Abstract
The effect of soot on the storage-reduction performances of a PtBa/Al 2O 3 catalyst is investigated in this work. It is found that the presence of soot reduces the NO x storage capacity of the catalyst, evaluated in presence of water and CO 2 in the feed stream in the range 200–350 °C and with different values of the NO inlet concentration. Besides the presence of soot favors the decomposition and the reduction of the stored nitrates, while soot is being oxidized. A direct reaction between the stored nitrates and soot is suggested, that has been explained on the basis of the surface mobility of the adsorbed nitrates. This soot oxidation pathway involves surface species and parallels the NO 2-soot oxidation that occurs in the presence of gas-phase NO 2. Finally, the presence of soot does not influence appreciably the behavior of the PtBa/Al 2O 3 catalyst in the reduction by H 2 of the stored nitrates: in all cases N 2 is the main reaction product and ammonia is observed in minor amounts.
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