A catalyst material for abatement of exhaust gas emissions from a lean burn engine is provided, the catalyst material including a metal-exchanged SAPO-34 material, and an oxide layer at least partially covering an outside surface of the SAPO-34 material, wherein the oxide layer is not substantially blocking the pores of the SAPO-34 material.

The invention relates to a particulate filter which comprises a wall flow filter of length L and two catalytically active coatings Y and Z, wherein the wall flow filter comprises channels E and A that extend in parallel between a first and a second end of the wall flow filter and are separated by porous walls which form surfaces OE and OA, respectively, and wherein the channels E are closed at the second end and the channels A are closed at the first end, and the coatings Y and Z have the same oxygen storage components and the same carrier materials for noble metals. The invention is characterised in that the coating Y is located in the channels E on the surfaces OE and the coating Z is located in the channels Aon the surfaces OA.

Provided is a catalyst with a more satisfactory denitration efficiency at low temperatures during a selective catalytic reduction reaction having ammonia as the reductant, compared to prior art techniques.

This denitration catalyst contains vanadium oxide. The denitration catalyst has a carbon content of 0.05% by weight or more, and has a deficiency site wherein oxygen deficiency occurs within the crystal structure.

The present invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an excellent purification performance for purifying chemically stable methane. A catalyst material 30 includes a carrier 32 formed of alumina and a catalyst 34 formed of at least one of palladium and a palladium oxide directly supported on the carrier 32. A specific surface area of the carrier 32 is preferably 20 m.sup.2/g or more 90 m.sup.2/g or less. In one preferred aspect, a proportion of Pd(100) and PdO(101) in crystal planes of the catalyst 34 at a joint surface between the catalyst 34 and the carrier 32 is 20 number % or more.

A diesel engine emissions catalyst which may be used to fill a niche between standard oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filters for control of diesel particulate matter. The catalyst includes a structure (substrate) comprising one or more coated, corrugated micro-expanded metal foil layers. The coated surface may be a high surface area, stabilized, and promoted washcoat layer. The corrugated pattern may include a herringbone-style pattern that, when in use, is oriented in a longitudinal direction of the diesel engine exhaust flow. The micro-expanded metal foil provides small openings or eyes that, as the exhaust flow passes through the catalyst (transverse to the eye opening), particulates in the flow impinge on the surface and becomes trapped in the eyes. The catalyst may be used to treat a locomotive engine exhaust stream and may be used with a selective catalyst reduction system.

Provided is a combustion system in which a catalyst having superior denitration efficiency at a low temperature compared with those used in the conventional techniques is used in a selective catalytic reduction reaction using ammonia as a reducing agent. A combustion system equipped with: a denitration device which is arranged in the exhaust passage and can remove a nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas with a denitration catalyst. In the combustion system, the denitration device is arranged on the downstream side of the dust collection device in the exhaust passage, and the denitration catalyst is one which contains vanadium oxide as the main component and in which the content of a second metal in terms of oxide content is 1 to 40 wt % inclusive, wherein the second metal comprises at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, W, Mo, Nb, Ce, Sn, Ni, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn.

Provided is a combustion system using a catalyst having better denitration efficiency at low temperatures, during a selective catalytic reduction reaction in which ammonia is used as a reducing agent.

This combustion system comprises: a combustion device that combusts fuel; an exhaust path through which flows exhaust gas generated from the combustion of fuel in the combustion device; a dust collection device that is arranged on the exhaust path and collects soot/dust in the exhaust gas; and a denitration device that is arranged on the exhaust path and removes nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas by means of a denitration catalyst, wherein the denitration device is arranged downstream of the dust collection device on the exhaust path, and the denitration catalyst contains vanadium oxide, has a carbon content of 0.05 wt % or more, and has a defect site in which oxygen deficiency occurs in a crystal structure.

It is an object to provide a catalyst that can effectively purify exhaust gas, in particular, carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaust gas, emitted from a diesel engine, a production method therefor, and an exhaust gas purification method using the same. A diesel engine exhaust gas purification catalyst for purifying exhaust gas emitted from a diesel engine of the present invention comprises a precious metal and alumina and/or zeolite supported on a three-dimensional structure, and has peaks for not less than three different pore sizes in a pore size distribution measured by the mercury intrusion method, wherein one of the peaks is a peak 2 at a pore size of not less than 0.3 μm and less than 1.0 μm, and the pore volume of the peak 2 being greater than 3.1% of the total pore volume.

Provided herein is a methane oxidation catalyst having a support comprising alumina doped with lanthanum and comprising platinum and palladium as active phases. The platinum and palladium are present in the catalyst at an amount effective for producing an exhaust stream from a natural gas vehicle having reduced levels of methane. The catalyst disclosed herein may exhibit improvements in sulfur and water resistance.

Provided are a selective reducing catalyst for diesels and a diesel exhaust gas purification apparatus in which deterioration of NO.sub.x removal performance due to phosphorus poisoning is less likely to occur.

The selective reducing catalyst for diesels is arranged in a diesel engine, adsorbs ammonia and brings the ammonia into contact with nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas discharged from a diesel engine to perform reduction, the selective reducing catalyst comprises: a catalyst carrier; a catalyst region provided on at least the catalyst carrier; and a phosphorus trapping region provided on at least the catalyst region, wherein the catalyst region comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a zeolite-based catalyst containing at least zeolite and a transition metal element supported on the zeolite, a W—Ce—Zr composite oxide-based catalyst, and a vanadium-based catalyst, and the phosphorus trapping region comprises at least one or more selected from the group consisting of alumina and a rare earth-based basic oxide.