Abstract:
A PROCESS IF TAUGHT FOR PRODUCING A RUTHENIUM CATALYST. A RUTHENATE IS PRESYNTHESIZED, GROUND INTO A FINE POWDER, DISPERSED IN A GAMMA ALUMINA CONTAINING MEDIUM AND APPLIED AS A SLURRY TO A CATALYTIC SUPPORT. THE RUTHENATE SLURRY IS DRIED ON THE SUPPORT AND CALCINED. THE PRODUCT PRODUCED IN THIS MANNER IS DESIRABLE FOR USE IN THE CATALYTIC CONVENTION IN A REDUCING ATMOSPHERE OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN, THE RUTHENIUM CATALYST OF THE PRODUCT PRODUCED BY THIS METHOD IS RESISTANT TO VOLATILIZATION WHEN EXPOSED TO AN OXIDIZING AMBIENT.
Abstract:
A process is taught for producing a ruthenium catalyst. A fixing compound, selected from alkaline earth materials or rare earth materials which decompose to an oxide of the material, is deposited on a catalytic support. A hydrated, halogenated ruthenium compound which reduces to ruthenium is also deposited on the catalytic support. The materials on the support are heated in a reducing atmosphere to form the ruthenium metal. After the reducing step the materials are fixed by heating them to a ruthenate forming temperature. The product produced in this manner is desirable for use in the catalytic conversion, in a reducing atmosphere, of oxides of nitrogen. The ruthenium catalyst of the product produced by this method is resistant to volatilization when exposed to an oxidizing ambient.
Abstract:
GASEOUS MIXTURES INCLUDING NITROGEN DIOXIDE ARE PASSED THROUGH A CONVERTER CONTAINING MOLYBDENUM AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 475*C. TO CONVERT THE NITROGEN DIOXIDE TO NITRIC ODIXE WITHOUT CONVERTING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ANY EXISTING AMMONIA AND WITHOUT DESTROYING ANY EXISTING NITRIC OXIDE. THE GASEOUS MIXTURE LEAVING THE CONVERTER IS INTRODUCED INTO A REACTION CHAMBER WHERE THE CHEMILUMINESCENCE OF THE REACTION OF THE NITRIC OXIDE AND OZONE IS USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN THE ORIGINAL GASEOUS MIXTURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE GASEOUS MIXTURE IS PASSED THROUGH A SECOND CONVERTER CONTAINING COPPER AT A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 410*C. TO CONVERT ANY AMMONIA TO NITRIC OXIDE AND THE INCREASED CHEMILUMINESCENCE IS USED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF AMMONIA IN THE ORIGINAL MIXTURE.