deNO_x Performance and Reaction Mechanism of the Di-Air System

摘要

The detailed reaction mechanism of Di-Air, which showed the unprecedented high deNO_x performance at high temperature conditions, was studied in this work. Since the Di-Air phenomenon occurs with continuous short pulse injections of hydrocarbons over NSR (NOx storage and reduction) catalyst, this study focused on the specific function of HC as an effective reductant for NO_x reduction reaction. As a first step, the deNO_x performance was compared with three different reductant gases including CO, H2 and C3H6 in a modified synthetic gas bench equipped with a gas injector which enables continuous small amount of injections. At inlet gas temperature of 450 °C C3H6 showed the best deNO_x performance whereas H2 was the best at 150 °C. Moreover the result of temperature programmed desorption showed that intermediate species represented by-NCO (isocyanates) produced from C3H6 was thermally more stable than that produced from CO. These results confirmed that the injected HC reacts with adsorbed NO_x on NSR catalyst generating thermally stable intermediates, which could contribute the high deNO_x performance at high temperature conditions.