Basf Corporation

Basf Se Corporation

Basf Catalysts LLC

Alfred Helmut Punke

Torsten Neubauer

Gerd Grubert

Marcus Hilgendorff

Yuejin Li

Torsten W Müller-Stach

Stanley Allen Roth

Jeffrey Barmont Hoke

Michel Deeba

Chung-Zong Wan

Xinyi Wei

Matthew Tyler Caudle

Attilio Siani

Shiang Sung

Kenneth Edwin Voss

Ruediger Wolff

Patrick L Burk

John Joseph Steger

Wen-Mei Xue

Olga Gerlach

Xiaolai Zheng

Stephan Siemund

Gary A Gramiccioni

Yiu Kwan Lui

M Shahjahan Kazi

Marko Buchholz

Torsten Wolfgang Mueller

Helke Doering

Torsten Wolfgang Mueller-Stach

Shlang Sung

Corinna Freitag

Torsten Müller-Stach

A lean burn engine exhaust treatment articles comprising a low temperature lean NOtrap (LT-LNT) composition and methods for their use is disclosed. A lean burn engine exhaust gas treatment system including the lean burn engine exhaust treatment articles is also disclosed. The low temperature lean NOtrap (LT-LNT) compositions can comprise a washcoat layer on a carrier substrate, the washcoat layer including a platinum group metal component impregnated on a first support material comprising at least 50% alumina. The washcoat layer may further include a low temperature NOstorage material comprising a bulk particulate reducible metal oxide. Methods of monitoring the aging state of a lean burn oxidation catalyst in a lean burn engine catalyst system are also disclosed.

NOadsorber catalyst, methods and systems

Described is a process for the preparation of a catalyst. The process comprises (i) providing a substrate which is optionally coated with one or more coating layers; (ii) impregnating one or more particulate support materials with one or more platinum group elements; (iii) adding one or more alkaline earth elements and one or more solvents to the product obtained in step (ii) to obtain a slurry; (iv) adjusting the pH of the slurry obtained in step (iii) to a value ranging from 7 to 10 (v) adjusting the pH of the slurry to a value ranging from 2 to 6; (vi) optionally milling the slurry obtained in step (v); (vii) providing the slurry obtained in step (vi) onto the optionally coated substrate in one or more coating steps. Describes is as a catalyst which is obtainable according to said process and its use in the treatment of exhaust gas.

Oxidation catalyst and method for its preparation

A catalyzed soot filter, in particular for the treatment of Diesel engine exhaust, comprises a coating design which ensures soot particulates filtration, assists the oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO), and produces low HS emissions during normal engine operations and regeneration events.

Catalyzed soot filter

A lean NOtrap composition for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO), and the trapping and reduction of nitrogen oxides (NO) is disclosed. The lean NOtrap composition can have a washcoat layer on a carrier substrate including a first support material comprising greater than 50% by weight of a reducible metal oxide; 10 to 30% by weight of alkaline earth metal supported on a second support material comprising a refractory metal oxide and 50% or less by weight of a reducible metal oxide and; and a platinum group metal component supported on at least one of the first support material and/or the second support material. A portion of the first support material may further include 0.5% to 10% by weight of an alkaline earth metal.

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The present invention relates to catalyzed soot filter comprising a porous wall flow substrate, a catalyst for selective catalytic reduction (SCR), a palladium component, and a platinum component, the wall flow substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending between the inlet end and the outlet end, and a plurality of channels defined by internal walls of the wall flow substrate, wherein the plurality of channels comprise inlet channels having an open inlet end and a closed outlet end, and outlet channels having a closed inlet end and an open outlet end, and the SCR catalyst is provided on the entire surface of the inlet channel walls and on at least a portion of the surface of the pores within the channel walls underneath the surface of the channel walls coated with the SCR catalyst.

Catalyzed soot filter for use in passive selective catalytic reduction

A diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) is described. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a washcoat composition comprising high silica to alumina zeolite and platinum and palladium such that the zeolite minimizes negative interactions of these platinum group metals with the zeolite.

Pt-Pd diesel oxidation catalyst with CO/HC light-off and HC storage function

The present invention relates to a layered diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) comprising: a) a carrier substrate; b) a diesel oxidation catalytic material comprising b1) a first layer located on the carrier substrate, the first layer comprising palladium impregnated on a support material comprising ceria in an amount of at least 45 weight-% based on the total weight of the support material, and optionally comprising platinum; b2) a second layer located on the first layer, the second layer comprising palladium and platinum each impregnated on a support material comprising a metal oxide; wherein the platinum to palladium weight ratio of the first layer is lower than the platinum to palladium weight ratio of the second layer.

Diesel oxidation catalyst with layered structure containing ceria composition as palladium support material for enhanced HC and CO gas conversion

The present invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a carrier substrate, and a first washcoat layer disposed on the substrate, the first washcoat layer comprising palladium supported on a support material comprising a metal oxide, gold supported on a support material comprising a metal oxide, and a ceria comprising compound, as well as a process for the preparation of such catalyst.

Diesel oxidation catalyst comprising palladium, gold and ceria

Described is a catalyzed soot filter wherein the inlet coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum (Pt) and optionally palladium (Pd), wherein the outlet coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising Pd and optionally Pt, wherein the Pt concentration in the outlet coating is lower than the Pt concentration in the inlet coating and wherein the weight ratio of Pt:Pd in the outlet coating is in the range of from 0:1 to 2:1; and wherein the inlet coating and the outlet coating are present on the wall flow substrate at a coating loading ratio in the range of from 0.5 to 1.5, calculated as ratio of the loading of the inlet coating (in g/inch(g/(2.54 cm))):loading of the outlet coating (in g/inch(g/(2.54 cm))). Systems include such catalyzed soot filters, methods of diesel engine exhaust gas treatment and methods of manufacturing catalyzed soot filters are also described.

Catalyzed soot filters comprising a wall flow monolith having porous walls, a first washcoat permeating the porous walls and a second washcoat on the porous walls are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing catalyzed soot filters and diesel engine exhaust emission treatment systems are also disclosed.

Advanced catalyzed soot filters and method of making and using the same

The present invention relates to a treatment system for a gasoline engine exhaust gas stream comprising a particulate filter, said particulate filter comprising: a particulate filter substrate, an inlet layer disposed on the exhaust gas inlet surface of the filter substrate, and an outlet layer disposed on the exhaust gas outlet surface of the filter substrate, wherein the inlet layer comprises Rh and/or Pd, and the outlet layer comprises Rh and/or a zeolite.

Treatment system for gasoline engine exhaust gas

Disclosed is a catalyzed soot filter with layered design wherein the first coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum (Pt) and optionally palladium (Pd), wherein the second coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising Pd and optionally Pt, wherein the Pt concentration in the second coating is lower than the Pt concentration in the first coating, and wherein the weight ratio of Pt:Pd in the second coating is in the range of from 1:1 to 0:1; and wherein the first coating and the second coating are present on the wall flow substrate at a coating loading ratio in the range of from 0.25 to 3, calculated as ratio of the loading of the first coating (in g/inch(g/(2.54 cm))): loading of the second coating (in g/inch(g/(2.54 cm))).

Catalyzed soot filter with layered design

Provided are diesel exhaust components where palladium is segregated from a molecular sieve, specifically a zeolite, in a catalytic material. In the catalytic material, therefore, there are at least two layers: a palladium-containing layer that is substantially free of a molecular sieve and a hydrocarbon trap layer that comprises at least one molecular sieve and is substantially free of palladium. The palladium is provided on a high surface area, porous refractory metal oxide support. The catalytic material can further comprise a platinum component, where a minor amount of the platinum component is in the hydrocarbon trap layer, and a majority amount of the platinum component is in the palladium-containing layer. Systems and methods of using the same are also provided.

Layered diesel oxidation catalyst composites

Provided is a diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine and a method for treating a diesel exhaust gas stream, the method comprising providing a diesel oxidation catalyst and contacting said diesel exhaust gas stream with said diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a catalyst structure comprising three distinct layers; in which layer comprises a precious metal component such as palladium is located between two hydrocarbon storage layers comprising a molecular sieve such as a zeolite.

Diesel oxidation catalyst with layer structure for improved hydrocarbon conversion

Provided is a catalyst composition, in particular a diesel oxidation catalyst, for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO). More particularly, the present invention is directed to a catalyst structure comprising at least two, specifically three distinct layers, at least one of which contains an oxygen storage component (OSC) that is present in a layer separate from the majority of the platinum group metal (PGM) components, such as palladium and platinum.

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Schwuelper, Germany

Alfred Helmut Punke