IP Library Granted Patent US 12,383,890
Granted Patent B2
US 12,383,890 · App. 15/733,739 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Mixed zeolite-containing SCR catalyst

Inventor: Yuejin Li (Iselin, NJ)
Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
B01J29/80B01J29/85B01J37/04B01J37/08F01N3/2066B01J29/072B01J29/76F01N2250/12
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Patent No.
US 12,383,890
App. No.
15/733,739
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure generally provides selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst compositions, catalyst articles and catalyst systems including such catalyst articles for treating engine exhaust gas. In particular, the SCR catalyst composition includes a first zeolite and a second zeolite and has not been subjected to temperatures above 650° C. The first zeolite includes a promoter metal and has a first framework structure and at least a portion of the second zeolite is in a form selected from H + form, NH 4 + form, alkali metal form, alkaline earth metal form, and combinations thereof and has a second framework structure. The first framework structure and the second framework structure are different.

Claims (27)

1. A catalytic article comprising a substrate having a plurality of channels for gas flow and a catalyst composition disposed on the substrate, wherein the catalyst composition comprises:

a first zeolite with a first framework structure and a second zeolite with a second framework structure,

wherein the first zeolite comprises a promoter metal with a promoter metal content in an amount from about 0.1 to about 50 % by weight based on a total weight of the catalyst composition;

wherein the first and second framework structures are different and the first or the second framework structure is selected from a small pore framework structure,

wherein the promoter metal is selected from Cu, Co, Ni, La, Mn, V, Ag, Ce, Nd, Mo, Hf, Y, W and combinations thereof,

wherein the second zeolite is substantially free of transition metal and is in H′ form, wherein the catalyst composition has a total loading of the first zeolite on the substrate from about 0.1 to about 6 g/in 3 , and

wherein the catalyst composition has total loading of the second zeolite on the substrate from about 0.05 to about 1 g/in 3 .

2. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the promoter metal is copper (Cu).

3. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the second zeolite is present in an amount of from about 0.1% to about 50% by weight based on total weight of the catalyst composition.

4. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the first and second zeolites are independently selected from aluminosilicate, borosilicate, gallosilicate, SAPO, AIPO, MeAPSO, and MeAPO zeolites.

5. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the first and second framework structures are independently selected from AEI, AFT, AFV, AFX, AVL, BEA, CHA, DDR, EAB, EEI, ERI, FAU, FER, IFY, IRN, KFI, LEV, LTA, LTN, MER, MOR, MWF, MFI, NPT, PAU, RHO, RTE, RTH, SAS, SAT, SAV, SFW, TSC, and UFI.

6. The catalytic article of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a wall flow filter or a flow through substrate.

7. A method for reducing NOx level in an exhaust gas, comprising contacting the exhaust gas with the catalytic article of claim 1 for a time and at a temperature sufficient to reduce the level of NOx in the exhaust gas.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the level of NOx in the exhaust gas is reduced by at least 40%.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the temperature ranges from about 150° C. to about 350° C.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the temperature ranges from about 450°° C. to about 750° C.

11. An emission treatment system for treating an exhaust gas stream, the emission treatment system comprising:

an engine producing an exhaust gas stream; and

the catalytic article of claim 1 positioned downstream from the engine in fluid communication with the exhaust gas stream.

12. The emission treatment system of claim 11 , further comprising one or more of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), a catalyzed soot filter (CSF), a soot filter, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, a SCR catalyst coated onto a filter (SCROF), an ammonia oxidation (AMOx) catalyst, a SCR/AMOx catalyst, a lean NOx trap (LNT), and a nitrogenous reductant injector.

13. The emission treatment system of claim 12 , wherein:

(a) the catalyst composition is located downstream of the DOC and upstream of the soot filter; or

(b) the catalyst composition is located downstream of the DOC and the soot filter; or

(c) the catalyst composition is located upstream of the DOC and the soot filter; or

(d) the catalyst composition is located downstream of the LNT; or

(e) the catalyst composition is on the soot filter; or

(f) the catalyst composition is on the SCR catalyst or the SCR/AMOx catalyst.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 8, 2024
From: BASF CORPORATION
To: BASF MOBILE EMISSIONS CATALYSTS LLC
Reel/Frame 068518/0394 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2020
From: LI, YUEJIN
To: BASF CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054020/0172 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62656008 · Apr 11, 2018
Related Publication 20210114007A1 · Apr 22, 2021
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