Alumina Supported Copper-Manganese Catalysts for Combustion of Exhaust Gases: Effect of Preparation Method
The development of active and stable catalysts
without noble metals for low temperature oxidation of exhaust gases
remains a significant challenge. The purpose of this study is to
determine the influence of the preparation method on the catalytic
activity of the supported copper-manganese mixed oxides in terms of
VOCs oxidation. The catalysts were prepared by impregnation of γ-
Al2O3 with copper and manganese nitrates and acetates and the
possibilities for CO, CH3OH and dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation
were evaluated using continuous flow equipment with a four-channel
isothermal stainless steel reactor. Effect of the support, Cu/Mn mole
ratio, heat treatment of the precursor and active component loading
were investigated. Highly active alumina supported Cu-Mn catalysts
for CO and VOCs oxidation were synthesized. The effect of
preparation conditions on the activity behavior of the catalysts was
discussed.
The synergetic interaction between copper and manganese species
increases the activity for complete oxidation over mixed catalysts.
Type of support, calcination temperature and active component
loading along with catalyst composition are important factors,
determining catalytic activity. Cu/Mn molar ratio of 1:5, heat
treatment at 450oC and 20 % active component loading are the best
compromise for production of active catalyst for simultaneous
combustion of CO, CH3OH and DME.
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Compounds and Hazardous Air Pollutants”, Center for Waste Reduction
Technologies of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New
York, 2001.
[2] Q. Yea, J. Zhaoa, F. Huoa, J. Wanga, S. Chenga, T. Kanga, H. Daib,
“Nanosized Ag/α-MnO2 catalysts highly active for the low-temperature
oxidation of carbon monoxide and benzene”, Catalysis Today, Vol. 175,
pp. 603-609, 2011.
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Moon, “In situ-generated metal oxide catalyst during CO oxidation
reaction transformed from redox-active metal-organic frameworksupported
palladium nanoparticles”, Nanoscale Research Letters, 7:461,
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Materials Perspective”, Nano Res., Vol. 4(1), pp. 3–32, ISSN 1998-
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Lindeman, G. A. Somorjai, “ Enhanced CO Oxidation Rates at the
Interface of Mesoporous Oxides and Pt Nanoparticles”, J. Am. Chem.
Soc., Vol. 135 (44), pp. 16689–16696, 2013.
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Forum, Vol. 26, pp. 1-14, 2002.
[7] P. Larsson, A. Andersson, “Oxides of copper, ceria promoted copper,
manganese and copper manganese on Al2O3 for the combustion of CO,
ethyl acetate and ethanol”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 24,
pp. 175–192, 2000.
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Catalysts for CO Preferential Oxidation”, in Proc. 3-rd International
Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, IPCBEE vol. 38,
2012, pp. 63-65.
[9] A. Martınez-Arias, M. Fernandez-Garcıa, O. Galvez, J. M. Coronado, J.
A. Anderson, J. C. Conesa, J. Soria, G. Munueraz, “Comparative Study
on Redox Properties and Catalytic Behaviour for CO Oxidation of
CuO/CeO2 and CuO/ZrCeO4 Catalysts”, Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 195,
pp. 207–216, 2000.
[10] G. Xanthopoulou1, G. Vekinis, “Investigation of catalytic oxidation of
carbon monoxide over a Cu-Cr-oxide catalyst made by self-propagating
high-temperature synthesis”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol.
19, pp. 37-44, 1998.
[11] Y. Ren, Z. Ma, L. Qian, S. Dai, H. He, P.G. Bruce, “Ordered Crystalline
Mesoporous Oxides as Catalysts for CO Oxidation”, Catal. Lett., Vol.
131, pp. 146–154, 2009.
[12] Z. Zengjian, W. Hui, G. Guofeng, “Catalytic Combustion of Methyl
Acetate over Cu-Mn Mixed Oxide Catalyst”, International Conference,
Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental
Monitoring (CDCIEM), 19-20 Feb. 2011, pp. 1994-1997, Digital Object
Identifier: 10.1109/CDCIEM.2011.107.
[13] C. Jonesa, K. J. Colea, S. H. Taylora, M. J. Crudaceb, and G. J.
Hutchings, “Copper manganese oxide catalysts for ambient temperature
carbon monoxide oxidation: Effect of calcination on activity”, Journal
of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Vol. 305, Issues 1–2, pp. 121–124,
June 2009.
[14] M. Ferrandon, “Mixed Metal Oxide-Noble Metal Catalyst for Total
Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds and Carbon Oxide,” PhD
Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Chemical
Reaction Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2011.
[15] R. McCabe and P. J. Mitchell, “Reactions of ethanol and acetaldehyde
over noble metal and metal oxide catalysts”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res.
Dev., Vol. 23 (2), pp. 196–202, 1984.
[16] Y. Hasegawa, K. Fukumoto, T. Ishima, H. Yamamoto, M. Sano, T.
Miyake, “Preparation of copper-containing mesoporous manganese
oxides and their catalytic performance for CO oxidation”, Appl. Catal.
B: Environ. Vol. 89, pp. 420–424, 2009.
[17] S. Imamura, H. Tarumoto, S. Ishida, “Decomposition of 1,2-
dichloroethane on titanium dioxide/silica”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol.
28 (10), pp 1449–1452, 1989.
[18] J. Oi-Uchisawa, S. Wang, T. Nanba, A. Ohi, and A. Obuchi,
“Improvement of Pt catalyst for soot oxidation using oxide as a
support,” Applied Catalysis B: Environ., Vol. 44, pp. 207–215, 2003.
[19] M. Morales, L. Barbero, L. Cadús, “Combustion of volatile organic
compounds on manganese iron or nickel mixed oxide catalysts”, Applied
Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 67, Issues 3–4, pp. 229–236, 2006.
[20] S. Kanungo, ”Physiochemical properties of MnO2 and MnO2-CuO
and their relationship with the catalytic activity for H2O2 decomposition
and CO oxidation”, J. Catal., Vol. 58, pp. 419-435, 1979.
[21] G. J. Hutchings, A. A. Mirzaei, R. W. Joynerb, M. Siddiqui, S. H.
Taylor, “Effect of preparation conditions on the catalytic performance of
copper manganese oxide catalysts for CO oxidation”, Applied Catalysis
A: General, Vol. 166, pp. 143-152, 1998.
[22] M. Wojciechowska, W. Przystajko, M. Zielin´ski, “CO oxidation
catalysts based on copper and manganese or cobalt oxides supported on
MgF2 and Al2O3”, Catalysis Today, Vol. 119, pp. 338–341, 2007.
[23] L. N. Cai, Y. Guo, A. H. Lu, P. Branton, W. C. Li, “The choice of
precipitant and precursor in the co-precipitation synthesis of copper
manganese oxide for maximizing carbon monoxide oxidation”, Journal
of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Vol. 360, pp. 35– 41, 2012.
[24] K. Ivanov, E. Kolentsova, D. Dimitrov, Georgi, Avdeev, Tatyana
Tabakova, “Alumina Supported Copper-Manganese Catalysts for
Combustion of Exhaust Gases: Catalysts Characterization”, XIII
International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Applications,
Venice, Italy, 2015 (accepted for publication).
[25] M. Kramer, T. Schmidt, K. Stowe, W. F. Maier, “Structural and catalytic
aspects of sol–gel derived copper manganese oxides as low-temperature
CO oxidation catalyst”, Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 302, pp.
257–263, 2006.
[26] S. A. Kondrat, T. E. Davies, Z. Zu, P. Boldrin, J. K. Bartley, A. F.
Carley, S. H. Taylor, M. J. Rosseinsky, and G. J. Hutchings, “The effect
of heat treatment on phase formation of copper manganese oxide:
Influence on catalytic activity for ambient temperature carbon monoxide
oxidation”, Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 281, pp. 279–289, 2011.
[27] P. Wei, M. Bieringer, L. Cranswick, A. Petric, “In situ high-temperature
X-ray and neutron diffraction of Cu–Mn oxide phases”, Journal of
Materials Science, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 1056-1064, 2010. [28] K. Qian, Z. Qian, Q. Hua, Z. Jiang, W. Huang, “Structure–activity
relationship of CuO/MnO2 catalysts in CO oxidation”, Applied Surface
Science, Vol. 273, pp. 357– 363, 2013.
[1] E. C. Moretti, “Practical Solutions for Reducing Volatile Organic
Compounds and Hazardous Air Pollutants”, Center for Waste Reduction
Technologies of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New
York, 2001.
[2] Q. Yea, J. Zhaoa, F. Huoa, J. Wanga, S. Chenga, T. Kanga, H. Daib,
“Nanosized Ag/α-MnO2 catalysts highly active for the low-temperature
oxidation of carbon monoxide and benzene”, Catalysis Today, Vol. 175,
pp. 603-609, 2011.
[3] J. Y. Kim, M. Jin, K. J. Lee, J. Y. Cheon, S. H. Joo, J. M. Kim, H. R.
Moon, “In situ-generated metal oxide catalyst during CO oxidation
reaction transformed from redox-active metal-organic frameworksupported
palladium nanoparticles”, Nanoscale Research Letters, 7:461,
August 2012.
[4] Z. Ma, S. Dai, “Development of Novel Supported Gold Catalysts: A
Materials Perspective”, Nano Res., Vol. 4(1), pp. 3–32, ISSN 1998-
0124, DOI 10.1007/s12274-010-0025-5, 2011.
[5] K. An, S. Alayoglu, N. Musselwhite, S. Plamthottam, G. Melaet, A. E.
Lindeman, G. A. Somorjai, “ Enhanced CO Oxidation Rates at the
Interface of Mesoporous Oxides and Pt Nanoparticles”, J. Am. Chem.
Soc., Vol. 135 (44), pp. 16689–16696, 2013.
[6] M. B. Cortie, Lingen E. “Ctatalytic gold nanoparticles”, Materials
Forum, Vol. 26, pp. 1-14, 2002.
[7] P. Larsson, A. Andersson, “Oxides of copper, ceria promoted copper,
manganese and copper manganese on Al2O3 for the combustion of CO,
ethyl acetate and ethanol”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 24,
pp. 175–192, 2000.
[8] [8] S. Zeng, Y. Wang, K. Liu, H. Su, “Study on Inverse CeO2/CuO
Catalysts for CO Preferential Oxidation”, in Proc. 3-rd International
Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, IPCBEE vol. 38,
2012, pp. 63-65.
[9] A. Martınez-Arias, M. Fernandez-Garcıa, O. Galvez, J. M. Coronado, J.
A. Anderson, J. C. Conesa, J. Soria, G. Munueraz, “Comparative Study
on Redox Properties and Catalytic Behaviour for CO Oxidation of
CuO/CeO2 and CuO/ZrCeO4 Catalysts”, Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 195,
pp. 207–216, 2000.
[10] G. Xanthopoulou1, G. Vekinis, “Investigation of catalytic oxidation of
carbon monoxide over a Cu-Cr-oxide catalyst made by self-propagating
high-temperature synthesis”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol.
19, pp. 37-44, 1998.
[11] Y. Ren, Z. Ma, L. Qian, S. Dai, H. He, P.G. Bruce, “Ordered Crystalline
Mesoporous Oxides as Catalysts for CO Oxidation”, Catal. Lett., Vol.
131, pp. 146–154, 2009.
[12] Z. Zengjian, W. Hui, G. Guofeng, “Catalytic Combustion of Methyl
Acetate over Cu-Mn Mixed Oxide Catalyst”, International Conference,
Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental
Monitoring (CDCIEM), 19-20 Feb. 2011, pp. 1994-1997, Digital Object
Identifier: 10.1109/CDCIEM.2011.107.
[13] C. Jonesa, K. J. Colea, S. H. Taylora, M. J. Crudaceb, and G. J.
Hutchings, “Copper manganese oxide catalysts for ambient temperature
carbon monoxide oxidation: Effect of calcination on activity”, Journal
of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Vol. 305, Issues 1–2, pp. 121–124,
June 2009.
[14] M. Ferrandon, “Mixed Metal Oxide-Noble Metal Catalyst for Total
Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds and Carbon Oxide,” PhD
Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Chemical
Reaction Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2011.
[15] R. McCabe and P. J. Mitchell, “Reactions of ethanol and acetaldehyde
over noble metal and metal oxide catalysts”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res.
Dev., Vol. 23 (2), pp. 196–202, 1984.
[16] Y. Hasegawa, K. Fukumoto, T. Ishima, H. Yamamoto, M. Sano, T.
Miyake, “Preparation of copper-containing mesoporous manganese
oxides and their catalytic performance for CO oxidation”, Appl. Catal.
B: Environ. Vol. 89, pp. 420–424, 2009.
[17] S. Imamura, H. Tarumoto, S. Ishida, “Decomposition of 1,2-
dichloroethane on titanium dioxide/silica”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol.
28 (10), pp 1449–1452, 1989.
[18] J. Oi-Uchisawa, S. Wang, T. Nanba, A. Ohi, and A. Obuchi,
“Improvement of Pt catalyst for soot oxidation using oxide as a
support,” Applied Catalysis B: Environ., Vol. 44, pp. 207–215, 2003.
[19] M. Morales, L. Barbero, L. Cadús, “Combustion of volatile organic
compounds on manganese iron or nickel mixed oxide catalysts”, Applied
Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 67, Issues 3–4, pp. 229–236, 2006.
[20] S. Kanungo, ”Physiochemical properties of MnO2 and MnO2-CuO
and their relationship with the catalytic activity for H2O2 decomposition
and CO oxidation”, J. Catal., Vol. 58, pp. 419-435, 1979.
[21] G. J. Hutchings, A. A. Mirzaei, R. W. Joynerb, M. Siddiqui, S. H.
Taylor, “Effect of preparation conditions on the catalytic performance of
copper manganese oxide catalysts for CO oxidation”, Applied Catalysis
A: General, Vol. 166, pp. 143-152, 1998.
[22] M. Wojciechowska, W. Przystajko, M. Zielin´ski, “CO oxidation
catalysts based on copper and manganese or cobalt oxides supported on
MgF2 and Al2O3”, Catalysis Today, Vol. 119, pp. 338–341, 2007.
[23] L. N. Cai, Y. Guo, A. H. Lu, P. Branton, W. C. Li, “The choice of
precipitant and precursor in the co-precipitation synthesis of copper
manganese oxide for maximizing carbon monoxide oxidation”, Journal
of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Vol. 360, pp. 35– 41, 2012.
[24] K. Ivanov, E. Kolentsova, D. Dimitrov, Georgi, Avdeev, Tatyana
Tabakova, “Alumina Supported Copper-Manganese Catalysts for
Combustion of Exhaust Gases: Catalysts Characterization”, XIII
International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Applications,
Venice, Italy, 2015 (accepted for publication).
[25] M. Kramer, T. Schmidt, K. Stowe, W. F. Maier, “Structural and catalytic
aspects of sol–gel derived copper manganese oxides as low-temperature
CO oxidation catalyst”, Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 302, pp.
257–263, 2006.
[26] S. A. Kondrat, T. E. Davies, Z. Zu, P. Boldrin, J. K. Bartley, A. F.
Carley, S. H. Taylor, M. J. Rosseinsky, and G. J. Hutchings, “The effect
of heat treatment on phase formation of copper manganese oxide:
Influence on catalytic activity for ambient temperature carbon monoxide
oxidation”, Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 281, pp. 279–289, 2011.
[27] P. Wei, M. Bieringer, L. Cranswick, A. Petric, “In situ high-temperature
X-ray and neutron diffraction of Cu–Mn oxide phases”, Journal of
Materials Science, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 1056-1064, 2010. [28] K. Qian, Z. Qian, Q. Hua, Z. Jiang, W. Huang, “Structure–activity
relationship of CuO/MnO2 catalysts in CO oxidation”, Applied Surface
Science, Vol. 273, pp. 357– 363, 2013.
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without noble metals for low temperature oxidation of exhaust gases
remains a significant challenge. The purpose of this study is to
determine the influence of the preparation method on the catalytic
activity of the supported copper-manganese mixed oxides in terms of
VOCs oxidation. The catalysts were prepared by impregnation of γ-
Al2O3 with copper and manganese nitrates and acetates and the
possibilities for CO, CH3OH and dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation
were evaluated using continuous flow equipment with a four-channel
isothermal stainless steel reactor. Effect of the support, Cu/Mn mole
ratio, heat treatment of the precursor and active component loading
were investigated. Highly active alumina supported Cu-Mn catalysts
for CO and VOCs oxidation were synthesized. The effect of
preparation conditions on the activity behavior of the catalysts was
discussed.
The synergetic interaction between copper and manganese species
increases the activity for complete oxidation over mixed catalysts.
Type of support, calcination temperature and active component
loading along with catalyst composition are important factors,
determining catalytic activity. Cu/Mn molar ratio of 1:5, heat
treatment at 450oC and 20 % active component loading are the best
compromise for production of active catalyst for simultaneous
combustion of CO, CH3OH and DME.
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