste gases, produced by the impregnation of a support, for example, a TiO 2 support, with a vanadium alkoxide, and treatment of the impregnated support in the oxygen-containing gas current. The catalyst brings about a conversion of the nitrogen oxides even at a relatively low temperature of 150° to 350° C.

Inventors

  • 👤 Alfons Baiker
  • 👤 Peter Dollenmeier
  • 👤 Marek Glinski

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 12:18
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J23/00; B01J23/16; B01J23/20; B01J23/22; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/74; B01D53/86; B01D53/8621; B01D53/8625; B01D53/8628

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 156 words
Process comprising reductively converting nitrogen oxides in a gas mixture in the presence of ammonia and oxygen by bringing the gas mixture into contact with a catalyst at 150° to 350° C. with a space velocity of 7,000 to 50,000 h -1 , said catalyst being produced by the process comprising conducting, at least once, the sequence of impregnating a support, containing TiO 2 , SiO 2 , ZrO, Cr 2 O 3 and/or SnO 2 , with a vanadium alkoxide dissolved in an apolar, water-free solvent in an inert atmosphere, and calcining the impregnated support at a temperature of 300° to 600° C. for 3 to 6 hours in the dry gas current with 15 to 25 percent by volume of oxygen to achieve a surface deposit of the active parts in the form of vanadium oxide on the support, said impregnating step and said calcining step being performed in absolutely water-free conditions and environment.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 156 words
Process comprising reductively converting nitrogen oxides in a gas mixture in the presence of ammonia and oxygen by bringing the gas mixture into contact with a catalyst at 150° to 350° C. with a space velocity of 7,000 to 50,000 h -1 , said catalyst being produced by the process comprising conducting, at least once, the sequence of impregnating a support, containing TiO 2 , SiO 2 , ZrO, Cr 2 O 3 and/or SnO 2 , with a vanadium alkoxide dissolved in an apolar, water-free solvent in an inert atmosphere, and calcining the impregnated support at a temperature of 300° to 600° C. for 3 to 6 hours in the dry gas current with 15 to 25 percent by volume of oxygen to achieve a surface deposit of the active parts in the form of vanadium oxide on the support, said impregnating step and said calcining step being performed in absolutely water-free conditions and environment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein 1 to 3 moles of ammonia is used per mole of nitrogen oxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 16 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the catalyst is used in a fixed bed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 31 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the nitrogen oxides include NO, N 2 O 3 , NO 2 , N 1 O 4 and/or N 2 O 5 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein, when SO 2 is present, the reductive conversion is conducted at a temperature of 300° to 350° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
The process as claimed in claim 2 wherein, when SO 2 is not present, the reductive conversion is conducted at a temperature of 150° to 250° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 22 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the reductive conversion is started at a pressure between normal pressure and 10 bars.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 22 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein, in the catalyst preparation process, n-hexane or petroleum ether is the apolar, water-free solvent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 30 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein, in the catalyst preparation process, the impregnated support is treated in a gas current with about 21 percent by volume of oxygen.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 20 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein, in the catalyst preparation process, the gas current is an air current.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 40 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein, in the catalyst preparation process, the support consists of a mixed gel, produced from 20 to 60 mole percent of silica sol and 80 to 40 mole percent of titanium dioxide sol.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 43 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein, in the catalyst preparation process, the support is impregnated with vanadium i-butoxide and the vanadium oxide after activation exhibits a valence of -5 and is present in the form of V 2 O 5 .
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 25 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the sequence of the impregnation step and the calcining step is performed between one and six times.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 25 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the sequence of the impregnation step and the calcining step is performed between three and five times.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 27 words
The process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the sequence of the impregnation step and the calcining step is performed two, three, four, five or six times.

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