Hydrothermal Aging Effects on Fe/SSZ-13 and Fe/Beta NH3–SCR Catalysts
Cu/SSZ-13 has been successfully commercialized as a diesel engine exhaust aftertreatment SCR catalyst in the past few years. This catalyst, however, displays undesirable NH3-SCR selectivity at elevated reaction temperature (≥ 350 C) after hydrothermal aging. Fe/zeolites, despite the fact that most of them degrade beyond tolerance after hydrothermal aging at temperatures ≥ 650 C, typically maintain good SCR selectivities. In recent years, Fe/beta has been identified as one of the more robust Fe/zeolites for use in NH3-SCR, where activity maintains even after hydrothermal aging at 750 C. Very recently, we, for the first time, synthesized and tested NH3-SCR performance for fresh and hydrothermally aged Fe/SSZ-13 catalysts. This study demonstrated that Fe/SSZ-13 is also a promising robust SCR catalyst, especially for high-temperature applications. In the present study, we compare catalytic performance between Fe/SSZ-13 and Fe/beta with similar Fe loadings and Si/Al ratios. Special attention is paid to effects from hydrothermal aging, aiming to understanding similarities and differences between these two catalysts. The authors gratefully acknowledge the US Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Vehicle Technologies Program for the support of this work. The research described in this paper was performed at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility sponsored by the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL is operated for the US DOE by Battelle.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1342301
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-111293; 47953; VT0401000
- Journal Information:
- Topics in Catalysis, Journal Name: Topics in Catalysis Journal Issue: 10-12 Vol. 59; ISSN 1022-5528
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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