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Development of Paper Exhaust Catalyst Material for Emission Control in Small Internal Combustion Engines

Journal Article
2008-32-0013
ISSN: 1946-3936, e-ISSN: 1946-3944
Published September 09, 2008 by SAE International in United States
Development of Paper Exhaust Catalyst Material for Emission Control in Small Internal Combustion Engines
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Citation: Onwona-Agyeman, B., Suzuki, R., Yano, H., Yagi, S. et al., "Development of Paper Exhaust Catalyst Material for Emission Control in Small Internal Combustion Engines," SAE Int. J. Engines 1(1):1341-1346, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-32-0013.
Language: English

Abstract:

We have investigated the catalytic performance of a porous-structured paper containing noble metal catalysts such as platinum (Pt) and rhodium (Rh) supported on a thermally stabilized alumina (Al2O3). The catalysts were prepared by the usual impregnation method first, and then introduced into the macro porous-structured paper as catalytic active sites during the papermaking process. When the resultant paper was calcined at 1000°C for 60 h, it showed similar catalytic performance compared with the original powder-like catalyst. Particularly, the paper containing freshly prepared catalyst showed superior performance than a paper containing a commercially available alumina as support material. A small sized honeycomb-like structure was successfully prepared by using the catalyst paper, and this clearly indicates that the paper is a promising catalytic material for controlling exhaust emissions from small engines.