Honeycomb Cordierite-Carriers Pt-Pd-Rh Ternary Composite for Ammonia Removal

Abstract

This work considers the development of ammonia (NH 3 ) by selective catalytic oxidation (SCO) over a honeycomb Pt-Pd-Rh ternary composite cordierite catalyst in a tubular fixed-bed flow quartz reactor (TFBR) at temperatures between 423 and 623 K. A honeycomb Pt-Pd-Rh ternary composite cordierite catalyst was prepared by incipient wetness impregnation with aqueous solutions of H 2 PtCl 6 , Pd(NO 3 ) 3 and Rh(NO 3 ) 3 that were coated on cordierite cellular ceramic materials. The catalysts were characterized using OM, TGA-DTA, SEM/EDX and TEM. Based on the experimental results show that around 99.5% NH 3 removal was achieved during catalytic oxidation over the honeycomb Pt-Pd-Rh ternary composite cordierite catalyst at 623 K with an oxygen content of 4%. N 2 was the main product in the NH 3 -SCO process over the honeycomb Pt-Pd-Rh ternary composite cordierite catalyst. Moreover, the present study also shows that contaminants crystal aggregation phases and washcoat loss may be responsible for the deactivation of the catalysts. These results also verify that the high initial concentration of the influent NH 3 decreases the efficiency of removal of ammonia.

Removal of Gaseous Ammonia in Pt-Rh Binary Catalytic Oxidation

“…The most promising and widely used technology for solving NH 3 pollution is the selective catalytic oxidation (SCO) of ammonia (SCO-NH 3 ) to produce N 2 and H 2 O (Hung, 2006;Hung, 2008a;Cui et al, 2010;Hung, 2010;Hung, 2011b). This important heterogeneous catalytic process has attracted significant attention in materials chemistry and the effectiveness of the oxidation process has been improved by using high-performance catalysts, which potentially shorten the reaction time of the oxidation and allow the reaction to proceed under milder operating conditions.…”