Hydrocarbon adsorbent
Provided are: a hydrocarbon adsorbent capable of adsorbing hydrocarbons, storing the adsorbed hydrocarbons up to a relatively high temperature, and desorbing the adsorbed and stored hydrocarbons at a relatively high temperature; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition using the same; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst; and a method for treating an exhaust gas. The hydrocarbon adsorbent comprises a zeolite having an MRT-type framework structure. The hydrocarbon adsorbent comprises a small-pore zeolite having a total desorption amount ZD 1 of propylene desorbed at 50° C. or higher and lower than 300° C. being 3.5 mmol/g or less and a total desorption amount ZD 2 of propylene desorbed at 300° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower being 0.5 mmol/g or more, per 1 g by mass of the small-pore zeolite, when adsorbing propylene at 50° C. and then heating from 50° C. to 500° C. under the condition of 10° C./min by a temperature-programmed desorption method.
1. A hydrocarbon adsorbent, comprising a zeolite having an MRT-type framework structure,
wherein the zeolite comprising at least one metal element M selected from the group consisting of copper, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, zirconium, niobium, technetium, ruthenium, calcium, strontium, barium, lithium, potassium and rubidium, and
a content ratio of the metal element M contained in the zeolite is 0.3% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less.
2. The hydrocarbon adsorbent according to claim 1 , wherein the zeolite comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, potassium, and rubidium.
3. The hydrocarbon adsorbent according to claim 1 , comprising a small-pore zeolite having a total desorption amount ZD 1 of propylene desorbed at 50° C. or higher and lower than 300° C. being 3.5 mmol/g or less and a total desorption amount ZD 2 of propylene desorbed at 300° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower being 0.5 mmol/g or more, per 1 g by mass of the small-pore zeolite, when adsorbing propylene at 50° C. and then heating from 50° C. to 500° C. under the condition of 10° C./min by a temperature-programmed desorption method.
4. A hydrocarbon adsorbent, comprising a Cu-containing zeolite having a ratio (ZD 2 /ZD 1 ) of a total desorption amount ZD 2 of propylene desorbed at 300° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower to a total desorption amount ZD 1 of propylene desorbed at 50° C. or higher and lower than 300° C., per 1 g by mass of the Cu-containing zeolite that contains copper, being 0.5 or more, when adsorbing propylene at 50° C. and then heating from 50° C. to 500° C. under the condition of 10° C./min by a temperature-programmed desorption method.
5. A hydrocarbon adsorbent, comprising a Cu-free zeolite having a ratio (ZD 2 /ZD 1 ) of a total desorption amount ZD 2 of propylene desorbed at 300° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower to a total desorption amount ZD 1 of propylene desorbed at 50° C. or higher and lower than 300° C., per 1 g by mass of the Cu-free zeolite that contains no copper, being 0.3 or more, when adsorbing propylene at 50° C. and then heating from 50° C. to 500° C. under the condition of 10° C./min by a temperature-programmed desorption method.
6. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition, comprising the hydrocarbon adsorbent according to claim 1 .
7. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising a substrate and a layer containing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition according to claim 6 provided on the substrate.
8. A method for treating an exhaust gas, comprising bringing a combustion exhaust gas containing hydrocarbons into contact with the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 7 to adsorb the hydrocarbons to the exhaust gas purifying catalyst, and then desorbing the hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas purifying catalyst at a temperature of 300° C. or higher.
9. A method for treating an exhaust gas, comprising bringing a combustion exhaust gas containing NOx and/or NH 3 into contact with the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 7 to selectively reduce at least a portion of NOx to N 2 and H 2 O, and/or to oxidize at least a portion of NH 3 .
10. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition, comprising the hydrocarbon adsorbent according to claim 4 .
11. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising a substrate and a layer containing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition according to claim 10 provided on the substrate.
12. A method for treating an exhaust gas, comprising bringing a combustion exhaust gas containing hydrocarbons into contact with the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 11 to adsorb the hydrocarbons to the exhaust gas purifying catalyst, and then desorbing the hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas purifying catalyst at a temperature of 300° C. or higher.
13. A method for treating an exhaust gas, comprising bringing a combustion exhaust gas containing NOx and/or NH 3 into contact with the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 11 to selectively reduce at least a portion of NOx to N 2 and H 2 O, and/or to oxidize at least a portion of NH 3 .
14. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition, comprising the hydrocarbon adsorbent according to claim 5 .
15. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising a substrate and a layer containing the exhaust gas purifying catalyst composition according to claim 14 provided on the substrate.
16. A method for treating an exhaust gas, comprising bringing a combustion exhaust gas containing hydrocarbons into contact with the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 15 to adsorb the hydrocarbons to the exhaust gas purifying catalyst, and then desorbing the hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas purifying catalyst at a temperature of 300° C. or higher.
17. A method for treating an exhaust gas, comprising bringing a combustion exhaust gas containing NOx and/or NH 3 into contact with the exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to claim 15 to selectively reduce at least a portion of NOx to N 2 and H 2 O, and/or to oxidize at least a portion of NH 3 .