The present invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a carrier body having a length L extending between a first end face and a second end face, and differently composed material zones A and B arranged on the carrier body, wherein material zone A comprises platinum and palladium applied to a cerium-titanium mixed oxide, and material zone B comprises platinum and palladium applied to a carrier oxide B.

A method for enhancing degradation of ester volatile organic compounds with a cerium oxide supported palladium single atom catalyst under low-temperature microwave comprises the steps of firstly preparing a single atom catalyst Pd/CeO.sub.2, adding the catalyst Pd/CeO.sub.2 into a reaction cavity, initiating microwave radiation to enhance the catalysis reaction, and quickly introducing an ester compound with a concentration of 50˜5000 mg/m.sup.3 and a space velocity of 2000˜100000 h.sup.−1 into the reaction cavity from a vapor phase sampling port to react when the reaction temperature is 10˜80° C. A catalyst packed column is provided in the reaction cavity, the vapor phase sampling port is defined at the bottom of the reaction cavity, and an exhaust port is defined at the top of the cavity. The microwave method can enhance and activate active sites, prevent the aging of active sites, and enable the chemical reaction rate to be increased by more than 17.9%.

A method for enhancing degradation of ester volatile organic compounds with a cerium oxide supported palladium single atom catalyst under low-temperature microwave comprises the steps of firstly preparing a single atom catalyst Pd/CeO.sub.2, adding the catalyst Pd/CeO.sub.2 into a reaction cavity, initiating microwave radiation to enhance the catalysis reaction, and quickly introducing an ester compound with a concentration of 50˜5000 mg/m.sup.3 and a space velocity of 2000˜100000 h.sup.−1 into the reaction cavity from a vapor phase sampling port to react when the reaction temperature is 10˜80° C. A catalyst packed column is provided in the reaction cavity, the vapor phase sampling port is defined at the bottom of the reaction cavity, and an exhaust port is defined at the top of the cavity. The microwave method can enhance and activate active sites, prevent the aging of active sites, and enable the chemical reaction rate to be increased by more than 17.9%.

The present invention relates to a new process for preparing quinoline compounds of the general formula (II): in which Q, A, R4, R.sup.3 and R.sup.3′, are as defined herein, as well as to the intermediate compounds of said new process. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a new process for preparing quinoline compounds of the general formula (II): in which Q, A, R4, R.sup.3 and R.sup.3′, are as defined herein, as well as to the intermediate compounds of said new process. ##STR00001##

A porous carbon material, wherein a half width (2θ) of a diffraction peak (10×) (38° to 49°) by X-ray diffraction is 4.2° or less, and wherein a ratio (mesopore volume/micropore volume) of a mesopore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a BJH method to a micropore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a HK method is 1.20 or more.

A porous carbon material, wherein a half width (2θ) of a diffraction peak (10×) (38° to 49°) by X-ray diffraction is 4.2° or less, and wherein a ratio (mesopore volume/micropore volume) of a mesopore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a BJH method to a micropore volume (cm.sup.3/g) measured by a HK method is 1.20 or more.

The present invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst including an alkaline earth metal supported in a highly dispersed state on a porous carrier. A catalyst layer of the exhaust gas purification catalyst provided by the invention has an alkaline earth metal-supporting region including a porous carrier, a catalyst metal belonging to the platinum group, and a sulfate of at least one type of alkali earth metal supported on the porous carrier. In a cross-section of this region, a Pearson correlation coefficient R.sub.Ae/M is at least 0.5 as calculated using α and β for each pixel obtained by carrying out area analysis by FE-EPMA under conditions of pixel size of 0.34 μm×0.34 μm, and measured pixel number 256×256, and by measuring the characteristic X-ray intensity (α:cps) of the alkaline earth metal element (Ae) and the characteristic X-ray intensity (β:cps) of the main constituent element of the inorganic compound constituting the porous carrier for each pixel.

An integrated, co-product capable process is provided for producing taurine in particular with optionally one or both of monoethanolamine and diethanolamine from one or more sugars, comprising pyrolyzing one or more sugars to produce a crude pyrolysis product mixture including glycolaldehyde and formaldehyde; optionally removing formaldehyde from the crude pyrolysis product mixture, then combining the crude pyrolysis product mixture with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and further in the presence of a catalyst to produce at least monoethanolamine from the crude pyrolysis product mixture; optionally recovering diethanolamine from the crude reductive amination product, sulfating at least a portion to all of the monoethanolamine product to produce 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester; and sulfonating the 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester to produce taurine.

An integrated, co-product capable process is provided for producing taurine in particular with optionally one or both of monoethanolamine and diethanolamine from one or more sugars, comprising pyrolyzing one or more sugars to produce a crude pyrolysis product mixture including glycolaldehyde and formaldehyde; optionally removing formaldehyde from the crude pyrolysis product mixture, then combining the crude pyrolysis product mixture with an aminating agent in the presence of hydrogen and further in the presence of a catalyst to produce at least monoethanolamine from the crude pyrolysis product mixture; optionally recovering diethanolamine from the crude reductive amination product, sulfating at least a portion to all of the monoethanolamine product to produce 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester; and sulfonating the 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate ester to produce taurine.