Nitrogen Release from a NOx Storage and Reduction Catalyst
In a NOx storage and reduction (NSR) catalyst the release and reduction of NOx occurs over a very short period. The speed of the NOx release and reduction creates difficulties in analyzing the chemistry using normal analytical techniques, which are typically better suited to slower, steady state studies. We have investigated the time dependence of NO, NO2, NH3, N2O and N2 released by an NSR catalyst using a combination of FTIR and gas chromatographic techniques. Nitrogen was detected with the GC by using He rather than N2 as the background gas. The FTIR was used not only to monitor NO, NO2, NH3 and N2O, but also to establish cycle-to-cycle reproducibility. Under these conditions we used the GC to sample the effluent at multiple times over many lean-rich cycles. To the extent that the chemistry was truly periodic and reproducible, we obtained the time dependence of the release of nitrogen after the lean-to-rich transition. Similar information was obtained for O2, H2 and N2O. Combining the FTIR and GC data we obtained good cycle averaged nitrogen balances, indicating that all the major products were accounted for.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 882378
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-45786; CATTEA; 3586; VT0401000; TRN: US200614%%17
- Journal Information:
- Catalysis Today, 114(1):94-101, Vol. 114, Issue 1; ISSN 0920-5861
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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