Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1995, 60, 473-481
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19950473
Ceramic Foam in Catalytic Combustion of Methane
Květa Jirátováa, Lenka Morávkováa, Jiří Malechab and Bohumil Koutskýb
a Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
b Department of Gas, Coke and Air Protection, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Abstract
Catalytic combustion of methane has been studied in the presence of catalysts supported on ceramic foams. Low concentrations of NOx (in the range of 5 - 50 mg m-3) were observed with all catalysts used. Concentrations of CO depended strongly on the type of the catalyst, its composition, methane throughputs and varied from 4 400 to 0 mg m-3. Minimum CO concentration (0 - 8 mg m-3) was gained with 0.04% Pt on ceramic foam modified with both alumina Al2O3 and lanthana La2O3.
