A catalyst system includes an oxygen storage and release material that has at least one compound of the structure YMO.sub.3+δ, where M is selected from Mn, Co, Cu, Ce, Ti, Ni, Zn, Fe and any combination thereof, and where δ is ≥0. The oxygen storage and release material is configured to allow absorption and release oxygen depending on the conditions of a reagent stream such that sufficient oxygen is maintained for the catalytic removal of at least one of incompletely combusted hydrocarbons, CO, and NO. The catalyst system is useful in a catalytic converter such that oxygen is supplied under rich combustion conditions in an engine upstream of the catalytic converter inlet and oxygen is adsorbed and absorbed under lean rich combustion conditions in the engine.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an oxygen storage and release material comprising a ceria-zirconia-based complex oxide improved in ability to remove HC and NOx and a three-way catalyst able to reduce an amount of NOx emission. Further, to solve this problem, an oxygen storage and release material comprising a ceria-zirconia-based complex oxide containing Gd.sub.2O.sub.3 in 0.1 mol % or more and less than 20 mol % and having an ion conductivity of 2×10.sup.−5 S/cm or more at 400° C. is provided. Further, in addition to the above, an oxygen storage and release material having a molar ratio of cerium and zirconium of 0.2 or more and 0.6 or less by cerium/(cerium+zirconium) and an speed of oxygen storage and release “Δt.sub.50” of 20.0 seconds or more or amount of oxygen storage and release of 300 μmol-O.sub.2/g or more etc. was obtained. Further, by applying the oxygen storage and release material to the catalyst, it is possible to assist the purification of exhaust gas as it changes every instant in accordance with the driving conditions and possible to obtain a catalyst with a higher ability to remove harmful components of catalytic precious metals than before. In particular, it is possible to obtain an automotive exhaust gas purification system excellent in ability to remove CO, NOx, and HC.

A vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine including an engine body and a catalyst device and a carbon dioxide recovery device recovering carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust is provided. The engine body, catalyst device, and carbon dioxide recovery device are mounted in the vehicle so that relationships X1>X2 and X2>X3 stand where a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X1, a distance from a mounting position of the catalyst device to the mounting position of the carbon dioxide recovery device is X2, and a distance from a mounting position of the engine body to a mounting position of the catalyst device is X3.

An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line where a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows through, an exhaust gas line where a second combustion exhaust gas discharged from a second power generation facility flows through, exhaust gas exhaust line disposed by branching off from exhaust gas line, discharging a part of combustion exhaust gases as exhaust combustion exhaust gases, a nitrogen oxide removing unit removing nitrogen oxide contained in an integrated combustion exhaust gas that integrates the combustion exhaust gases, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat from the integrated combustion exhaust gas, and a CO.sub.2 recovery unit recovering CO.sub.2 contained in the integrated combustion exhaust gas by using CO.sub.2 absorbing liquid.

An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line through which a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows, a waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the combustion exhaust gas, a branch exhaust gas line provided to be connected between a front stage and a downstream stage of the waste heat recovery boiler on a main exhaust gas line, a nitrogen oxide removal unit removing nitrogen oxide in an integrated combustion exhaust gas into which a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the main exhaust gas line and a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the branch exhaust gas line are integrated, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the integrated combustion exhaust gas from which nitrogen oxide has been removed, and a CO.sub.2 recovery unit recovering CO.sub.2 in the integrated combustion exhaust gas.

A gasoline engine exhaust gas purification catalyst for purifying exhaust gas emitted from a gasoline engine includes a precious metal, alumina, and a ceria/zirconia composite oxide supported on a three-dimensional structure, and has pores having a peak 1 at a pore size of not less than 0.001 μm and not greater than 0.05 μm, pores having a peak 2 at a pore size of not less than 2.5 μm and not greater than 5.0 μm, and pores having a peak 3 at a different pore size than the above pore sizes in a pore size distribution measured by mercury intrusion method, wherein the pore volume of the pores having the peak 3 is greater than 1.4% of the total pore volume. A production method for the catalyst, and an exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst are also described.

System (2) for CO.sub.2 capture from a combustion engine (1) comprising an exhaust gas flow circuit (6) having an inlet end fluidly connected to an exhaust of the combustion engine, a heat exchanger circuit (12), a primary exhaust gas heat exchanger (H1) for transferring heat from exhaust gas to fluid in the heat exchanger circuit, at least one compressor (10) for compressing fluid in a section of the heat exchanger circuit, the compressor driven by thermal expansion of heat exchanger circuit fluid from the primary exhaust gas heat exchanger (H1), and a CO.sub.2 temperature swing adsorption (TSA) reactor (4) fluidly connected to an outlet end of the exhaust gas flow circuit. The TSA reactor includes at least an adsorption reactor unit (D4) and a desorption reactor unit (D2), the heat exchanger circuit comprising a heating section (12b) for heating the desorption unit (D2) and a cooling section (12a) for cooling the adsorption unit (D4).

The disclosure relates to a three-way conversion catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas comprising nitrogen monoxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbon, wherein the catalyst comprises: (i) a substrate; (ii) a first coating comprising rhodium supported on a first oxidic component; (iii) a second coating comprising palladium supported on a non-zeolitic oxidic material, wherein the non-zeolitic oxidic material comprises manganese and a second oxidic component, wherein the second coating consists of 0 weight-% to 0.001 weight-% of platinum; wherein the first coating is disposed on the substrate over x % of the axial length, with x ranging from 80 to 100; wherein the second coating extends over y % of the axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end and is disposed on the first coating, with y ranging from 20 to x.

An information management system includes: a plurality of CO.sub.2 recovery devices configured to recover CO.sub.2; a CO.sub.2 collection station configured to collect CO.sub.2 recovered by the plurality of CO.sub.2 recovery devices; a CO.sub.2 using facility configured to use CO.sub.2 collected at the CO.sub.2 collection station; and an information management device including a communication unit configured to transmit linked information in which intended use information indicating intended use of CO.sub.2 in the CO.sub.2 using facility and an amount of use for the intended use is linked with identification information of a user of each of the plurality of CO.sub.2 recovery devices to an information communication terminal used by the user.

Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst system comprising, in the following order, from the upstream side of an exhaust gas flow: a first exhaust gas purification catalyst apparatus 100 including a metal honeycomb substrate 110 and a first catalyst coat layer 120 on the metal honeycomb substrate 110; a heater 300; and a second exhaust purification catalyst apparatus 200 including a cordierite honeycomb substrate 210 and a second catalyst coat layer 220 on the cordierite honeycomb substrate 210, wherein the first catalyst coat layer 120 contains an adsorbent 130 that can adsorb one or two or more among NOx, HC and CO, and the second catalyst coat layer 220 contains inorganic oxide particles 230 and catalyst precious metal particles 240 supported on the inorganic oxide particles 230.