Catalyst – solid sorbent – or support therefor: product or process – Regenerating or rehabilitating catalyst or sorbent – Gas or vapor treating
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-15
2009-12-29
Hendrickson, Stuart (Department: 1793)
Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process
Regenerating or rehabilitating catalyst or sorbent
Gas or vapor treating
C502S056000, C423S213200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07638452
ABSTRACT:
Nitrogen oxide storage catalysts are used for removing the nitrogen oxides present in the lean-burn exhaust gas of lean-burn engines. Here, the purifying action is based on the nitrogen oxides being stored in the form of nitrates by the storage material of the storage catalyst during a lean-burn operating phase of the engine and the previously formed nitrates being decomposed in a subsequent rich-burn operating phase of the engine and the nitrogen oxides which are being liberated again being reacted with the reducing exhaust gas constituents over the storage catalyst to form nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water. Storage catalysts are thermally aged by high temperatures. The aging is due to sintering of the catalytically active noble metal components of the catalyst and to formation of compounds of the storage components with the support materials. According to the invention, the formation of compounds of the storage materials can be largely reversed by treatment of the storage material with a gas mixture comprising nitrogen dioxide and/or carbon dioxide and water vapor at temperatures of from 300 to 500° C. The reactivation can be carried out either directly on the vehicle by setting appropriate exhaust gas conditions or during a routine service by removal of the catalyst from the vehicle and treatment with a gas mixture in an appropriate apparatus.
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English Translation of the International Preliminary Report on Patentability.
Baiker Alfons
Casapu Christina Maria
Goebel Ulrich
Grunwaldt Jan-Dierk
Kreuzer Thomas
Hendrickson Stuart
Rump Richard M
Smith Gambrell & Russell
Umicore AG & Co. KG
Weilacher Robert G.
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