Various structures for catalytic convertors are disclosed herein. The device includes an outer housing enclosing a catalytic core. The catalytic core can be formed in a myriad of ways. Flow paths through the core are constructed so that they are not straight-line paths from the inlet of the device to the outlet of the device. Zigzag conformations and stacked panel arrays are described that maximize the catalytic surface area in a given volume of housing.

Provided is a catalytic converter to be disposed in a branch portion between an exhaust gas passage that guides exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine to outside and an exhaust gas recirculation passage that recirculates a portion of the exhaust gas from the exhaust gas passage to an intake system of the internal combustion engine. The catalytic converter comprises a catalyst storage case that stores a catalyst, a recirculation pipe that forms the exhaust gas recirculation passage, an abutment portion that makes the catalyst storage case and the recirculation pipe be in surface contact with each other and be arranged in parallel to each other, and a downstream cone that makes the exhaust gas passage and the exhaust gas recirculation passage merge with each other.

An exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate including an upstream end and a downstream end, the substrate having a length Ls between the upstream end and the downstream end; a first catalyst layer containing first catalyst particles, extending across a first region, and being in contact with the substrate, the first region extending between the upstream end and a first position, the first position being at a first distance La from the upstream end toward the downstream end; and a second catalyst layer containing second catalyst particles, extending across a second region, and being in contact with the substrate, the second region extending between the downstream end and a second position, the second position being at a second distance Lb from the downstream end toward the upstream end. The first catalyst layer has an inner surface defining macropores.

A catalyst powder according to the present invention is a catalyst powder that includes: a core portion that contains ceria and zirconia; and a surface layer portion that is located on the core portion and contains ceria and zirconia. The ratio (M.sub.2/M.sub.1) is 0.30 or more and 0.95 or less, the ratio (M.sub.2/M.sub.1) being the ratio of a mole fraction M.sub.2 (mol %) of cerium in the surface layer portion measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to a mole fraction M.sub.1 (mol %) of cerium in the entire powder. It is preferable that the ratio (M.sub.4/2/M.sub.3/1) between M.sub.3/1 and M.sub.4/2 is 1.1 or more and 5.0 or less, wherein M.sub.3/1 (=M.sub.3/M.sub.1) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M.sub.3 (mol %) of zirconium in the entire powder and a mole fraction M.sub.1 (mol %) of cerium in the entirety of the powder, and M.sub.4/2 (=M.sub.4/M.sub.2) represents the ratio between a mole fraction M.sub.4 (mol %) of zirconium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and a mole fraction M.sub.2 (mol %) of cerium measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

An exhaust gas purification system including an exhaust pipe having a hollow longitudinal portion. The hollow longitudinal portion has an inner surface which defines a cavity, and there is also a plurality of steel rods mounted along a length of the hollow longitudinal portion and inside the cavity. The plurality of steel rods are coated with a slurry of a catalytic composition having a tectosilicate having titanium, one or more raw material having magnetic properties, and an acrylic oil.

Method for the preparation of a catalysed monolithic body or a catalysed particulate filter by capillary suction of sol-solution containing catalytically active material and metal oxide catalyst carriers or precursors thereof into pores of monolithic substrate.

A catalytic converter includes a catalyst. The catalyst includes a non-modified metal oxide support and platinum group metal (PGM) complexes atomically dispersed on the non-modified metal oxide support. The PGM complexes include a PGM species selected from the group consisting of an atom of a platinum group metal, a cluster including from 2 atoms to less than 10 atoms of the platinum group metal, and combinations thereof. An alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal is bonded to the PGM species. The alkali or alkaline earth metal is part of a structure including oxygen atoms and hydrogen atoms.

A lean gasoline exhaust treatment catalyst article is provided, the article comprising a catalytic material applied on a substrate, wherein the catalytic material comprises a first composition and a second composition, wherein the first and second compositions are present in a layered or zoned configuration, the first composition comprising palladium impregnated onto a porous refractory metal oxide material and rhodium impregnated onto a porous refractory metal oxide material; and the second composition comprising platinum impregnated onto a porous refractory metal oxide material. Methods of making and using such catalyst articles and the associated compositions and systems employing such catalyst articles are also described.

A catalyst and system for an internal combustion engine exhaust gas purification includes a first catalyst component region (a) having a catalyst component layer containing Rh at a concentration of 0.1 to 3.0 g/L at a length of 3 to 30 mm on an upstream side, a second catalyst component region (b) having a catalyst component layer containing Pd at a concentration of 1.0 to 20.0 g/L at a length of 10 to 100 mm on a downstream side, and a third catalyst region (c) containing rhodium at a concentration of 0.05 to 1.0 g/L and an oxygen storage material at a concentration of 30 to 150 g/L at a length of 25 to 150 mm on a monolithic support. The catalyst suppresses the formation and discharge of N.sub.2O from the exhaust gas with a small amount of a noble metal from the time of cold starting.

An oxidation catalyst composite, methods and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from an advanced combustion engine, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) and the reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from a diesel engine and an advanced combustion diesel engine are disclosed. More particularly, washcoat compositions are disclosed comprising at least two washcoat layers, a first washcoat comprising a palladium component and a first support containing cerium and a second washcoat containing platinum and one or more molecular sieves.