Titania based platinum monolithic catalysts for lean-burn DeNO x process

Abstract

Monolithic catalyst supports were prepared with mixtures of titanium dioxide and a natural magnesium silicate. Some properties of relevance to their scale-up for industrial applications using monoliths manufactured with various commercial titanias and treated at different temperatures were compared. Thus, their textural properties, anatase phase stability and axial strength were evaluated. Taking into account these results, a support was selected for the preparation of platinum catalysts, which were prepared by varying the impregnation time and the platinum solution concentration. Equations were obtained describing the dependence of the catalyst platinum content on each of these parameters. Catalyst activities were tested in the catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide with propylene in lean-burn conditions.