IP Library Granted Patent US 8,540,952
Granted Patent B2
US 8,540,952 · App. 13/525,461 · Granted Sep 24, 2013

Catalyzed substrate and exhaust system for internal combustion engine

Inventors: Daniel Swallow (Sandy, GB); Andrew Francis Chiffey (Ware, GB); Paul Richard Phillips (Royston, GB)
Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
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Patent No.
US 8,540,952
App. No.
13/525,461
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust system, and a catalyzed substrate for use in an exhaust system, is disclosed. The exhaust system comprises a lean NO x trap and the catalyzed substrate. The catalyzed substrate has a first zone, having a platinum group metal loaded on a support, and a second zone, having copper or iron loaded on a zeolite. The first zone or second zone additionally comprises a base metal oxide or a base metal loaded on an inorganic oxide. Also provided are methods for treating an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine using the exhaust system. The exhaust system is capable of storing NH 3 generated in rich purging, reacting the NH 3 with slip NO x , controlling H 2 S released from NO x trap desulfation, and oxidizing slip hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. When the catalyzed substrate is a filter substrate, it is also capable of removing soot from exhaust system.

Claims (8)

1. An exhaust system for internal combustion engines comprising:

(a) a lean NO x trap; and

(b) a catalyzed filter substrate having a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone comprises a platinum group metal loaded on a support and the second zone comprises copper or iron loaded on a zeolite, and the first zone or the second zone additionally comprises a base metal oxide or a base metal loaded on an inorganic oxide.

2. The exhaust system of claim 1 wherein the zeolite is selected from the group consisting of a beta zeolite, a faujasite, an L-zeolite, a ZSM zeolite, an SSZ-zeolite, a ferrierite, a mordenite, a chabazite, an offretite, an erionite, a clinoptilolite, a silicalite, an aluminum phosphate zeolite, a mesoporous zeolite, and mixtures thereof.

3. The exhaust system of claim 1 wherein the platinum group metal is selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, rhodium, and mixtures thereof, and the support is selected from the group consisting of inorganic oxides, zeolites, and mixtures thereof.

4. The exhaust system of claim 1 wherein the base metal is selected from the group consisting of iron, manganese, copper, nickel, and mixtures thereof, and the base metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of iron oxide, manganese oxide, copper oxide, nickel oxide, and mixtures thereof.

5. The exhaust system of claim 1 wherein the second zone comprises copper or iron loaded on a zeolite and a base metal oxide or a base metal loaded on an inorganic oxide.

6. The exhaust system of claim 1 wherein the catalyzed filter substrate is oriented such that the first zone is contacted by an exhaust gas from the NO x trap prior to the second zone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2012
From: SWALLOW, DANIEL; CHIFFEY, ANDREW FRANCIS; PHILLIPS, PAUL RICHARD
To: JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Reel/Frame 028632/0951 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1111950.0 · Jul 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61499340 · Jun 21, 2011
Related Publication 20130149220A1 · Jun 13, 2013