Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company

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Jing Lu

Hai-Ying Chen

Joseph Michael Fedeyko

Michael Anthony Howard

Neil Greenham

Qinghe Zheng

Mikael Larsson

Nicholas McNamara

Matthew Eben Harris

Andrew Newman

Dongxia Liu

Arthur Joseph Reining

John Kilmartin

Yannick Bidal

Juergen Bauer

Kevin Doura

David Micallef

Thomas Yeh

Raj Rao Rajaram

Paul Joseph Andersen

Agnes Suganya Raj

Desiree Duran-Martin

Alexander Green

Andrea Eva Pascui

Rita Aiello

Alex Yi-Tsung Lu

Kerry Simmance

Per Marsh

Lay Lu

Janet Fisher

Kanneshalingham Arulraj

Thomas Manning Yeh

Stig Mikael Larsson

An ammonia-burning combustion engine. In particular, the present invention relates to an internal combustion engine for the combustion of ammonia, the engine comprising one or more combustions chambers comprising an ammonia combustion catalyst. The invention further relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine by the combustion of ammonia, the method comprising contacting ammonia with a heated ammonia combustion catalyst in a combustion chamber of the engine to combust the ammonia.

Ammonia-burning combustion engine

A method of manufacturing a catalyst article, the method comprising: providing a complex of a polyamine and a PGM; providing a support material; applying the complex to the support material to form a loaded support material; disposing the loaded support material on a substrate; and heating the loaded support material to form nanoparticles of the PGM on the support material.

Preparation of supported metal nanoparticles using polyamine for three-way catalysis application

The present invention relates to a compressed natural gas combustion and exhaust system comprising: (i) a natural gas combustion engine and (ii) an exhaust treatment system comprising an intake for receiving an exhaust gas from the combustion engine and a catalyst article arranged to receive and treat the exhaust gas, wherein the catalyst article comprises: a substrate having at least first and second coatings, the first coating comprising a palladium-containing alumina and/or a base-metal containing alumina and the second coating comprising a palladium-containing zeolite, wherein the first coating is arranged to contact the exhaust gas before the second coating; and, wherein the system is configured to selectively operate in: (a) a lean first mode in which sulphur is trapped on the first coating; and (b) a rich second mode whereby sulphur is released from the first coating. The present invention further relates to a method.

Compressed natural gas combustion and exhaust system

Provided is a composition comprising alumina, the alumina being surface-modified with a perovskite type compound of formula (I); wherein formula (I) is defined by AA'BB′O; where: A is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Gd; A′ is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Gd; B is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Mo, Co, Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, Sc, Nb, V, W, Bi, Zn, Sn, Pt, Rh, Pd, Ru, Au, Ag, and Ir; B′ is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Mo, Co, Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, Sc, Nb, V, W, Bi, Zn, Sn, Pt, Rh, Pd, Ru, Au, Ag, and Ir; x is from 0.7 to 1; y is from 0 to 0.5; and z is from 0 to 0.5.

Surface-modified alumina compound for gasoline exhaust gas applications

Provided is a composition comprising a ceria-zirconia mixed oxide, the ceria-zirconia mixed oxide being surface-modified with a perovskite type compound of formula (I); wherein formula (I) is defined by AA'BB′O; where: A is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Gd; A′ is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Gd; B is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Mo, Co, Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, Sc, Nb, V, W, Bi, Zn, Sn, Pt, Rh, Pd, Ru, Au, Ag, and Ir; B′ is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Mo, Co, Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, Sc, Nb, V, W, Bi, Zn, Sn, Pt, Rh, Pd, Ru, Au, Ag, and Ir; x is from 0.7 to 1; y is from 0 to 0.5; and z is from 0 to 0.5.

Surface-modified ceria-zirconia mixed oxide compound for gasoline exhaust

The present invention relates to a system for ammonia combustion and exhaust gas treatment, the system comprising: an internal combustion engine for combusting ammonia; and an exhaust system comprising an intake for receiving an exhaust gas from the combustion engine, an upstream injector for adding hydrogen gas to the exhaust gas and a downstream catalyst article, wherein the downstream catalyst article comprises a three-way catalyst (TWC) composition. The invention further relates to a method for the treatment of an exhaust gas from an ammonia internal combustion engine.

Exhaust system for an ammonia-burning combustion engine

A catalyst article including a substrate with an inlet side and an outlet side, a first zone and a second zone, where the first zone includes a passive NOx adsorber (PNA), and an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) comprising a platinum group metal on a support and a first SCR catalyst; where the second zone includes a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and a diesel exotherm catalyst (DEC); and where the first zone is located upstream of the second zone. The first zone may include a bottom layer with a blend of: (1) the platinum group metal on a support and (2) the first SCR catalyst; and a top layer with a second SCR catalyst, the top layer located over the bottom layer.

Single brick SCR/ASC/PNA/DOC close-coupled catalyst

A method of manufacturing a catalyst article, the method comprising: providing a complex of a polyphenol and a PGM, the polyphenol comprising an ester functional group, the PGM comprising palladium; providing a support material; applying the complex to the support material to form a loaded support material; disposing the loaded support material on a substrate; and heating the loaded support material to form nanoparticles of the PGM on the support material.

Palladium fixing and low fresh oxygen storage capacity using tannic acid as a complexing and reducing agent

A method of manufacturing a catalyst article, the method comprising: providing a complex of a polyphenol and a PGM, the PGM comprising rhodium and/or platinum, the polyphenol comprising an ester functional group; providing a support material; applying the complex to the support material to form a loaded support material; disposing the loaded support material on a substrate; and heating the loaded support material to form nanoparticles of the PGM on the support material.

TWC activity using rhodium/platinum and tannic acid as a complexing and reducing agent

A catalyst for oxidising ammonia comprises a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst and a composite heterogeneous extruded honeycomb having longitudinally extending parallel channels, which channels being defined in part by channel walls having a total longitudinal length, wherein the channel walls comprise a pore structure including a periodic arrangement of porous cells embedded in an inorganic matrix component, at least some of which porous cells are defined at least in part by an active interface layer of a catalytically active material comprising a precious metal supported on particles of a support material.

Catalyst for oxidising ammonia

The invention relates to a catalytic article comprising a substrate having an inlet and an outlet; a first coating comprising a blend of: (1) platinum on a support, and (2) a first SCR catalyst; and a second coating comprising a second SCR catalyst; wherein the support comprises at least one of a zeolite or a SiO&#x2014;AlOmixed oxide. The platinum may be fixed on the support in solution.

Ammonia slip catalyst with in-situ PT fixing

The invention relates to a catalytic article comprising a substrate having an inlet and an outlet; a first coating comprising a blend of: (1) platinum on a support, and (2) a first SCR catalyst comprising a Cu- and Mn-exchanged molecular sieve; and a second coating comprising a second SCR catalyst; wherein the support comprises at least one of a zeolite or a SiO-AlOmixed oxide. The platinum may be fixed on the support in solution.

A catalyst composition for treating an exhaust gas, the catalyst composition comprising a molecular sieve, the molecular sieve comprising exchanged copper and exchanged manganese.

Bimetallic Cu/Mn catalysts for selective catalytic reduction

A catalytic article for treating an exhaust gas stream containing particulate matter, hydrocarbons, CO, and ammonia, the article may include: (a) a substrate having an inlet end and an outlet end defining an axial length; (b) a first catalyst coating including: 1) a platinum group metal distributed on a molecular sieve, and 2) a base metal distributed on a molecular sieve; and (c) a second catalyst coating including: 1) a platinum group metal distributed on a molecular sieve, and 2) a base metal distributed on a molecular sieve.

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