Patent GB-1349568-A (GB)
Title: Catalysts and to the use thereof in the treatment of waste gases
Inventor: KOBERSTEIN E
IPC: B01J23/86
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1349568 Waste gas purification catalysts LAPORTE INDUSTRIES Ltd 19 April 1971 [17 April 1970] 9936/71 Heading B1E [Also in Division Fl] Catalyst for use in the treatment of waste gases; for example exhaust gases from internal combustion engines and industrial plant, comprises a homogeneous mixture of particles of alumina selected from gamma-alumina and etaalumina and particles of oxide of copper and chromium selected from copper oxide in admixture with chromium oxide and copper oxide in chemical combination with chromium oxide, for example selected from copper chromite, copper chromium spinel and transition material having structure intermediate those of copper chromite and copper chromium spinel, the particles of both the alumina and the oxide of copper and chromium being impregnated with nickel oxide, from 2 to 20 weight per cent of the catalyst being constituted by nickel oxide and from 50 to 90 weight per cent of the catalyst being constituted by oxide of copper and chromium and nickel. Preferably from 60 to 70 weight per cent of the catalyst is constituted by oxide of copper and chromium which may have a CuO:Cr 2 O 3  molar ratio of from 1.2:1 to 2.2:1 and may be associated with from 0.5 to 10 weight per cent, based on the weight of the oxide of copper and chromium, of a compound selected from oxide, chromate and chromite of a Group IIA metal selected from beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium. The catalyst may be prepared by a process which comprises forming a mixture of alumina selected from alumina hydrate, gamma-alumina and etaalumina and calcined powdered oxide of copper and chromium selected from copper oxide in admixture with chromium oxide and copper oxide in chemical combination with chromium oxide, calcining the mixture, impregnating the calcined mixture with an aqueous solution of a nickel salt, and calcining the impregnated mixture at a temperature of at least 700C. The oxide of copper and chromium may be prepared from an aqueous solution containing salts of copper and chromium by precipitation, for example with ammonia; if the oxide of copper and chromium is to be associated with Group IIA metal, the aqueous solution also may contain a compound of the selected metal. The oxide of copper and chromium is calcined at a temperature preferably of below 700C; the mixture of alumina and oxide of copper and chromium also is calcined at a temperature preferably of below 700C, for example of from 450 to 550C, for a period of from 1¢ to 2¢ hours. Prior to being calcined, the mixture of alumina and oxide of copper and chromium may be dried, peptised with acid and moulded. The acid may be a mineral acid or an aliphatic carboxylic acid; exemplified acids are hydrochloric, nitric, sulphuric, acetic, propionic. citric and lactic acids. Peptisation may be effected at a temperature of from 100 to 140C for a period of from 8 to 16 hours. The impregnated mixture may be calcined in two stages, for example at a temperature initially of from 300 to 700C and thereafter of from 700 to 1000C for a period of from 1¢ hours to 2¢ hours. Examples relate to the preparation of barium-containing catalysts and to the use thereof in the treatment of internal combustion engine exhaust gas, optionally in the presence of added air, and of melodorous chemical plant waste gas which contains ammonia and mercapto compounds.