IP Library Granted Patent US 7,763,560
Granted Patent B2
US 7,763,560 · App. 10/838,518 · Granted Jul 27, 2010

Catalyst for purifying diesel engine exhaust gas and method for production thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,763,560
App. No.
10/838,518
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A catalyst which purges a diesel engine exhaust gas of HC, CO, and SOF and reduces the emission of particulates as well and a method for the production thereof are provided. The catalyst for purifying a diesel engine exhaust gas has deposited on a refractory three-dimensional structure a catalyst component comprising silica-alumina supporting at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, and rhodium and zeolite. This catalyst is produced by adding a noble metal component into a slurry of silica-alumina thereby inducing chemical adsorption, then adding zeolite to the resultant mixture thereby obtaining a mixed slurry of a noble metal-supporting silica-alumina and zeolite, dipping a refractory three-dimensional structure in the slurry thereby inducing deposition of the catalyst component, and subsequently calcining the resultant composite.

Claims (25)

1. A catalyst for purifying a diesel engine exhaust gas, formed by depositing on a refractory three-dimensional structure a catalyst component comprising silica-alumina having an average particle diameter of 10-45 μm, at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, and rhodium, and beta zeolite, wherein the at least one noble metal is supported on the silica-alumina, but not on the beta zeolite.

2. A catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of silica/alumina in said silica-alumina is in the range of 0.02-1.

3. A catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of silica/alumina in said beta zeolite is in the range of 10-150.

4. A catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein said silica-alumina has a BET specific surface area in the range of 100-400 m 2 /g and the mass ratio of SiO 2 to Al 2 O 3 is in the ratio of 0.02-1.

5. A catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein said silica-alumina is in a powdery form.

6. A catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of silica-alumina to zeolite is in the range of 0.5-5.

7. A catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of said at least one noble metal is in the range of 0.01-5 g per liter of the volume of the catalyst.

8. A catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein said catalyst component further contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, and rare earth elements.

9. A method for the production of a catalyst for purifying a diesel engine exhaust gas, characterized by

adding a noble metal component into a slurry of silica-alumina having an average particle diameter of 10-45 μm, thereby inducing chemical adsorption,

adding beta zeolite to the resultant mixture thereby obtaining a mixed slurry,

dipping a refractory three-dimensional structure in said mixed slurry thereby inducing deposition of a catalyst component, and

calcining the composite consequently obtained.

10. A method according to claim 9 , wherein the mass ration of silica/alumina in said silica-alumina is in the range of 0.02-1.

11. A method according to claim 9 , wherein the mass ratio of silica/alumina in said beta zeolite is in the range of 10-150.

12. A method according to claim 9 , wherein said silica/alumina has a BET specific surface area in the range of 100-400 m 2 /g and the mass ratio of SiO 2 to Al 2 O 3 is in the ratio of 0.02-1.

13. A method according to claim 9 , wherein said silica-alumina is in a powdery form.

14. A method according to claim 9 , wherein the mass ratio of silica-alumina to zeolite is in the range of 0.5-5.

15. A method according to claim 9 , wherein the amount of said noble metal is in the range of 0.01-5 g per liter of the volume of the catalyst.

16. A method according to claim 9 , wherein said catalyst component further contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium zirconium, and rare earth elements.

17. A method according to claim 9 , wherein the addition of the noble metal component into the slurry of silica-alumina is carried out at the temperature of 15-500° C.

18. The catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of the silica-alumina and the beta zeolite is in the range of 0.8-3.

19. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the mass ratio of the silica-alumina and the beta zeolite is in the range of 0.8-3.

20. The catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of silica and alumina in the silica-alumina is in the range of 0.05-0.5.

21. The catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of silica and alumina in the beta zeolite is in the range of 18-50.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2013
From: INTERNATIONAL CATALYST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: UMICORE SHOKUBAI USA INC.
Reel/Frame 030102/0238 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2013
From: ICT CO., LTD.
To: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029925/0593 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2004
From: HORIUCHI, MAKOTO; HORI, MASAO; YOSHIKAWA, TATSUYA; FUKUMOTO, ATSUSHI; NAKANE, TAKUJI
To: ICT CO., LTD.; INTERNATIONAL CATALYST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 014857/0635 →