The reaction of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxide (NO) in lean-burning engine exhaust with propylene was studied on Pt/γ-Al2O3 supported by monolith honeycomb. A one-dimensional heterogeneous model was set up to simulate the process behavior of reactions
and the effects of factors
such as reaction temperature
reactant concentration
dimension of channel of monolith catalyst
were discussed in detail both by experiment and theory. The results predicted by the model were tested through experiments. With this model
the effects of inter- and intra-phase diffusion and other factors are discussed. The model shows that the NO conversion rate will rise when higher concentration C3H6 is used; the influence of hydraulic diameter is small; the reaction is controlled by the kinetics under low temperature and after the light off of C3H6 the internal diffusion becomes serious.