Cu-Mn and Cu-Ce supported over agro-based carbons: Characteristics and NOx adsorption study

As there is an urgent need for cheaper and sustainable resources for selective catalytic reduction catalyst, this study determined the potential, in terms of the catalyst characteristics and NOx adsorption, of coconut shell (CSAC) and palm kernel shell activated carbons (PSAC) to be used as precurso...

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Main Authors: Yakub, Ibrahim, Mohamed Sutan, N., Mohd Said, K. A., Anuar, Abudul Rahim, Yun Hin, Taufiq Yap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mohammed Premier University 2016
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14087/2/Cu-Mn%20and%20Cu-Ce%20-%20Copy.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14087/
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Summary:As there is an urgent need for cheaper and sustainable resources for selective catalytic reduction catalyst, this study determined the potential, in terms of the catalyst characteristics and NOx adsorption, of coconut shell (CSAC) and palm kernel shell activated carbons (PSAC) to be used as precursors for the catalyst in a lowtemperature flue gas denitrification system. The carbons were impregnated with bimetallic catalysts - coppermanganese (Cu-Mn) and copper-cerium (Cu-Ce) - before calcined at low temperature. The produced coconut shell catalysts (CuMn/CS and CuCe/CS) and palm kernel shell catalysts (CuMn/PS and CuCe/PS) were then characterized using a nitrogen adsorption-desorption test, Fourier-Transform infra-red, x-ray fluorescence, x-ray diffraction and hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction. The removal of NOx was also studied for all catalysts in a fixed-bed reactor. It was found that CuMn/CS gave the highest NOx removal. CuMn/CS had high pore volume, good Cu-Mn crystallinity, high metal loading and dispersion, high copper reduction activity at the operating temperature, and rich in ketone and amine surface functional groups. It is then concluded that the coconut shell has the potential to be developed as a good SCR catalyst via impregnation with Cu-Mn.