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Title: Soot oxidation and NO{sub x} reduction over BaAl{sub 2}O{sub 4} catalyst

Journal Article · · Combustion and Flame
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  1. Key Laboratory of Power Machinery and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240 (China)

This study addresses soot oxidation and NO{sub x} reduction over a BaAl{sub 2}O{sub 4} catalyst. By XRD analysis, the catalyst was shown to be of spinel structure. Temperature Programmed Oxidation (TPO) and Constant Temperature Oxidation (CTO) at 673 K show that the presence of O{sub 2} decreases the ignition temperature of soot, and it enhances the conversion of NO{sub x} to N{sub 2} and N{sub 2}O. The kinetic features of soot oxidation in the TPO test are similar to that in the TG-DTA analysis. Analysis by Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Infrared Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) indicates that the nitrates formed from NO{sub x} adsorption and the C(O) intermediates from soot oxidation are the key precursors of the redox process between soot and NO{sub x} over surfaces of the BaAl{sub 2}O{sub 4} catalyst. Moreover, DRIFTS tests suggest that nitrates act as the principal oxidants for C(O) oxidation, through which nitrates are reduced to N{sub 2} and N{sub 2}O. The O{sub 2} in the gas mixture presents a positive effect on the conversion of NO{sub x} to N{sub 2} and N{sub 2}O by promoting the oxidation of nitrites into nitrates species. (author)

OSTI ID:
21235974
Journal Information:
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 156, Issue 11; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 0010-2180
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English