Study on catalysts for combustion of lean CH4

In this study, cerarnics honeycomb-supported ABO₃ perovskite type oxides were preparedby changing the composition of A and B site cations, and observed their activities for lean CH₄ oxidation. In the case of change in A site composition La_0.3Sr_0.2MnO₃ and La_0.6Sr_0.4MnO₃ is the mostactive catalysts for 1 v% CH₄ and 2 v% CH₄ respectively. But LaMn_0.5Co_0.5O₃ oxide is the best ac-tive catalyst for 1-2v% CH₄ among the oxides by changing B site compositions of LaBO₃ and su-perior to La_0.3Sr_0.2MnO₃ and La_0.6S_0.4MnO₃catalysts.Adding trace Pd improved the activity and characteristics of space velocity for LaMn_0.5CO_0.5O₃and La_0.3Sr_0.2MnO₃ Although LaMn_0.5Co_0.5O₃ +Pd (0.03 wt%) was less active than the Pd catalyst,the activity was more than Pt catalyst at a conversion level below 90%.