Combustion of diesel soot in NO/O2 presence. Cesium nitrate and gold catalysts

The diesel soot combustion was studied using catalysts prepared by impregnation with cesium nitrate and/or gold on zirconium oxide (ZrO2), hydrated zirconium oxide and silica (SiO2). Catalysts were characterized by colorimetry, elemental analysis, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, XRD, FTIR, TPR...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ruiz, Maria Lucia, Lick, Ileana Daniela, Ponzi, Marta Isabel, Rodriguez Castellón, Enrique, Jimenez Lopez, Antonio, Ponzi, Esther Natalia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/9749
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/9749
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CESIUM NITRATE
COMBUSTION
DIESEL SOOT
GOLD
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Sumario:The diesel soot combustion was studied using catalysts prepared by impregnation with cesium nitrate and/or gold on zirconium oxide (ZrO2), hydrated zirconium oxide and silica (SiO2). Catalysts were characterized by colorimetry, elemental analysis, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, XRD, FTIR, TPR and XPS. Measurements of catalytic activity were performed in a thermobalance with air and in a fixed bed reactor with a NO/O2 feed. All catalysts containing cesium nitrate exhibit a good activity for soot oxidation and the addition of gold substantially increases the CO2 generation leading the selectivity to 100% in CO2.