Effect of manufacturing methods of AgCl/Al2O3 catalyst on selective catalyticreduction of NOx

The AgCl/Al2O3 catalyst has potential for use in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO(x). A compound hydrocarbon, following oxygenation is used as a type of reducing agent. In this experiment, the AgCl/Al2O3 catalyst was produced by four different methods, and the differences among their reduction catalysis of NO(x) were compared. Ethanol was used as a type of reducing agent. X-ray diffraction analysis was performed to study the crystalline structure and scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope (TEM) were applied to determine the microindentation. The results indicated that, in the range of 350-400 degrees C, there was no significant difference on the NO(x) reduction rate; however, there was dispersion at high and low temperature ranges. The size of the AgCl particles was about 20-100 nm.