Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080256935 | Exhaust System Comprising Exotherm-Generating Catalyst - An apparatus comprising a compression ignition engine and an exhaust system therefor comprising at least one exhaust system component for treating exhaust gas and means for generating an exotherm for heating the at least one exhaust system component, which exotherm generating means consisting essentially of a catalyst and means for injecting hydrocarbon into exhaust gas for combustion on the catalyst, which catalyst consisting essentially of both a palladium (Pd) component and a platinum (Pt) component, and an optional support material, disposed on a substrate monolith. | 10-23-2008 |
20090071131 | EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPRISING CATALYSED SOOT FILTER - An exhaust system comprises: (a) a catalysed soot filter (CSF); (b) a control unit; (c) means, controllable by the control unit, for increasing a content of combustible hydrocarbon (HC) and/or carbon monoxide (CO) in an exhaust gas flowing into the CSF thereby to combust the HC and/or CO in the CSF, to increase the temperature of the CSF and to combust particulate matter collected thereon; and (d) catalysed sensor means disposed between an engine manifold and the CSF for combusting CO and/or HC in exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust system and inputting the control unit with a datum correlating with an enthalpy of combustion of HC and/or CO in the exhaust gas, whereby the control unit, when in use, controls the combustible HC and/or CO introducing means in response to the datum input thereby to control the rate of contacting the CSF with combustible HC and/or CO. | 03-19-2009 |
20090217652 | Exhaust System Comprising Zoned Oxidation Catalyst - An exhaust system for a lean-burn internal combustion engine comprises a catalyst for oxidising carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons comprising a flow-through substrate monolith comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM) zone containing at least one PGM supported on a surface area-increasing washcoat component, a second PGM zone containing at least one PGM supported on a surface area-increasing washcoat component, a third PGM zone containing at least one PGM supported on a surface area-increasing washcoat component wherein both the PGM loading in the first PGM zone and the PGM loading in the third PGM zone is greater than the PGM loading in the second PGM zone and wherein the first PGM zone comprises a washcoat loading that is less than a washcoat loading of the third PGM zone. | 09-03-2009 |
20100170230 | WASHCOATED PARTICULATE FILTER SUBSTRATE - An apparatus comprises a particulate filter substrate for an internal combustion engine, the filter substrate is coated at least in part with a washcoat, and the washcoat comprises a relatively high density material having a density of at least 3.50 gcm | 07-08-2010 |
20110146251 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A "STOP-START" COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE - A vehicle comprises a compression ignition engine provided with engine management means and having a catalyst for exhaust gas aftertreatment, wherein the engine management means is configured, when in use, to detect idle conditions and upon determining that idle conditions exist, stops the engine entirely, wherein the catalyst comprises a honeycomb substrate monolith coated with a catalytic washcoat comprising one or more precious metal, which catalytic washcoat being arranged between a first, upstream washcoat zone and a second, downstream washcoat zone, wherein a thermal mass in the first washcoat zone is different from a thermal mass in the second washcoat zone and wherein a washcoat layer in the first, upstream washcoat zone is substantially contiguous with a washcoat layer in the second, downstream washcoat zone. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154807 | NOx TRAP - A NOx trap comprises components comprising at least one platinum group metal, at least one NOx storage material and bulk ceria or a bulk cerium-containing mixed oxide deposited uniformly in a first layer on a honeycombed substrate monolith, the components in the first layer having a first, upstream, zone having increased activity relative to a second, downstream zone for oxidising hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, and a second, downstream, zone having increased activity to generate heat during a desulphation event, relative to the first zone, wherein the second zone comprises a dispersion of rare earth oxide, wherein the rare earth oxide loading in the second zone is greater than the loading in the first zone. An exhaust system for a lean burn internal combustion engine, a vehicle comprising a lean burn internal combustion engine and the exhaust system and methods of making the NOx trap are also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110179777 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A LEAN BURN IC ENGINE - An exhaust system( | 07-28-2011 |
20110182790 | TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING ALUMINOSILICATE ZEOLITE - A synthetic alumino silicate zeolite catalyst containing at least one catalytically active transition metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Hf, La, Au, In, V, lanthanides and Group VIII transition metals, which alumino silicate zeolite is a small pore aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, wherein the mean crystallite size of the aluminosilicate zeolite determined by scanning electron microscope is >0.50 micrometer. | 07-28-2011 |
20110189068 | SYSTEM FOR TREATING A GAS STREAM - A system for treating a gas stream containing nitrogen oxides (NO | 08-04-2011 |
20110268624 | COATING A MONOLITH SUBSTRATE WITH CATALYST COMPONENT - A method of coating a honeycomb monolith substrate comprising a plurality of channels with a liquid comprising a catalyst component comprises the steps of: (i) holding a honeycomb monolith substrate substantially vertically; (ii) introducing a pre-determined volume of the liquid into the substrate via open ends of the channels at a lower end of the substrate; (iii) sealingly retaining the introduced liquid within the substrate; (iv) inverting the substrate containing the retained liquid; and (v) applying a vacuum to open ends of the channels of the substrate at the inverted, lower end of the substrate to draw the liquid along the channels of the substrate. | 11-03-2011 |
20110274606 | THERMALLY REGENERABLE NITRIC OXIDE ADSORBENT - A method of reducing nitrogen oxides (NO | 11-10-2011 |
20120110988 | NOx ABSORBER CATALYSTS | 05-10-2012 |
20120186229 | ZONED CATALYTIC FILTERS FOR TREATMENT OF EXHAUST GAS - Provided is an SCRF article having different SCR catalysts compositions disposed on a wall-flow filter substrate in zones that are arranged in series with respect to the inlet and outlet faces of the substrate. Also provided is method of reducing backpressure and ammonia slip that involves the use of such SCRF articles. | 07-26-2012 |
20120201731 | ZEOLITE CATALYST CONTAINING METAL - Provided is a catalyst comprising (a) a zeolite material having a mean crystal size of at least about 0.5 μm, having a CHA framework that contains silicon and aluminum, and having a silica-to-alumina mole ratio (SAR) of about 10 to about 25; and (b) an extra-framework promoter metal (M) disposed in said zeolite material as free and/or exchanged metal, wherein the extra-framework promoter metal is copper, iron, and mixtures thereof, and is present in a promoter metal-to-aluminum atomic ratio (M:Al) of about 0.10 to about 0.24 based on the framework aluminum; and optionally comprising (c) at least about 1 weight percent of cerium in said zeolite material, based on the total weight of the zeolite, wherein said cerium is present in a form selected from exchanged cerium ions, monomeric ceria, oligomeric ceria, and combinations thereof, provided that said oligomeric ceria has a particle size of less than 5 μm. | 08-09-2012 |
20120255283 | EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPRISING EXOTHERM-GENERATING CATALYST - An apparatus comprising a compression ignition engine and an exhaust system therefor comprising at least one exhaust system component for treating exhaust gas and means for generating an exotherm for heating the at least one exhaust system component, which exotherm generating means consisting essentially of a catalyst and means for injecting hydrocarbon into exhaust gas for combustion on the catalyst, which catalyst consisting essentially of both a palladium (Pd) component and a platinum (Pt) component, and an optional support material, disposed on a substrate monolith. | 10-11-2012 |
20120258032 | CATALYZED FILTER FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS - Provided is a wall-flow filter coated with an SCR catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst composition contains transition metal promoted molecular sieve crystals, and wherein (i) the crystals have a mean crystalline size of about 0.5 μm to about 15 μm, (ii) the crystals are present in said composition as individual crystals, agglomerations having a mean particle size of less than about 15 μm, or a combination of said individual crystals and said agglomerations; and (iii) said molecular sieve is an aluminosilicate or a silico-aluminophosphate of a Framework Type having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms. | 10-11-2012 |
20120275977 | CATALYSTS FOR TREATING TRANSIENT NOx EMISSIONS - A heterogeneous catalyst article having at least one combination of a first molecular sieve having a medium pore, large pore, or meso-pore crystal structure and optionally containing a first metal, and a second molecular sieve having a small pore crystal structure and optionally containing a second metal, and a monolith substrate onto or within which said catalytic component is incorporated, wherein the combination of the first and second molecular sieves is a blend, a plurality of layers, and/or a plurality of zones. | 11-01-2012 |
20130089481 | OXIDATION CATALYST FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT - The invention provides an exhaust gas cleaning oxidation catalyst and in particular to an oxidation catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gas discharged from internal combustion engines of compression ignition type (particularly diesel engines). The invention further relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising an oxidising catalyst on a substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the second washcoat coating is disposed in a layer above the first washcoat coating. | 04-11-2013 |
20130136677 | CATALYSTS FOR TREATING TRANSIENT NOx EMISSIONS - A heterogeneous catalyst article having at least one combination of a first molecular sieve having a medium pore, large pore, or meso-pore crystal structure and optionally containing a first metal, and a second molecular sieve having a small pore crystal structure and optionally containing a second metal, and a monolith substrate onto or within which said catalytic component is incorporated, wherein the combination of the first and second molecular sieves is a blend, a plurality of layers, and/or a plurality of zones. | 05-30-2013 |
20130149207 | SUBSTRATE MONOLITH COMPRISING SCR CATALYST - A substrate monolith | 06-13-2013 |
20130149220 | CATALYZED SUBSTRATE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust system, and a catalyzed substrate for use in an exhaust system, is disclosed. The exhaust system comprises a lean NO 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 | 06-13-2013 |
20130149221 | CATALYSED SUBSTRATE MONOLITH - A catalysed substrate monolith | 06-13-2013 |
20130149222 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A LEAN-BURN IC ENGINE COMPRISING A PGM COMPONENT AND A SCR CATALYST - An exhaust system | 06-13-2013 |
20130149223 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A LEAN-BURN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INCLUDING SCR CATALYST - An exhaust system | 06-13-2013 |
20130333362 | CATALYST COMPOSITION - A catalyst composition comprises a mixed metal catalyst which comprises unalloyed palladium and palladium-gold alloy disposed on a support, wherein the palladium-gold alloy is enriched in gold and at least one promoter in which said promoter comprises at least one reducible metal oxide. | 12-19-2013 |
20130340414 | OXIDATION CATALYST FOR A LEAN BURN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a lean-burn internal combustion engine, engine management means and an exhaust system for treating exhaust gas of the engine. The exhaust system comprises a first oxidation catalyst disposed on a first honeycomb monolith substrate. The first oxidation catalyst comprises platinum supported on a first metal oxide support comprising at least one reducible oxide, and is substantially free of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals. The engine management means is arranged, when in use, intermittently to modulate the lambda composition of the exhaust gas entering the first oxidation catalyst to a rich lambda composition. | 12-26-2013 |
20140033685 | EXHAUST SYSTEM HAVING AMMONIA SLIP CATALYST AND EGR CIRCUIT - An exhaust system for a vehicular lean burn internal combustion engine that emits oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) is disclosed. The system comprises a NOx reduction catalyst for reducing NOx in the presence of a nitrogenous reductant, means for introducing the nitrogenous reductant into a flowing exhaust gas, a filter for removing PM from exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust system and a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) circuit for connecting the exhaust system downstream of the filter to an air intake of the engine. The EGR circuit comprises an ammonia oxidation catalyst. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037523 | ZEOLITE CATALYST CONTAINING METAL - A catalyst composition is provided having a zeolite material of a CHA crystal structure and a silica to alumina mole ratio (SAR) of about 10 to about 25 and preferably having a mean crystal size of at least 1.0 microns; and a non-aluminum base metal (M), wherein said zeolite material contains said base metal in a base metal to aluminum ratio (M:Al) of about 0.10 to about 0.24. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038814 | CATALYST AND METHOD OF PREPARATION - A method of making a supported catalytic species comprising an alloy of at least two metals, comprises the steps of:
| 02-06-2014 |
20140044630 | CATALYZED SUBSTRATE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust system for internal combustion engines, and a catalyzed substrate for use in an exhaust system, is disclosed. The exhaust system comprises a lean NO | 02-13-2014 |
20140130760 | OXIDATION CATALYST FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT - The invention provides an exhaust gas cleaning oxidation catalyst and in particular to an oxidation catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gas discharged from internal combustion engines of compression ignition type (particularly diesel engines). The invention further relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising an oxidising catalyst on a substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the second washcoat coating is disposed in a layer above the first washcoat coating. | 05-15-2014 |
20140140911 | Oxidation Catalyst for Treating the Exhaust Gas of a Compression Ignition Engine - An exhaust system for a compression ignition engine comprising an oxidation catalyst for treating carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HCs) in exhaust gas from the compression ignition engine, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises: a platinum group metal (PGM) component selected from the group consisting of a platinum (Pt) component, a palladium (Pd) component and a combination thereof; an alkaline earth metal component; a support material comprising a modified alumina incorporating a heteroatom component; and a substrate, wherein the platinum group metal (PGM) component, the alkaline earth metal component and the support material are disposed on the substrate. | 05-22-2014 |
20140147359 | Catalysed Soot Filter for Treating the Exhaust Gas of a Compression Ignition Engine - A catalysed soot filter comprising an oxidation catalyst for treating carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HCs) in exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine disposed on a filtering substrate, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises: a platinum group metal (PGM) component selected from the group consisting of a platinum (Pt) component, a palladium (Pd) component and a combination thereof; an alkaline earth metal component; a support material comprising a modified alumina incorporating a heteroatom component. | 05-29-2014 |
20140186232 | COATING A MONOLITH SUBSTRATE WITH CATALYST COMPONENT - A method of coating a honeycomb monolith substrate comprising a plurality of channels with a liquid comprising a catalyst component comprises the steps of: (i) holding a honeycomb monolith substrate substantially vertically; (ii) introducing a pre-determined volume of the liquid into the substrate via open ends of the channels at a lower end of the substrate; (iii) sealingly retaining the introduced liquid within the substrate; (iv) inverting the substrate containing the retained liquid; and (v) applying a vacuum to open ends of the channels of the substrate at the inverted, lower end of the substrate to draw the liquid along the channels of the substrate. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186244 | CATALYSED SUBSTRATE MONOLITH - A catalysed substrate monolith | 07-03-2014 |
20140186245 | EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A LEAN-BURN IC ENGINE COMPRISING A PGM COMPONENT AND A SCR CATALYST - An exhaust system | 07-03-2014 |
20140241950 | Exhaust System for a Lean Burn IC Engine - An exhaust system ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140328738 | Catalyst for Treating Exhaust Gas - Provided is a metal promoted, low SAR zeolite-based SCR catalyst having at least about 1.35 weight percent of cerium, based on the total weight of the zeolite, wherein said cerium is present in a form selected from exchanged cerium ions, monomeric ceria, oligomeric ceria, and combinations thereof, provided that said oligomeric ceria has a particle size of less than 5 μm, the catalyst having superior durability after hydrothermal aging. | 11-06-2014 |
20150064074 | ZEIOLITE CATALYST CONTAINING METAL - A catalyst composition is provided wherein the composition includes a zeolite having a non-phosphorous CHA crystal structure and having a mean crystalline size of about 1 to about 5 microns; and at least one non-aluminum base metal present in an amount sufficient to achieve a NOx conversion of at least about 65% at a temperature of at least 450° C. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064088 | ZEOLITE BLEND CATALYSTS FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS - Provided is an improved catalyst for treating exhaust gas, particularly for selectively reducing NO | 03-05-2015 |