Performance and Kinetics Studies on Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with NH3 over MnOx-WO3/TiO2

The catalytic activities of MnOx-WO3/TiO2 for selective catalytic reduction(SCR) of NO with NH3 were investigated in a wide range of temperature and reaction condition. It yielded a NOx conversion of 80.3%-99.6% and a N2 product selectivity of 100%-98.7% during 100 ℃ to 350 ℃ at gas hourly space velocity(GHSV)=18900 h-1. In the presence of 0.01% SO2 and 6% H2O at 120 ℃, the NOx conversion can maintain 98.5%. At 300 ℃ and with 0.07% SO2 in reactant stream, the NOx conversion stabilized at 99% as high as the commercial V-W/TiO2 catalyst's level. The steady-state kinetics study shows that O2 played a promoting role. In the presence of less than 1.5% O2, NOx conversion can increase sharply with the increase of O2 concentration. The reaction order was zero with respect to NH3 and first with respect to NO with excess O2 and H2O. The kinetics active energy(Ea) of Mn-W/TiO2 was calculated to be 6.24 kJ/mol according to the kinetic experiment at various temperatures, much lower than those of other catalysts reported in the literature. Mn-W/TiO2 is an excellent catalyst for SCR of NO with NH3 by now.