Catalytic converter
AssigneeUniversity of Leeds
InventorsJohn Maurice Campbell Plane, Hu Li, Alexander James
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Abstract
A catalytic converter including a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a material of olivine composition, an engine comprising this catalytic converter and an method of producing nitrogen from NOx comprising the catalytic reduction of NOx by a catalyst comprising of a material of olivine composition. In addition, the use of a material of olivine composition in a catalytic reduction of NOx and a method of manufacture of a catalytic converter comprising adding the catalyst to a wash coat, applying the catalyst containing wash coat to a substrate and annealing the coated substrate.
Claims18
A catalytic converter including a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a material of olivine composition, wherein the material has the formula:
- MgxFe2-xSO4 wherein x is in the range of 0-2;
- and wherein the material comprises a combination of crystalline and amorphous regions.
A method of producing nitrogen from NOx comprising the catalytic reduction of NOx by a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a material of olivine composition, wherein the material has the formula:
- MgxFe2-xSO4 wherein x is in the range of 0-2;
- and wherein the material comprises a combination of crystalline and amorphous regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.