The process comprises hydrocracking a hydrocarbon feed in a single stage. The catalyst comprises a base impregnated with metals from Group 6 and Groups 8 through 10 of the Periodic Table. The base of the catalyst used in the present hydrocracking process comprises alumina, an amorphous silica-alumina (ASA) material, a USY zeolite, optionally a beta zeolite, and zeolite ZSM-12.

The honeycomb structure body has a dense part having a change ratio of porosity calculated by the following Expression (1) that is 1 to 5%. The honeycomb structure body also has an outside-diameter decreasing part in which the outside diameter decreases from the inflow end face to the outflow end face. The honeycomb structure body has a change ratio of average diameter calculated by the following Expression (2) that is 0.2 to 3%.

(1−P.sub.x/P.sub.y)×100,  Expression (1): in Expression (1), P.sub.x denotes the porosity (%) at the center region of the outflow end face, and Py denotes the porosity (%) of a circumferential region of the outflow end face other than the center region.

(1−D.sub.x/D.sub.y)×100,  Expression (2): in Expression (2), D.sub.x denotes the average diameter (mm) of the outflow end face, and D.sub.y denotes the average diameter (mm) of the inflow end face.

A method for preparing a molecular sieve SCR (selective catalytic reduction) catalyst and a prepared catalyst therethrough. In the method, several molecular sieves are mixed and modified by transition metal or rare-earth metal via ion exchange, then loaded Fe by equivalent-volume impregnation, and loaded Cu by one or more liquid ion exchange. This present invention, combined with several techniques, such as modification of stable molecular sieve by transition and rare-earth metal, Fe loading by equivalent-volume impregnation and Cu loading by one or more liquid ion exchange, and after through stable and effective modification and loading control, the obtained catalyst material is coated on a carrier substrate via size mixing and coating process to be prepared into an integral catalyst.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a molecular sieve catalyst. A water-in-oil micro-emulsion including a continuous phase containing an organic solvent and a dispersed phase containing an aqueous solution containing one or more metal salts and a water-soluble organic carbon source is prepared, hydrolyzed, and azeotropically distilled to form a mixture solution. The mixture solution is heated to carbonize the water-soluble organic carbon source to form nanoparticles each having a core-shell structure including a carbon-shelled metal-oxide. The nanoparticles containing the carbon-shelled metal-oxide are dispersed in a molecular sieve precursor solution. A nanoparticle-loaded molecular sieve is formed from the molecular sieve precursor solution containing the nanoparticles, and then calcined to remove carbon there-from to form a metal-oxide loaded molecular sieve.

One object is to provide an aldehyde decomposition catalyst, and an exhaust gas treatment apparatus and an exhaust gas treatment method using the aldehyde decomposition catalyst that achieve low cost and sufficient aldehyde decomposition performance with a small amount of the catalyst. An aldehyde decomposition catalyst of the present invention is made of a zeolite in a cation form NH.sub.4 having a structure selected from MFI and BEA and carrying at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Ce, Zn, Fe, and Zr.

Methods and systems for production of consistently-sized BEA zeolite nano-crystals incorporating at least one metal oxide, the method including removing an organic template from a BEA zeolite comprising an organic template via calcination; desilicating the BEA zeolite following the step of removing the organic template; incorporating at least one metal oxide into the structure of the BEA zeolite after the step of desilicating; protonating the BEA zeolite after the step of incorporating the at least one metal oxide; and calcining the BEA zeolite after the step of protonating to form a modified BEA zeolite product.

An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, the exhaust system comprising, a lean NO.sub.x trap, and a wall flow monolithic substrate having a pre-coated porosity of 40% or greater, and comprising an oxidation catalytic zone, the oxidation catalytic zone comprising a platinum group metal loaded on a first support, the first support comprising at least one inorganic oxide and a zinc compound.

Provided is a system for treating a flowing exhaust gas comprising a lean NOx trap, a catalyzed soot filter, an ammonia or an ammonia precursor metering system for metering ammonia or an ammonia precursor into the flowing exhaust gas; and an SCR catalyst, wherein the SCR catalyst is disposed downstream of the lean NOx trap and comprises copper and/or iron supported on a small pore molecular sieve.

A catalytic converter includes a hydrocarbon catalyst trap including BEA zeolite configured to adsorb iso-octane at ambient temperatures and desorb iso-octane at temperatures between 150° C. and 170° C., and active metal supercage impregnated USY zeolite configured to adsorb and coke iso-octane at temperatures greater than 150° C.

A catalyst article having an extruded support having a plurality of channels through which exhaust gas flows during operation of an engine, and a single layer coating or a bi-layer coating on the support, where the extruded support contains a third SCR catalyst, the single layer coating and the bilayer-coating contain platinum on a support with low ammonia storage and a first SCR catalyst. The catalytic articles are useful for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx in exhaust gases and in reducing the amount of ammonia slip. Methods for producing such articles are described. Methods of using the catalytic articles in an SCR process, where the amount of ammonia slip is reduced, are also described.