Catalyst regeneration processes that include measures for controlling emissions generated during the regeneration are described. The present invention further relates to catalytic processes for producing various chlorinated aromatic compounds that include provisions for controlling emissions during catalyst regeneration.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a nano-catalyst filter, which includes depositing through electrodeposition a catalyst precursor inside a porous filter to which an electrode layer is attached. Using this method, a nano-catalyst can be uniformly deposited inside a porous ceramic filter, and high catalyst efficiency can be obtained only using a small amount of the nano-catalyst.

Provided is a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, the catalyst comprising: a noble metal; an alumina support particle; and a ZrO.sub.2 semiconductor support particle deposited on a surface of the alumina support particle.

The present disclosure relates to a nanocrystal composite includes a connected aggregate including a plurality of nanocrystal fragments connected to one another, each nanocrystal fragment having a main surface and an end surface, and nanoparticles supported on the connected aggregate. The plurality of nanocrystal fragments each have a flaky shape; the plurality of nanocrystal fragments have gaps between the main surfaces; and the gaps G are arranged so as to open to the outside of the connected aggregate. The nanoparticles have a metallic element different from that of the plurality of nanocrystal fragments; and a proportion of a visual field area of the nanoparticles with respect to a visual field area of the plurality of nanocrystal fragments is 2% or more and 50% or less.

An after treatment system is disclosed. The after treatment system may include a three-way catalyst (TWC), a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, and a CO clean-up catalyst (CUC) on an exhaust pipe through which an exhaust gas flows. The CUC may include a zeolite in which Cu and Fe are ion-exchanged and CeO.sub.2 in which Pt is supported, wherein a weight ratio of the CeO.sub.2 to a total weight of the CUC is 30-70 wt % such that the CUC purifies NH.sub.3 at a lean air/fuel ratio and purifies NH.sub.3 during a delay time at a rich air/fuel ratio.

Disclosed in certain embodiments is a sulfur tolerant catalytic system that includes a catalytic material coated onto a substrate. Certain embodiments are directed to a method of preparing a sulfur-tolerant catalyst.

The present invention relates to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas of a diesel engine comprising: a flow-through substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the flow through substrate extending therethrough; a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate, wherein the coating comprises a non-zeolitic oxidic material comprising manganese and one or more of the metals of the groups 4 to 11 and 13 of the periodic table, and further comprises one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron.

A nitrogen oxide storage material comprising: Mg.sub.1−yAl.sub.2O.sub.4−y, wherein y is a number satisfying 0≤y≤0.2, a noble metal, an oxide of a metal other than the noble metal, and a barium compound, the noble metal, the oxide, and the barium compound being loaded on Mg.sub.1−yAl.sub.2O.sub.4−y. The metal oxide comprises at least one metal oxide selected from zirconium oxide, praseodymium oxide, niobium oxide, and iron oxide.

An exhaust gas purification catalyst including an alkaline-earth metal carried on a porous carrier in a highly dispersed state. The catalyst layer of the exhaust gas purification catalyst has an alkaline-earth metal carrying region including a porous carrier, Pt, and a sulfuric acid salt of at least one alkaline-earth metal carried on the porous carrier, wherein a value of R.sub.Ae/Pt is 0.5 or more, where R.sub.Ae/Pt represents the Pearson's correlation coefficient calculated using α and β in each pixel obtained by, for a cross section of the region, performing the area analysis by FE-EPMA under the conditions of: pixel size 0.34 μm×0.34 μm; and number of measured pixels 256×256; and measuring an intensity (α: cps) of a characteristic X ray of an element (Ae) of the alkaline-earth metal and an intensity (β: cps) of a characteristic X ray of Pt for each pixel.

A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprising: a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end with an axial length L; an inlet catalyst layer beginning at the inlet end and extending for less than the axial length L, wherein the inlet catalyst layer comprises an inlet palladium component; an outlet catalyst layer beginning at the outlet end and extending for less than the axial length L, wherein the outlet catalyst layer comprises an outlet rhodium component; and wherein the outlet catalyst layer overlaps with the inlet catalyst layer.