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The supported double-promoted cobalt spinel catalyst has been tested for N2O decomposition in the model and real gas streams (tail gas) from nitric acid plant. Activity tests carried out in the model gas stream showed a high activity of the developed supported catalyst. However, during catalytic investigations performed under real industrial conditions it was found that this catalyst is very sensitive to NOx poisoning. The negative influence of these oxides is visible even at their low concentration. However, the stability tests performed in real nitric acid plant gas streams showed that the developed catalyst preserves its initial activity for at least 40 days. Therefore, the authors propose to apply it in a dual-bed catalytic system consisting of deNOx and deN2O catalyst beds. At the first stage, tail gas is purified from NOx in the NH3-SCR process in the presence of commercial catalyst and at the second stage, catalytic decomposition of N2O into N2 and O2 takes place over the developed supported cobalt spinel catalyst. The deNOx catalyst bed applied in the proposed dual-bed catalytic system allowed for the complete conversion of NOx from the tail gases. After installation of the supported cobalt spinel catalyst downstream of the deNOx catalyst bed, a significant increase in deN2O catalyst activity in the real tail gas stream was observed. Under optimal conditions, this system (F = 150 L/h; T = 425–450 °C) allowed for the complete reduction of N2O emission. It is shown that the proposed catalytic system is robust and allows to obtain high conversions of both NOx and N2O. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The influence of Zn and K promoters on N2O decomposition over Co3O4 was investigated by work function measurement and temperature-programmed surface reaction. The beneficial effect of the promoters resulting in spectacular decrease in the temperature of 50% conversion by 200 °C was found to be essentially of electronic origin. The strong correlation between the catalyst work function and deN2O activity allowed for the optimization of the doping level of both additives. The pilot plant tests in real nitric acid tail gases revealed that the optimized double promoted (Zn, K) cobalt spinel catalyst maintained its remarkable activity in N2O decomposition (conversion >95% at the target temperature of 350 °C) for more than 60 h. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Catalytic high temperature decomposition (secondary abatement) of nitrous oxide over calcium aluminate 12CaO · 7Al2O3 (mayenite) was studied in the model laboratory tests (TPSR) and pilot units (steady-state) using the real feed. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), N2-sorption (BET), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and Raman spectroscopies were used to characterize the synthesized material. The catalyst exhibited high efficiency and selectivity in N2O removal, reaching practically 100% conversion at 1150 K without appreciable total losses of NO x . Owing to its high thermal stability and resistivity to sintering and low cost of production raw materials, mayenite was found to be a promising catalyst for economically appealing secondary abatement of nitrous oxide in nitric acid plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]