Simultaneous catalytic removal of NOx, SOx and CO from FCC regenerator

  • Bin Wen*
  • , Mingyuan He
  • , Colleen Costello
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A Cu/Ce/Mg/Al/O (CuCe-cat) mixed oxide catalyst with the ability to simultaneously remove NOx, SOx, and CO in FCC regenerator was presented as well as the possible interaction mechanism. Co-existence of cerium and copper in the catalyst enhanced the NO reduction activity and promoted the resistance to H2O poisoning. Cu-cat and Ce-cat were rapidly poisoned by SO2. However, the presence of SO2 in the feed had no adverse effect on the NO conversion over CuCe-cat, which maintained 100% conversion. At 250°C, CuCe-cat and Cu-cat had much higher CO oxidation activity than Ce-Cat. The presence of H2O increased CO conversion over CuCe-cat while drastically reducing it over Cu-cat or Ce-cat. Under an oxidizing atmosphere similar to that of the dilute phase bed of the FCC regenerator, CuCe-cat displayed excellent performance for SOx adsorption in SO2 + O2 system and could effectively release the adsorbed SOx in H2 + Ar atmosphere. The presence of Cu+ ions and oxygen vacancies in CuCe-cat, providing extra sites for CO and NO adsorption, was also responsible for its excellent resistance to SO2 poisoning. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 223rd ACS National Meeting (Orlando, FL 4/7-11/2002).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)136-141
Number of pages6
JournalACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints
Volume42
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes
Event223rd ACS National Meeting - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 7 Apr 200211 Apr 2002

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