Technical Paper
Conversion of Various Hydrocarbons Over Supported Pd During Simulated Cold-Start Conditions
1993-10-01
932761
This paper reports the oxidation reactivities of three hydrocarbons over an aged palladium (Pd) catalyst during simulated cold-start conditions. Local reaction rates and species concentration profiles on a catalyst of Pd on Al2O3 with ceria are reported for A/F ratios from 14 to 15 at a temperature of 300°C. The synthetic exhausts contain 1-butene (C4H8) as a surrogate for the most reactive hydrocarbons, and C3H8 and CH4 as surrogates for species with intermediate and very low reactivities, respectively. All gas mixtures contain representative amounts of CO, CO2,O2, H2, and H2O in N2. The results demonstrate that the control system on our catalytic flow reactor maintains the desired temperature to within 3°C at the highest conversions ever encountered with auto exhausts, and that our product analysis scheme monitors local reactivities of all species simultaneously, regardless of the conversion level.