E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

University of Delaware

Rhone-poulenc, Inc.

United Technologies Corporation

Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd.

University of De

Alvin B Stiles

David C England

James P Spooner

Louis J Spadaccini

Meredith Bright Colket, Iii

Glenn L Schrader

Pierre J Marteney

William R McClellan

Charles C Hong

A process for removing NOX from combustion gases by adsorption includes the step of desorbing the NOX when the adsorbent is saturated to create an effluent. The effluent is mixed with a reducing gas and passed over a reduction catalyst which reduces the NOX to water and elemental nitrogen. The resultant harmless gas is discharged to the atmosphere.

Process for removing NO.sub.x from combustion zone gases by adsorption

The process of this invention will remove acid rain precursors, sulfur oxides (SOX) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) by catalytically reducing the NOX to water and elemental nitrogen and the SOX to either H.sub.2 S or elemental sulfur as desired. The process employs specific catalysts in the heteropoly acid or salt group and the spinel or inverse spinel group. The process conditions achieve an oxygen-free environment and reduction is effected with stoichiometric to 100% excess above stoichiometric H.sub.2 or H.sub.2 and CO as reducing gas. Temperatures can be 200.degree. to 900.degree. C. with the lower temperature range being favored space velocity can be 2000 to 20,000 and still achieve 95+% abatement. The only product of the reaction which must be disposed of is saleable elemental sulfur.

Acid rain abatement

A heat source, may be on a high speed vehicle, may be cooled by transferring thermal energy from the heat source to an endothermic fuel decomposition catalyst in order to heat the catalyst to a temperature sufficient to crack or dissociate at least a portion of an endothermic fuel stream. The endothermic fuel is selected from the group consisting of normal paraffinic hydrocarbons and methanol. The heated endothermic fuel decomposition catalyst is contacted with the endothermic fuel stream at a liquid hourly space velocity of at least about 10 hr.sup.-1 to cause the endothermic fuel stream to crack or dissociate into a reaction product stream.

Method of cooling with an endothermic fuel

The process of this invention will remove from acid rain essentially all of both the sulfur oxides (SOX) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) by catalytically reducing the NOX to water and elemental nitrogen and the SOX to either H.sub.2 S or elemental sulfur as desired. The process employs specific catalysts in the heteropoly acid or salt group and the spinel or inverse spinel group. The process conditions achieve an oxygen-free environment and reduction is effected with stoichiometric to 100% excess above stoichiometric H.sub.2 or H.sub.2 and CO as reducing gas. Temperatures can be 200.degree. to 900.degree. C. with the lower temperature range being favored; space velocity can be 2000 to 20,000 and still achieve 95+% abatement. The only product of the reaction which must be disposed of is saleable elemental sulfur.

A catalyst undercoat (wash-coat) material comprising a plurality of stable, highly porous, co-precipitated agglomerated microcrystalline comprised of integral admixture of alumina and at least one lanthanide. The co-precipitated material may be converted to a slurry and used as an undercoat or wash-coat atop a prefabricated low surface area support. Alternatively, the co-precipitated material may be compressed or extruded into various geometric forms and these can be used as a support and as such serve both as the support and the undercoat.

Catalyst support material containing lanthanides

A catalyst undercoat (wash-coat) material comprising a plurality of stable, highly porous, co-precipitated agglomerated microcrystallites comprised of integral admixture of alumina and at least one lanthanide. The co-precipitated material may be converted to a slurry and used as an undercoat or wash-coat atop a prefabricated low surface area support. Alternatively, the co-precipitated material may be compressed or extruded into various geometric forms and these can be used as a support and as such serve both as the support and the undercoat.

The inclusion of salts of rubidium or cesium or mixtures thereof in a catalyst comprised of copper and zinc oxides and optionally manganese oxide or manganese and cobalt oxides and a stabilizer such as chromic, ceric, magnesium or aluminum oxides results in higher yields of C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkanols and lower production of hydrocarbons in the effluent from the catalytic reaction environment. The reactant gases passing over the catalyst comprises hydrogen and carbon monoxide and optionally carbon dioxide if economically advantageous.

Catalyst for the production of alkanols

A catalyst for the manufacture of organic compounds comprising an intimate mixture of a reducible metal oxide and at least one refractory oxide, treated by heating to a temperature in the range of 550.degree. C. to 1000.degree. C. in the presence of a preselected reducing gas in amount sufficient to substantially inhibit or disrupt crystallite growth as evidenced by characteristic x-ray diffraction pattern, concomitantly enhancing catalytic activity, and the method of preparation.

Catalyst and method of preparation

Acrylic products are produced in high yields by a catalytic process in which a vaporous mixture of 1-propanol and oxygen are contacted in rapid sequence with (1) a dehydration catalyst and (2) an oxidation catalyst.

Process for ammoxidation of 1-propanol

Process for oxidation of 1-propanol

An improved nickel chromite catalyst useful for methanation is prepared by pre-reducing the hexavalent chromium component thereof to trivalent form, while maintaining the nickel component in unreduced oxide form.

Methanation catalyst

A catalyst particularly useful in the production of methanol can be made by preparing a solution of copper and zinc nitrates, the ratio of copper to zinc being from 1:1 to 8:1 and then precipitating the copper and zinc by the addition of ammonium carbonate or ammonium bicarbonate. After the precipitated material has been agglomerated and calcined, a copper oxide-zinc oxide catalyst, low in sodium and sulfur is obtained.

Methanol synthesis catalyst

A catalyst composition for coating surfaces of cooking devices exposed to cooking residues is disclosed. The composition contains (1) from about 10-94% by weight of a catalytic metal oxide selected from the group consisting of the oxides of cobalt, chromium, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, zinc, the rare earths, and mixtures thereof in the form of particles having a size of less than 35 microns and said oxide having a surface area of about 5-150 square meters per gram, with the proviso that when the oxide is manganese oxide from 0-80% by weight of said oxide can have a surface area in excess of about 150 square meters per gram; (2) at least 1% by weight on a dry basis of an alkaline silicate, said alkaline silicate being in the form of an aqueous solution; and (3) from about 0-20% by weight of a carbonate or hydroxide of one or more metals of said catalytic metal oxides when the catalytic metal oxide of (1) is manganese oxide and from about 1-20% by weight of the carbonate or hydroxide when the catalytic metal oxide of (1) is other than manganese oxide. Surfaces coated with the disclosed composition effect rapid decomposition and oxidation of cooking residues at temperatures of about 204.degree. C. (400.degree. F.) and lower.

Catalytic coating composition for cooking devices

The invention is directed to an integrated process for reducing the SO.sub.2 content of sulfuric acid plant off gases by (1) passing the SO.sub.2 -containing feed gas to the process over a specially defined multistage oxidation catalyst to convert SO.sub.2 to SO.sub.3, (2) absorbing the SO.sub.3 in water to form H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 and (3) scrubbing the off gases with aqueous hydrogen peroxide and/or sulfur-containing peroxy acids. At least the final oxidation stage of the process employs a supported CsVO.sub.3 or RbVO.sub.3 catalyst which is activated with cobalt or nickel sulfate and promoted with alkali metal sulfates, potassium aluminum sulfate or chromium potassium sulfate.

Catalytic process for removing SO.sub.2 from sulfuric acid plant off

Methanol is converted to formaldehyde in a two step vapor phase process. In the first step the methanol is partially converted to formaldehyde over a silver catalyst, and in the second step the remaining methanol is converted to formaldehyde over a bismuth molybdate- or bismuth phosphomolybdate-on-titania catalyst having the formula:

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