A catalyst support structure may include a base material and a metal oxide support structure. The metal oxide support structure may be formed by loading a first concentration of precursors of a metal oxide onto the base material using incipient wetness impregnation (IWI) to form the catalyst support structure, performing a first calcination process on the catalyst support structure at a first temperature to produce first structures of the metal oxide, loading a second concentration of precursors of the metal oxide onto the catalyst support structure using IWI to at least partially cover the first structures of the metal oxide, and performing a second calcination process on the catalyst support structure at a second temperature lower than the first temperature to produce second structures of the metal oxide.

Method for the preparation of a honeycomb catalyst including the steps of pre-coating a non-woven fibrous sheet, corrugating the fibrous sheet and rolling-up or stacking-up the corrugated sheet to form a honeycomb body. The honeycomb body is subsequently washcoated, including the addition of at least one catalytically active compound.

The present invention is to provide a NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas capable of efficiently removing carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC), and a nitrogen oxide (NOx), in particular NOx, which are harmful components contained in exhaust gas. The NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas of the present invention is characterized by being obtained by using a complex oxide of strontium and cerium as a catalytic active component, in which the complex oxide of strontium and cerium adsorbs 1.0 mL or less of oxygen per gram in a 400 C. atmosphere, and sinters a precursor at 300 C. or more.

A catalyst for producing light aromatics with heavy aromatics, a method for preparing the catalyst, and a use thereof are disclosed. The catalyst comprises a carrier, component (1), and component (2), wherein component (1) comprises one metal element or more metal elements selected from a group consisting of Pt, Pd, Ir, and Rh, and component (2) comprises one metal element or more metal elements selected from a group consisting of IA group, IIA group, IIIA group, IVA group, IB group, IIB group, IIIB group, IVB group, VB group, VIB group, VIIB group, La group, and VIII group other than Pt, Pd, Ir, and Rh. The catalyst can be used for producing light aromatics with heavy aromatics, whereby heavy aromatics hydrogenation selectivity and light aromatics yield can be improved.

A monolithic catalyst, including cobalt, a metal matrix, a molecular sieve membrane, and an additive. The metal matrix is silver, gold, copper, platinum, titanium, molybdenum, iron, tin, or an alloy thereof. The molecular sieve membrane is mesoporous silica SBA-16 which is disposed on the surface of the metal matrix and is a carrier of the active component and the additive. The thickness of the carrier is between 26 and 67 m. The additive is lanthanum, zirconium, cerium, rhodium, platinum, rhenium, ruthenium, titanium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, or a mixture thereof. A method for preparing the monolithic catalyst is also provided.

The present invention provides a method of treating an exhaust gas comprising methane and NO. The exhaust gas is contacted with a catalyst in the presence of oxygen to oxidize at least part of the methane in the gas stream to carbon dioxide and water and at least part of the NO into NO.sub.2 obtaining a treated gas stream. The catalyst comprises one or more noble metals supported on non-modified zirconia, wherein the zirconia comprises tetragonal zirconia and monoclinic zirconia, and wherein the weight ratio of tetragonal zirconia to monoclinic zirconia is in the range of from 1:1 to 31:1.

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.

Method for the preparation of a honeycomb catalyst including the steps of pre-coating a non-woven fibrous sheet, corrugating the fibrous sheet and rolling-up or stacking-up the corrugated sheet to form a honeycomb body. The honeycomb body is subsequently washcoated, including the addition of at least one catalytically active compound.

Method for preparing a catalytic fabric filter comprising the steps of a) providing a fabric filter substrate, preferably consisting of glass fibers, having a gas inlet surface and a gas outlet surface, the gas inlet surface is coated with a polymeric membrane, preferably consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene; b) providing an aqueous impregnation liquid comprising one or more catalyst metal precursor compounds; c) impregnating the fabric filter substrate with the impregnation liquid; and d) drying and thermally activating the impregnated fabric filter substrate at a temperature below 300 C. to convert the one or more metal compounds of the catalyst precursor to their catalytically active form, wherein the drying of the impregnated fabric filter substrate in step d) is performed from the gas outlet surface.

The present invention relates to a porous catalyst support, consisting of a material comprising a natural sheet silicate, containing ZrO.sub.2 dispersed throughout the material. The present invention also relates to a method for the production of the catalyst support according to the invention and to a shell catalyst containing the catalyst support according to the invention and also the use of the catalyst according to the invention in particular for the production of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM).