The significant decrease of acid sites caused by alkali metal poisoning is the major factor in the deactivation of commercial V 2 O 5 -WO 3 /TiO 2 NH 3 -SCR catalysts. In this work, the solid superacid SO 4 2− -TiO 2 modified by sulfate radicals, was selected as the catalyst support, which showed superior potassium resistance. The physicochemical properties and K-poisoning resistance of the V 2 O 5 -WO 3 /SO 4 2− -TiO 2 (VWSTi) catalyst were carried out by XRD, BET, H 2 -TPR, NH 3 -TPD, XPS, in situ DRIFTS and TG. The results pointed out that the introduction of SO 4 2− significantly increased the NH 3 -SCR catalytic activity at high temperatures, with an exceptionally high NO x conversion over 90% between 275 °C and 500 °C. When 0.5% (mass) K 2 O was doped on the catalysts, the catalytic performance of the traditional V 2 O 5 -WO 3 /TiO 2 (VWTi) catalyst decreased significantly, while the VWSTi catalyst could still maintain a NO x conversion over 90% in the range of 300–500 °C. The characterizations suggested that the support of SO 4 2− -TiO 2 greatly increased the number of acidic sites, thereby enhancing the adsorption capacity of the reactant NH 3 . The results above demonstrated a potential approach to achieve superior potassium resistance for NH 3 -SCR catalysts using solid superacid.
Hua Nie,Wei Li,Qirong Wu,Vladislav Rac,Vesna Rakić,Xuesen Du
Poisoning effects by alkali metal chlorides is one of the major reasons for the deactivation of SCR catalyst in biomass-fired plants. In this study, the influence of KCl on two vanadium-based catalysts with different promoters, V2O5-WO3/TiO2and V2O5-Ce(SO4)2/TiO2, was investigated. The catalytic activity of the fresh V2O5-WO3/TiO2was higher than that of V2O5-Ce(SO4)2/TiO2at low temperatures. V2O5-Ce(SO4)2/TiO2performed better than V2O5-WO3/TiO2when KCl was deposited on the catalyst surface. Both poisoned catalysts were efficiently regenerated by SO2treatment. The characterization results show that the reducibility and acidity of the catalysts were weakened by KCl deposition but regenerated by SO2.