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Nox trap with improved performance
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
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Filing: 1995-09-21
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2015-09-21
Abstract
Abstract The invention is a nitrogen oxide trap separate catalyst phases. One of the phases is platinum on a porous support and another is alkali metal or elements and alkaline earth elements on another porous support. The phases may be provided as an intimate mixture or as layers in the trap. The trap may be used in an internal combustion engine exhaust gas catalyst system. During lean-burn operation of the engine the trap adsorbs nitrogen oxides and releases the nitrogen oxides during decreased oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeffrey Scott Hepburn
- 👤 Eva Thanasiu
- 👤 William Lewis Henderson Watkins
- 👤 Carolyn Parks Hubbard
- 👤 Douglas A. Dobson
- 👤 Haren Sakarlal Gandhi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-28 01:50
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J35/00; B01J35/19; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9404; B01D53/9409; B01D53/9413; B01D53/9422; B01D2255/00; B01D2255/10; B01D2255/102; B01D2255/1021; B01D2255/20; B01D2255/202; B01D2255/204; B01D2255/90; B01D2255/91
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A nitrogen oxide trap useful for trapping nitrogen oxide present in the exhaust gases generated during lean-burn operation of an internal combustion engine, said trap comprising distinct catalyst phases: (a) a porous support loaded with catalyst comprising 0.1 to 5 weight % platinum; and (b) another porous support loaded with 2 to 30 weight % catalyst of at least one alkaline metal material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements and alkaline earth elements, said phase (a) being essentially free of said alkaline metal material, the weight % of catalyst being based on the weight of its porous support, and wherein the catalyst phases (a) and (b) are provided as an intimate mixture thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A nitrogen oxide trap useful for trapping nitrogen oxide present in the exhaust gases generated during lean-burn operation of an internal combustion engine, said trap comprising distinct catalyst phases: (a) a porous support loaded with catalyst comprising 0.1 to 5 weight % platinum; and (b) another porous support loaded with 2 to 30 weight % catalyst of at least one alkaline metal material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements and alkaline earth elements, said phase (a) being essentially free of said alkaline metal material, the weight % of catalyst being based on the weight of its porous support, and wherein the catalyst phases (a) and (b) are provided as an intimate mixture thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The trap according to claim 1 wherein said porous support of (a) and said another porous support of (b) comprises γ-alumina.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The trap according to claim 1 wherein said catalyst phase (a) further comprises components selected from ceria and rhodium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The trap according to claim 1 wherein catalyst phase (a) comprises said support loaded with about 0.5 to 2 wt. percent platinum (b) comprises said second support loaded with about 10 to 20 wt. percent said alkaline metal, each based on the weight of the respective porous support.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The trap according to claim 3 wherein said porous support of (a) and said another porous support of (b) comprises γ-alumina.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
149 words
An internal combustion engine exhaust gas catalyst system comprising a nitrogen oxide trap being arranged in the exhaust system and absorbing nitrogen oxides when the air/fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into said trap is lean, said nitrogen oxide trap releasing absorbed nitrogen oxides when the oxygen concentration in said exhaust gas is lowered, said nitrogen oxide trap comprising distinct catalyst phases: (a) a porous support loaded with catalyst comprising 0.1 to 5 weight % platinum; and (b) another porous support loaded with 2 to 30 weight % catalyst of at least one alkaline metal material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements and alkaline earth elements, said phase (a) being essentially free of said alkaline metal material, the weight % of catalyst being based on the weight of its porous support, and wherein the catalyst phases (a) and (b) are provided as an intimate mixture thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
149 words
An internal combustion engine exhaust gas catalyst system comprising a nitrogen oxide trap being arranged in the exhaust system and absorbing nitrogen oxides when the air/fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into said trap is lean, said nitrogen oxide trap releasing absorbed nitrogen oxides when the oxygen concentration in said exhaust gas is lowered, said nitrogen oxide trap comprising distinct catalyst phases: (a) a porous support loaded with catalyst comprising 0.1 to 5 weight % platinum; and (b) another porous support loaded with 2 to 30 weight % catalyst of at least one alkaline metal material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements and alkaline earth elements, said phase (a) being essentially free of said alkaline metal material, the weight % of catalyst being based on the weight of its porous support, and wherein the catalyst phases (a) and (b) are provided as an intimate mixture thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The exhaust gas catalyst system according to claim 6 wherein said porous support of (a) and said another porous support of (b) comprises gamma-alumina.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The exhaust gas catalyst system according to claim 7 wherein said catalyst phase (a) further comprises components selected from ceria and rhodium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
The exhaust gas catalyst system according to claim 6 wherein catalyst phase (a) comprises said support loaded with about 0.5-2 wt. percent platinum and catalyst phase (b) comprises said support loaded with about 10-20 percent said alkaline metal, each based on the weight of its respective porous support.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The exhaust gas catalyst system according to claim 6 which further comprises a three way catalyst positioned upstream of the NO x trap.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The exhaust gas catalyst system according to claim 10 which further comprises a three-way catalyst positioned downstream of the NO x trap.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
146 words
A process for trapping nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gases generated during lean-burn operation of an internal combustion engine, said process comprising the steps of: bringing said oxygen-rich exhaust gases, whose oxygen content is at the stoichiometric or more required for oxidizing the components to be oxidized therein, into contact with a nitrogen oxide trap comprising distinct catalyst phases: (a) a porous support loaded with catalyst comprising 0.1 to 5 weight % platinum; and (b) another porous support loaded with 2 to 30 weight % catalyst of at least one alkaline metal material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements and alkaline earth elements, said phase (a) being essentially free of said alkaline metal material, the weight % of catalyst being based on the weight of its porous support, and wherein the catalyst phases (a) and (b) are provided as an intimate mixture thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
146 words
A process for trapping nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gases generated during lean-burn operation of an internal combustion engine, said process comprising the steps of: bringing said oxygen-rich exhaust gases, whose oxygen content is at the stoichiometric or more required for oxidizing the components to be oxidized therein, into contact with a nitrogen oxide trap comprising distinct catalyst phases: (a) a porous support loaded with catalyst comprising 0.1 to 5 weight % platinum; and (b) another porous support loaded with 2 to 30 weight % catalyst of at least one alkaline metal material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements and alkaline earth elements, said phase (a) being essentially free of said alkaline metal material, the weight % of catalyst being based on the weight of its porous support, and wherein the catalyst phases (a) and (b) are provided as an intimate mixture thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process according to claim 12 wherein said support for both said phases (a) and (b) comprises gamma-alumina.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The trap according to claim 12 wherein said catalyst phase (a) further comprises components selected from ceria and rhodium.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
44 words
The process according to claim 12 wherein (a) comprises said support loaded with about 0.5 to 2 wt. percent platinum and (b) comprises said support loaded with about 10-20 wt. percent said alkaline metal, each based on the weight of the respective porous support.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process according to claim 12 which further comprises the step of contacting said exhaust gases with a three-way catalyst positioned upstream of the nitrogen oxide trap.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process according to claim 16 which further comprises contacting said exhaust gases with a three-way catalyst positioned downstream of the nitrogen oxide trap.
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