EP3906110A1

EP3906110A1 - Method for producing catalytically active wall flow filters

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Publication number: EP3906110A1
Application number: EP20700088.6A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Astrid Mueller; Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT; Martin Foerster; Stephanie SPIESS; Yannic WEIGL; Carsten HERZOG
Original assignee: Umicore AG and Co KG
Current assignee: Umicore AG and Co KG
Priority date: 2019-01-04
Filing date: 2020-01-02
Publication date: 2021-11-10
Also published as: DE102019100099A1; DE102019100099B4; US20230311064A1; CN113226518B; US11679359B2; WO2020141190A1; CN113226518A; US20220080355A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wall flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. Particle filters are commonly used for filtering exhaust gases from a combustion process. Also disclosed are novel filter substrates and their specific use in exhaust gas aftertreatment.

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Process for the production of catalytically active wall flow filters

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The present invention is directed to a method for producing particle filters. The particulate filters are commonly used to filter exhaust gases from a combustion process. New filter substrates and their specific use in exhaust gas aftertreatment are also specified.

The exhaust gas from z. B. Internal combustion engines in motor vehicles typically contain the harmful gases carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC), nitrogen oxides (NO _x ) and optionally sulfur oxides (SO _x ), as well as particles that consist predominantly of soot residues and possibly adhering organic agglomerates. These are referred to as primary emissions. CO, HC and particles are products of the incomplete combustion of the fuel in the engine's combustion chamber. Nitrogen oxides are generated in the cylinder from nitrogen and oxygen in the intake air when the combustion temperatures locally exceed 1400 ° C. Sulfur oxides result from the combustion of organic sulfur compounds, which are always contained in small amounts in non-synthetic fuels. A large number of catalytic exhaust gas purification technologies have been developed to remove these emissions, which are harmful to the environment and health, from motor vehicles, the basic principle of which is usually based on the fact that the exhaust gas to be cleaned is passed over a catalytic converter which consists of a flow or wall flow honeycomb body (Wall flow filter) and a catalytically active coating applied thereon and / or therein. The catalyst promotes the chemical reaction of various exhaust gas components with the formation of harmless products such as carbon dioxide and water, and at the same time removes the fine soot particles in the case of a wall flow filter.

Particles can be removed from the exhaust gas very effectively using particle filters. Wall-flow filters made from ceramic materials have proven particularly useful. These have two end faces and are made up of a large number of parallel channels with a certain length, which are formed by porous walls and extend from one end face to the other. The channels are mutually closed gas-tight on one of the two ends of the filter, so that first channels are formed which are open on the first side of the filter and closed on the second side of the filter, and second channels which are closed on the first side of the filter and open on the second side of the filter. According to the arrangement of the filter in the exhaust gas flow, one of the end faces forms the entry end face and the second end face forms the exit end face for the exhaust gas. The flow channels open on the inlet side form the inlet channels and the flow channels open on the outlet side form the outlet channels. The exhaust gas flowing into the first channels, for example, can only leave the filter again via the second channels and must flow through the walls between the first and second channels for this purpose. For this purpose, the material from which the wall flow filters are made has an open-pore porosity. The particles are retained when the exhaust gas passes through the wall.

Wall flow filters can be catalytically active. The catalytic activity is achieved by coating the filter with a coating suspension which contains the catalytically active material. Contacting the catalytically active materials with the wall flow filter is referred to in the trade as "coating". The coating takes over the actual catalytic function and often contains storage materials and / or catalytically active metals, which are usually deposited in highly dispersed form on temperature-stable, high-surface metal compounds, in particular oxides. The coating is usually carried out by applying an aqueous suspension of the storage materials and catalytically active components - also called washcoat - on or in the wall of the wall-flow filter. After the suspension has been applied, the support is generally dried and, if appropriate, calcined at elevated temperature. The coating can consist of one layer or be constructed from several layers, which are applied one above the other (multilayer) and / or offset to one another (as zones) on a corresponding filter. The catalytically active material can be applied to the porous walls between the channels (so-called effort coating). However, this coating can lead to an unacceptable increase in the back pressure of the filter. Against this background, JPH01-151706 and W02005016497A1, for example, propose to coat a wall flow filter with a catalyst such that the latter penetrates the porous walls (so-called in-wall coating). A zone is understood to mean the presence of a catalytically active material (coating) on or in the wall of the filter over less than the entire length of the wall flow filter. So-called three-way catalytic converters are used to reduce emissions in stoichiometric combustion engines. Three-way catalysts (TWCs) are well known to those skilled in the art and have been required by law since the 1980s. The actual catalyst mass consists here mostly of a high-surface metal compounds, in particular oxidic carrier material, on which the catalytically active components are separated in the finest distribution. The noble metals of the platinum group, platinum, palladium and / or rhodium are particularly suitable as catalytically active components for the purification of stoichiometrically composed exhaust gases. Suitable substrates are, for example, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, cerium oxide and their mixed oxides and zeolites. So-called active aluminum oxides with a specific surface (BET surface measured according to DIN 66132 - latest version on the filing date) of more than 10 m ² / g are preferably used. To improve the dynamic conversion, three-way catalysts also contain oxygen-storing components. These include cerium / zirconium mixed oxides, which may contain lanthanum oxide, praseodymium oxide and / or yttrium oxide. Zoned and multi-layer systems with three-way activity are now known (US8557204; US8394348). If such a three-way catalytic converter is located on or in a particle filter, one speaks of a cGPF (catalyzed gasoline particle filter; e.g. EP2650042B1).

The quality of a catalytically coated exhaust gas filter is measured using the criteria of filtration efficiency, catalytic performance and pressure loss. To meet these different requirements, filters are used Provide with catalytically active zones. As mentioned, the zones can be present on the walls of the cells or in the porous wall of the filter matrix.

There are two basic groups of manufacturing processes for the production of these catalytically active zones. Both process groups have in common that the coating suspension is introduced into the filter by applying a pressure difference, that is to say through the presence of different pressures on the two end faces of the filter. The coating suspension moves in the channels of the filter in the direction of the lower pressure. The first group also works with an excess of coating suspension, which is brought into the filter substrate by a pressure difference and the excess coating suspension is removed from the channels again by a subsequent pressure difference reversal. In the present case, an excess of coating suspension means that the amount of suspension used for the coating process is clearly above the value required for the desired loading of the filter with catalytically active material. The excess coating suspension is to be removed from the filter again by appropriate measures, for example a reversal of the pressure difference. As a pressure difference reversal is understood in the context of the invention that a pressure difference applied to the respective ends of the wall flow filter is reversed, thus changing its sign. This reversal of the pressure difference therefore works against the original coating direction.

The second group works without a pressure difference reversal and a washcoat excess, i.e. the total amount of suspension intended and presented for the coating remains essentially, i.e. > 97% of the solids content of the coating suspension, in the substrate.

Examples of the prior art are given below for the two groups of coating processes. The first group includes W006021338A1, which describes a method for coating a wall flow particle filter with a coating composition, the wall flow filter being made from an open-pore material, having a cylindrical shape with the length L and having a large number from an entry end face to an exit end face of flow channels, which are mutually closed. By vertically aligning the flow channels of the wall flow filter so that one end face comes to rest at the bottom and the second end face is at the top, introducing the coating composition into the filter body through the flow channels of the wall flow filter which are open in the lower end face up to a desired height above the lower end face by applying a Druckdif ferenz and removal of excess coating composition downward by applying a suction pulse, the coating suspension is applied. The same coating principle is based on the special modifications of the method in WO06042699A1 and W011098450A1. A coating apparatus that uses this principle of the method is set out in W013070519A1. Here too, an excess of coating suspension and the principle of applying the pressure difference reversal are used. This coating principle is also suitable for the production of particle filters which have zones with catalytically active material on the inlet and outlet side. W009103699A1 describes a process for coating filters with two different washcoats, the process steps being that the filter substrate is aligned vertically, a first coating suspension is pumped in from below (pressure difference with the highest pressure at the lower end), which is excess coating suspension is removed by suction (pressure difference reversal) and the filter body is again filled with the second washcoat from below after rotating through 180 ° and the excess is removed by suction. The filter is dried and calcined after the coating process. The same coating principle is disclosed in US7094728B2.

EP1716903B1 proposes a method for coating filter bodies in which the filter, after coating, is freed from too much coating dispersion by immersion in a washcoat suspension by repeatedly applying pressure pulses to one end of the filter body in such a way that excess coating suspension is removed from the filter body Filter body is pushed until it has reached its optimal coating weight. Aim seems among others Again, the reduction in the exhaust back pressure of the filter. This is obviously an in-wall coating

The second group of coating processes, in which the filter bodies are coated without excess washcoat and without pressure difference reversal, include, for example, the processes described in W006021339A1, W015145122A2 and W001 10573A2. The coating of the vertically aligned filter carrier with the washcoat can be carried out from the lower or the upper end face.

W006021339A1 discloses a method for coating a wall flow particle filter with a coating composition, wherein the particle filter is made of an open-pore material, has a cylindrical shape with the length L and has a plurality of flow channels from an inlet end surface to an outlet end surface are mutually closed. The method is characterized in that the flow channels of the wall flow filter are aligned vertically, so that one end face is at the bottom and the second end face is at the top, the filter by immersing the lower end face of the wall flow filter in a definite Niert, submitted amount of the coating composition and applying a vacuum to the openings of the outlet channels in the upper end face and sucking the entire amount of the coating composition into the inlet and outlet channels through the openings of the inlet channels in the lower end face is filled. The amount of the coating composition presented is selected according to the desired coating concentration and coating height. There is no pressure difference after coating after applying the pressure difference for coating. The coating suspension is measured and not used in excess.

WÖ01 10573A2 also describes a method for coating particle filters, in which a measured amount of washcoat is applied to the filter carrier from below. By applying a pressure difference (vacuum on the upwardly directed end face), the amount of coating suspension is sucked into the channels of the substrate. The substrate is then rotated and the washcoat is distributed in the channels by the action of an air jet of pressurized air on the upper end of the substrate. With this method, there is no reversal of the pressure difference, since the second pressure pulse also points in the same direction as the first with regard to the movement of the washcoat, and therefore there is no reversal of the pressure difference.

The WÖ15145122A2 is a further example for this group of coating processes. In contrast to the processes described above, however, a predefined amount of coating suspension is applied to the upper end face of the vertically aligned filter and by applying a pressure difference (suction by applying a Vacuum to the lower end face) distributed in the channels of the particle filter. After this coating step, there is no further reversal of pressure difference.

However, there is still a need for wall-flow filter substrates which, in the triangle of requirements of catalytic effectiveness, filtration efficiency and exhaust gas counterpressure, are able to deliver optimum performance, in particular in the area of stoichiometrically burning gasoline engines.

The object of the present invention is to specify a manufacturing process for catalytically coated, ceramic wall-flow filter substrates, which particularly allows to generate improved wall flow filter substrates compared to the prior art. The wall-flow filters produced in this way should be superior to the substrates produced according to the prior art, especially with regard to the requirement of the lowest possible exhaust gas back pressure while still having sufficient catalytic activity and filtration efficiency. Another object of the present invention was to specify filter substrates produced by the above process and their use in exhaust gas aftertreatment.

These and other tasks arising from the prior art in an obvious manner are solved by a method with the features of the claims at 1. The dependent claims dependent on these claims are directed to preferred embodiments of the method according to the invention. Claims 7-10 are directed to the wall flow filters themselves and their use.

The fact that in a process for the production of coated ceramic wall flow filters with at least two catalytically active zones, the wall flow filter having a first end face, a second end face and a length L and a porosity of at least 50% to a maximum of 80% and an average pore diameter from 5 to 50 pm, so that the method comprises the following steps: i) a first coating suspension is introduced in excess over the first end face by applying a pressure difference across the wall flow filter; ii) With a pressure difference reversal, an excess of the first coating suspension is removed from the wall flow filter; iii) a second coating suspension without excess is brought into the second end face by applying a pressure difference across the wall flow filter, this is extremely surprising, but no less advantageous for solving the task. Surprisingly, it has been shown that a combination of the two different methods described above for producing at least two identical or different, catalytically active zones on a carrier substrate can be used to produce new wall flow filters which are optimum in terms of filtration efficiency, exhaust gas back pressure and catalytic effectiveness represent and can be adapted to the respective requirements of the exhaust system (Fig. 1).

The present invention is based on the combination of two coating methods, with which a known wall flow filter is acted upon with catalytically active materials, and is therefore coated. Steps i) and ii) are in a way part of a first coating process and step iii) depicts the second coating process. The sequence of the individual process steps in a first approximation is not decisive. Thus, for example, step iii) can also be carried out before step i). It is only important that step ii) always takes place after step i), although these steps do not have to be carried out directly one after the other. For example, also step iii) between steps i) and ii) are carried out. It should also be mentioned that other intermediate steps not mentioned here, e.g. intermediate drying or calcination or rotation of the substrate can be carried out within the scope of the invention, provided that the inventive success is not unduly impaired here. It should also be mentioned that the coating can be carried out with the same or different catalytically active materials, with and without intermediate drying.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is conceivable that in a vertically locked wall flow filter, a first coating suspension is introduced in excess over the first end face by applying a pressure difference across the wall flow filter and then an excess of the first coating suspension is removed from the Wall flow filter removed. The pressure difference reversal removes said excess coating suspension against the coating direction from the channels of the wall flow filter. A second coating suspension is then introduced into the wall flow filter without excess via the second end face by applying a pressure difference. In any case, drying takes place after the introduction of the second coating suspension. However, it is preferably also possible if an intermediate drying takes place before the introduction of the second coating suspension.

In a further preferred embodiment, a first coating suspension is introduced from the first end face without excess in the vertically locked wall flow filter by applying a pressure difference between the end faces of the wall flow filter. Then you bring a second coating suspension a second end face with an excess by applying a pressure difference between the end faces of the wall flow filter. Only then is an excess of the second coating suspension removed by reversing the pressure difference against the coating direction from the wall flow filter in a step which does not necessarily follow directly. In turn, a drying step is carried out, optionally also after the introduction of the first coating suspension and before the introduction of the second coating suspension.

As already indicated above, it is possible to remove the substrate from the vertical lock between the steps for introducing the respective coating suspension and to rotate it by 180 ° C. and lock it again. Alternatively, this rotation can also be omitted. A method as set out above is therefore particularly preferred, in which the flow coating filter is introduced into the vertically locked wall flow filter in step i) from the lower, first end face into the wall flow filter, and the second coating suspension from the step iii) introduces the upper, second end face into the wall flow filter without loosening the wall flow filter from its locking in between. Again, step ii) can be carried out directly after step i) or only after step iii). In the latter case, with the pressure difference reversal, which occurs to remove the excess coating suspension by step i) (step ii), the second coating suspension is simultaneously introduced into the wall flow filter. This leads to a much more compact process that can be implemented well and robustly in production.

In the method according to the invention, in a first step i) a suspension which has catalytically active materials is introduced into the filter, for example via the lower end face of the wall flow filter. The pressure difference used for filling is preferably between 0.05 bar and 4 bar, more preferably between 0, 1 and 3 bar and particularly preferably between 0.5 and 2.5 bar. This pressure difference is selected depending on the viscosity of the suspension and the cell dimensions of the wall flow filter so that the filling speed in the cells is between 10 mm / s up to 250 mm / s, preferably between 20 mm / s and 200 mm / s and is very preferably between 30 mm / s and 180 mm / s. By filling the channels of the wall flow filter with the suspension, according to the invention, a coating is formed which is less than the maximum length of the wall flow filter. In this case one speaks of a zone. The zone length can be> 15%, more preferably 20% - 85%, very preferably 25% - 75% and extremely preferably 30% - 70% of the length L of the wall flow filter. In other aspects of the invention, this coating can also extend to at least 1.25 cm from the lower end face.

Excess coating suspension is preferably subsequently removed in step ii) by applying a pressure pulse with reversal of pressure difference from the channels of the wall flow filter against the coating direction downwards. The pressure pulse described in the pressure difference reversal is accordingly, according to the invention, in particular a measure which is sufficient to catalytically catalyze the larger channels or pores (eg Q3 distribution> d50 of the pore diameter) through the wall of the pores present above or in these pores to free active material as much as possible.

It is therefore particularly advantageous in the embodiments of the method according to the invention that in the still moist state of the coating suspension, which was introduced into the wall-flow filter by step i), a corresponding pressure pulse according to the invention is set against the coating direction (pressure difference reverse), which ensures that that the large pores are blocked as little as possible by the coating components of the catalytically active material. Intensive investigations have shown that the volume flow of the exhaust gas flowing over the wall of a filter is largely caused by large pores. If a pressure difference is applied to the pores, the gas flows laminarly through the pores. The volume flow is then proportional to d ⁴ . Ie, through a 4 x larger pore diameter [d], 256 times the gas flows. If you free these pores by at least a relatively short pressure pulse of catalytically active material sitting on or in the wall, the exhaust gas flow can later flow through the wall of the ceramic filter without a significantly higher exhaust gas back pressure. The catalytically active material can still be present on the smaller pores, which make up the majority of the total porosity of the filter material, without excessively impeding the exhaust gas flowing through. The substrates produced in this way, in combination with catalytically active coating zones, show good catalytic activity with sufficient filtration efficiency and a reduced exhaust gas back pressure compared to the catalytically active filters of the prior art. As a rule, the pressure impulse against the coating direction (reversal of pressure difference) only "blows" or "vacuums" the large, continuous pores or channels that reach through the wall. However, the catalytically active substance predominantly remains on or in the smaller pores of the filter walls. To further discriminate between large and smaller pores, it may be beneficial for the pressure pulse to develop fully in a relatively short period of time. The maximum pressure difference should be reached within <0.5 s, more preferably <0.2 s and most preferably <0.1 s. The pressure pulse when the pressure difference is reversed should not exceed 400 mbar, more preferably 370 mbar and very preferably 350 mbar, since otherwise too much of the excess coating suspension is removed. A lower limit is generally the fact that the large pores are opened at all. The lower limit will therefore preferably be at least 100 mbar, more preferably at least 120 mbar and very preferably at least 150 mbar. It should be noted that the quantities for the pressure pulse represent a pressure difference that is applied via the wall flow filter from a first end face to a second end face. The person skilled in the art knows how to do this by apparatus. By blowing / sucking especially the large pores, an optimal balance between exhaust gas back pressure, filtration efficiency and catalytic activity of the wall flow filter is achieved.

It has proven to be advantageous if a pressure-free hold time is built in before the application of the pressure pulse when the pressure difference is reversed. The holding time can be adjusted depending on the properties of the wall flow filter (porosity, wettability, water absorption capacity, etc.). The holding time is preferably between 0s and 10s, more preferably between 0s and 5s and particularly preferably between 0 and 2s.

The method according to the invention can be used both for the production of cost and in-wall coatings. In the case of complex coatings, as much of the catalytic coating as possible is on the wall and not in the pores of the wall. Accordingly, it is preferred if the solid constituents of the suspension contain less than 20% by weight, more preferably less than 15% by weight and very preferably less than 10% by weight, based on the amount of solid constituents, in the wall of the Filters can penetrate. In the case of in-wall coatings, however, the suspension is to a large extent in the pores of the wall of a wall-flow filter of> 80% by weight, more preferably> 90% by weight and very preferably> 95% by weight. To determine the proportion of the washcoat in the wall of the wall-flow filter and the proportion of the washcoat on the wall of the wall-flow filter, scanning electron microscope images are evaluated with the aid of a statistical grayscale evaluation. Since free pores / air appear black in a catalytically coated filter, while the heaviest elements appear white. Through a suitable choice of the measurement settings known to the person skilled in the art, the difference between active mass and filter substrate can be evaluated in this way due to the separation of the gray levels.

The different behavior of the respective coating suspension is controlled very decisively via the particle size distribution of the solid particles in the suspension. Expensive coatings are preferably achieved in that the catalytically active material contains high-surface area metal compounds, in particular oxides, whose mean particle diameter (DIN 66160 - latest version on the filing date) d50 of the Q3 distribution in relation to the mean pore diameter of the filter d50 of the Q3 method. division is preferably> 1: 6 and <1: 1 and particularly preferably> 1: 3 and <1: 2 (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partikelgr%C3%B6%C3%9Fen Distribution). An upper limit is generally the value which can be assessed as meaningful by the person skilled in the art with the appropriate cost coatings. By choosing the right particle size, you can control how much of the catalytically active materials should be positioned in the wall or on the wall of the wall-flow filter. The smaller the particle diameter of the advantageously high-temperature stable metal oxide components, the more of these components can be positioned in the small pores of the wall. For an in-wall coating, the particle diameter d99 of the Q3 distribution in the suspension in relation to the average pore diameter of the pores in the filter walls (d50 of the Q3 distribution) should be preferably <0.6: 1, more preferably <0.5: 1 and particularly preferably <0.4: 1. This can then be used to manufacture wall flow filters, e.g. are shown in Fig. 5.

In an advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the catalytic coating of the wall flow filter produced according to steps i) and ii) has a positive gradient for the amount of catalytically active material in the coating direction. This means that after step ii) there are fewer catalytically active materials in the vicinity of the end face via which the coating suspension was introduced into the wall flow filter than further in the middle of the wall flow filter in Viewed in the longitudinal direction (Fig. 3, 10a). It is particularly advantageous that an expense zone generated in accordance with the invention has a quantitative distribution of catalytic material, measured in material / length unit, so that after removal of the stopper over a range of, for example, 15 to 40 mm from the coating inlet end, 20% by weight to 70% by weight .-% less than is contained in a subsequent coated area of the zone. Preferably, the amount of active components in the coating direction over a length of, for example, 80 mm of the substrate has a positive concentration gradient in the range from 20% to 100%, more preferably 25% to 90%. The concentration gradient due to the different quantity and distribution of the catalytically active materials can be determined, for example, gravimetrically, by evaluating X-ray absorption data (XRF measurement) or by measuring the BET surface area of certain filter sections along the longitudinal axis of the filter.

In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method is carried out as previously described (steps i) and ii)). Without rotating the wall flow filter in its orientation, a certain amount of a suspension containing a catalytically active material (identical or different from the first) is additionally applied to the upper end face during or afterwards - with or without intermediate drying - and this is applied by applying a pressure increase the upper end face and / or pressure reduction on the lower end face (pressure difference) of the wall flow filter in the vertically locked wall flow filter, so that this coating extends to less than 100% of the length of the wall flow filter (step iii)). The length of this zone coating in the channels adjacent to the first coating can be determined by a person skilled in the art. It is at least 20% and a maximum of 95% of the length L of the wall flow filter. Preferably 40% to 85%, particularly preferably 50% to 70%. A possible embodiment is shown in FIG. 4.

A further possibility of how this method principle described above could be carried out, for example, would be that the filter is aligned vertically, in step i) it is filled from below with a pressure difference with washcoat in excess to a certain coating length, excess washcoat by a pressure difference reversed removed (step ii), rotates the filter 180 ° and then immerses the lower end face in a predefined amount of coating suspension and this is filled with the pressure in the second end channels with a pressure difference while applying a vacuum to the upper end face (step iii) . With the combination of processes described above, particle filters with catalytically active zones in the inlet and outlet channels can be produced as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The two zones (10a, 10b) do not have to overlap. A range of max. 20%, preferably max. 10% and very preferably max. 5% of the length L of the wall flow filter - if desired - remain free. However, the coatings preferably overlap at least 5%, more preferably up to 20% and very preferably for 7% -15% of the length L of the wall-flow filter. The filtration efficiency of the filter as a whole and in particular of the free area can then be specifically adapted to the requirements of the wall-flow filter after drying by means of a subsequent powder coating. The powder coating for increasing the filtration efficiency is known to the person skilled in the filter technology under the term precoat (for example US4010013).

As already indicated, in a further advantageous embodiment according to the present invention, the process steps i) - iii) according to the invention can be combined in such a way that in the case of the vertically oriented wall flow filter substrate, the suspension is brought in from the upper end face and the coating is treated after step i). happens with the at least one pressure pulse at the same time. Here, by means of the at least one pressure pulse used to treat the coating supplied from below, the suspension applied to the upper end face of the wall flow filter is simultaneously sucked or pressed into the wall flow filter. So you proceed step by step so that first the suspension is inserted into the wall flow filter from below, then the suspension is applied to the upper face and then both suspensions are treated with the at least one pressure pulse. This leads to a particularly preferred method, since two identical or different coatings from different ends of the wall-flow filter can be introduced into the latter in a few work steps. As a result, e.g. Filter architectures of Fig. 4 can be obtained.

As already mentioned, the suspensions applied from below or from above can be very general or different. It is optionally possible to dimension both the coating applied as the first and the coating applied as the second as an expense coating or as an in-wall coating. In this context, the following combinations of catalytically active coatings in the wall flow filter are particularly preferred (E = inlet side, A = outlet side in the exhaust gas flow direction):

The present invention also relates to a catalytically coated ceramic wall-flow filter produced according to the invention for the treatment of exhaust gases from a combustion process. Further advantageous embodiments for the method just described also apply to the wall flow filter specified here, insofar as they have an influence on the spatial-physical design of the filter.

A very preferred wall flow filter has - as described - viewed from both sides a catalytically active coating in the channels, of which at least one coating represents a porous application coating with a gradient of the washcoat concentration from the front (e.g. Fig. 4/5 ). In this form, the filter has no preferred direction. However, it is preferably installed in the exhaust system of a vehicle with a stoichiometrically operated internal combustion engine in such a way that the coating, which was produced by coating with excess suspension and pressure differential reversal (steps i) and ii)), is located in the outlet duct, as seen in the flow direction (FIG . 1).

In the catalytically active wall flow filter according to the invention, the catalytically active coatings of the filter can be selected from the group consisting of three-way catalyst, SCR catalyst, nitrogen oxide storage catalyst, oxidation catalyst, soot ignition coating, hydrocarbon storage. The catalytically active coatings used can be in the pores and / or on the surfaces of the channel walls of the filter.

In a last aspect, the present invention also relates to the use of the filter according to the invention in a process for the oxidation of hydrocarbons and / or carbon monoxide and / or in a process for nitrogen oxide reduction, which originate from a combustion process, preferably that of a car engine. The filter according to the invention is particularly preferred in exhaust systems of an internal combustion engine as SDPF (SCR catalyst coated on a wall flow filter), cGPF (3-way catalyst coated on a wall flow filter), NDPF (NOx storage catalyst coated on a wall flow filter) or cDPF (diesel oxidation catalyst coated on a wall flow filter) is used.

A preferred application is the removal of nitrogen oxides from lean exhaust gases using the SCR process. For this SCR treatment of the preferably ma gere exhaust gas is injected into this ammonia or an ammonia precursor compound and both passed through an SCR catalytically coated wall flow filter according to the invention. The temperature above the SCR filter should be between 150 ° C and 500 ° C, preferably between 200 ° C and 400 ° C or between 180 ° C and 380 ° C, so that the reduction can take place as completely as possible. A temperature range from 225 ° C. to 350 ° C. is particularly preferred for the reduction. Furthermore, optimal nitrogen oxide conversions are only achieved if there is a molar ratio of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide (NO / NO2 = 1) or the ratio NO2 / NOX = 0.5 (G. Tuenter et al., Ind. Eng. Chem Prod. Res. Dev. 1986, 25, 633-636; EP1 147801 B1; DE2832002A1; Kasaoka et al., Nippon Kagaku Kaishi (1978), 6, 874-881; Avila et al., Atmospheric Environment (1993), 27A, 443-447). Optimal sales starting with 75% conversion at 250 ° C with simultaneous optimal selectivity to nitrogen according to the stoichiometry of the reaction equation

2 NH ₃ + NO + NO2 -> 2 N ₂ + 3 H ₂ 0 only achieved with a N0 ₂ / NOx ratio of around 0.5. This applies not only to SCR catalysts based on metal-exchanged zeolites, but also to all common, ie commercially available, SCR catalysts (so-called Fast SCR). A corresponding NO: N0 ₂ content can be achieved by means of oxidation catalysts which are positioned upstream of the SC R catalyst.

The injection devices used can be chosen arbitrarily by a person skilled in the art. Suitable systems can be found in the literature (T. Mayer, solid SCR system based on ammonium carbamate, dissertation, TU Kaiserslautern, 2005). The ammonia can be introduced via the injection device as such or in the form of a compound into the exhaust gas stream, which causes ammonia to form under the ambient conditions. As such, among other things, aqueous solutions of urea or ammonium formate come into question, as does solid ammonium carbamate. This can be taken from a provided source known to the person skilled in the art and added to the exhaust gas stream in a suitable manner. The person skilled in the art particularly preferably uses injection nozzles (EP031 1758A1). This is used to set the optimum NHb / NOc ratio so that the nitrogen oxides can be converted to N as completely as possible.

Wall flow filters with an SCR catalytic function are called SDPF. These catalysts often have a function for storing ammonia and a function in that nitrogen oxides can react together with ammonia to form harmless nitrogen. An NH-storing SCR catalytic converter can be designed according to the types known to those skilled in the art. In the present case, this is a wall flow filter coated with a material that is catalytically active for the SCR reaction, in which the catalytically active material — commonly called the “wash coat” - is present in the pores of the wall flow filter. However, in addition to the component which is catalytically active in the actual sense, it can also contain other materials such as binders made from transition metal oxides and high-surface carrier oxides such as titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, in particular gamma-AhOs, zirconium oxide or cerium oxide. Also suitable as SCR catalysts are those which are composed of one of the materials listed below. However, zoned or multi-layer arrangements or arrangements of several components in succession (preferably two or three components) with the same or different materials can also be used as the SCR component. Mixtures of different materials on a substrate are also conceivable.

The actual catalytically active material used according to the invention in this regard is preferably selected from the group of transition metal-exchanged zeolites or zeolite-like materials (zeotypes). Such connections are well known to the person skilled in the art. In this regard, materials from the group consisting of levynite, AEI, KFI, chabazite, SAPO-34, ALPO-34, zeolite β and ZSM-5 are preferred. Zeolites or zeolite-like materials of the chabazite type, in particular CHA or SAPO-34, and LEV or AEI are particularly preferably used. In order to ensure sufficient activity, these materials are preferably provided with transition metals from the group consisting of iron, copper, manganese and silver. Copper is particularly advantageous in this context. The metal to framework aluminum or in the SAPO-34 framework silicon ratio is usually between 0.3 and 0.6, preferably 0.4 to 0.5. The specialist knows how he has to provide the zeolites or the zeolite-like material with the transition metals (EP0324082A1, W0130927071 1A1, WO2012175409A1 and the literature cited therein) in order to be able to provide good activity against the reduction of nitrogen oxides with ammonia. Vanadium compounds, cerium oxides, cerium / zirconium mixed oxides, titanium dioxide and tungsten-containing compounds and mixtures thereof can also be used as catalytically active material.

Materials which have also proven to be advantageous for the use for storing NH3 are known to the person skilled in the art (US20060010857A1, W02004076829A1). Microporous solids, for example so-called molecular sieves, are used in particular as storage materials. Such compounds can be selected from the group consisting of zeolites, such as, for example, mordenite (MOR), Y-zeolite (FAU), ZSM-5 (MFI), ferrierite (FER), chabazite (CHA) and other small pore zeolites “Like LEV, AEI or KFI, and ß-zeolites (BEA) as well as zeolite-like materials such as aluminum phosphates (AIPO) and silicon aluminum phosphate SAPO or mixtures thereof can be used (EP0324082A1). ZSM-5 (MFI), chabazite (CHA), ferrierite (FER), ALPO or SAPO-34 and β-zeolites (BEA) are particularly preferably used. CHA, BEA and AIPO-34 or SAPO-34 are very particularly preferably used. Materials of the LEV or CHA type are used with extreme preference and here CHA or LEV or AEI are most preferably used. If one already uses a zeolite or a zeolite-like compound as the catalytically active material in the SCR catalytic converter, the addition of further IMH3-storing material can of course advantageously be omitted. Overall, the storage capacity of the ammonia storage components used in the fresh state at a measuring temperature of 200 ° C. should be more than 0.9 g NH3 per liter of catalyst volume, preferably between 0.9 g and 2.5 g NH3 per liter of catalyst volume and particularly preferably between 1.2 g and 2 .0 g NH3 / liter catalyst volume and very particularly preferably between 1.5 g and 1.8 g NH3 / liter catalyst volume. The ammonia storage capacity can be determined using a synthesis gas system. For this purpose, the catalyst is first conditioned at 600 ° C with synthesis gas containing NO in order to completely remove ammonia residues in the drill core. After cooling the gas to 200 ° C is then, at a space velocity of z. B. 30,000 h ¹ , metered ammonia into the synthesis gas until the ammonia storage of the drill core is completely filled and the measured ammonia concentration after the drill core corresponds to the input concentration. The ammonia storage capacity results from the difference between the total metered amount and the amount of ammonia measured on the downstream side based on the catalyst volume. The synthesis gas is typically composed of 450 ppm NH3, 5% oxygen, 5% water and nitrogen.

In addition to an SCR zone, the wall flow filter according to the invention can also comprise a zone positioned downstream on the downstream side with an ammonia oxidation catalyst (s), which are also referred to as ammonia slip catalysts (“ASC”), in order to oxidize excess ammonia and to adhere to it prevent it from being released into the atmosphere. In some embodiments, the ASC may be mixed with an SCR catalyst. In certain embodiments, the ammonia oxidation catalyst material may be selected to promote the oxidation of ammonia instead of NOx or N2O formation. Preferred catalyst materials include platinum, palladium, or a combination thereof. The ammonia oxidation catalyst can include platinum and / or palladium supported on a metal oxide. In some embodiments, the catalyst is arranged on a high surface area support, including but not limited to alumina.

In some embodiments, the ammonia oxidation catalyst comprises a platinum group metal on a silicon-containing support. A silicon-containing material may include a material such as: (1) silica, (2) a zeolite with a silica-to-alumina ratio of at least 200, and (3) amorphous silica-doped alumina with an SiO ₂ content > 40%. In some embodiments, a platinum group metal is present on the support in an amount from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the total weight of the platinum group metal and the support. Preferred materials for ASCs can be found, for example, in WO2018183457A1, WO2018141887A1, WO2018081247A1.

The use of the wall flow filter according to the invention is very particularly preferred in a process for the simultaneous oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and in a process for nitrogen oxide reduction. This method is preferably the one that takes place in a three-way catalytic converter in the stoichiometric exhaust gas. It is preferred if, in addition to this wall flow filter, there is also a three-way catalytic converter on the downstream side or on the upstream side of the exhaust gas system. Possibly. there are also 2 separate three-way catalysts, particularly preferably one on the upstream side and one on the downstream side of the wall-flow filter according to the invention in the exhaust system. The wall flow filter is very particularly preferably used as a cGPF with a three-way function.

Wall flow filters with a catalytic activity, which remove nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide (HC, CO and NOx) in the stoichiometric exhaust gas (l = 1 conditions), are mostly referred to as catalytically activated gasoline particle filters (cGPF). Furthermore, they can convert the oxides of the nitrogen under rich exhaust gas conditions and CO and HC under lean conditions. The coatings considered here mostly contain platinum group metals, such as Pt, Pd and Rh, as catalytically active components, with Pd and Rh being particularly preferred. The catalytically active metals are often highly dispersed on hochoberflä-containing oxides of aluminum, cerium, zirconium and titanium or mixtures or mixed oxides thereof, which by further transition elements such. B. lanthanum, yttrium, praseodymium, etc. can be stabilized. Such three-way catalysts also contain oxygen storage materials (e.g. Ce / Zr mixed oxides; see below). A suitable three-way catalytic coating is described for example in EP1181970B1, EP1541220B1, W020081 13445A1, W02008000449A2, to which reference is hereby made with regard to the use of catalytically active powder.

The requirements for petrol particulate filters (cGPF) differ significantly from the requirements for diesel particulate filters (cDPF). Diesel engines without DPF can have up to ten times higher particle emissions, based on the particle mass, than petrol engines without GPF (Maricq et al., SAE 1999-01-01530). In addition, there are significantly fewer primary particles in the gasoline engine and the secondary particles (agglomerates) are significantly smaller than in the diesel engine. Emissions in gasoline engines range from particle sizes smaller than 200 nm (Hall et al., SAE 1999-01-3530) to 400 nm (Mathis et al., Atmospheric Environment 38 4347) with the maximum in the range of around 60 nm to 80 nm. Due to their low particle relaxation time, small particles follow the streamlines almost without inertia. This even, convection-driven movement is overlaid with a random "trembling movement". Therefore, the filtration of the nanoparticles in the GPF must mainly take place via diffusion separation. For particles smaller than 300 nm the separation by diffusion (Brownian molecular motion) and electrostatic forces with decreasing size will always mean the (Hinds, W. Aerosol technology: Properties and behavior and measurement of air- borne particles. Wiley, 2nd edition 1999). For this reason, special optimization with regard to filtration efficiency with low exhaust back pressure is particularly important with a cGPF.

Different catalytic functions can also be combined with each other. The three-way catalysts just mentioned can be equipped with a nitrogen oxide storage functionality in powder (TWNSC). These catalytic converters consist of materials that give the catalytic converter the function of a three-way catalytic converter under stoichiometric exhaust gas conditions and that have a function for storing nitrogen oxides under lean exhaust gas conditions. These stored nitrogen oxides are regenerated during short, rich operating phases in order to restore their storage capacity. A corresponding TWNSC is preferably produced by combining materials which are used for the construction of a three-way catalytic converter and a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter. A particularly preferred embodiment for such a catalyst is described for example in WO2010097146A1 or WO2015143191A1. An air / fuel mixture which corresponds to an l of 0.8 to 1 is preferably maintained during the regeneration. This value is particularly preferably between 0.85 and 0.99, very particularly preferably between 0.95 and 0.99.

All ceramic materials customary in the prior art can be used as wall flow monoliths or wall flow filters. Porous wall flow filter substrates made of cordierite, silicon carbide or aluminum titanate are preferably used. These wall-mounted flow filter substrates have inflow and outflow channels, the outflow-side ends of the inflow channels and the upstream-side ends of the outflow channels being closed off from one another with gas-tight “plugs”. Here, the exhaust gas to be cleaned, which flows through the filter substrate, is forced to pass through the porous wall between the inflow and outflow channels, which requires an excellent particle filter effect. The filters can be symmetrical or asymmetrical. This means that the inflow channels are either the same size as the outflow channels or the inflow channels are enlarged compared to the outflow channels, i.e. they have a larger so-called "open frontal area" (OFA) compared to the outflow channels. Due to the porosity, pore / radius distribution and thickness of the wall, the filtration property can be designed for particles. The open porosity of the uncoated wall flow filter is usually more than 50% to a maximum of 80%, generally from 50% to 75%, especially from 50% to 70% [measured according to DIN 66133 - latest version on the filing date]. The average pore diameter d50 of the uncoated filter be at least 5 pm, z. B. from 7 pm to 35 pm, preferably more than 10 pm, in particular more preferably from 10 pm to 25 pm or very preferably from 15 pm to 20 pm [measured according to DIN 66134 - latest version on the filing date]. The finished filters with an average pore diameter (d50) of generally 10 pm to 25 pm and a porosity of 50% to 65% are particularly preferred.

Each of the known manufacturing methods for applying the catalytic coating described above as prior art has advantages and disadvantages in so-called in-wall coatings or expense coatings in the filter, generally depending on which zone is located on the inlet or outlet side of the filter in the exhaust air stream. The zone in the wall of the filter, regardless of which group of processes is produced, has in principle poor filtration properties and poor performance, but a very low pressure drop. The process with reversal of the pressure difference and with an excess of coating suspension during coating (group 1) has an average catalytic performance, an average filtration efficiency and an average pressure loss in the case of application zones. The process without reversing the pressure difference and without excess coating suspension during coating (group 2) has good catalytic performance and filtration efficiency in the case of application zones, but has a very high pressure loss.

The wall-flow filter according to the invention considered here has acquired its decisive character through the manner of the coating. The starting point is a catalytic coating applied in a special form to the filter, which is made porous by the application of a pressure pulse against the coating direction (reversal of pressure difference) and therefore has a desired high permeability. This coating is combined with a coating in the adjacent ducts that is designed as an in-wall or an expense, which has not been exposed to a reversal of the pressure difference. This filter, produced by combining the two coating variants, has surprising advantages over coated wall-flow filters, which were only manufactured according to one of the coating principles shown. In particular, optimized particle filters can be produced with such configurations according to the invention, which can be tailored precisely to the respective application or the particular exhaust gas problem. Against the background of the known prior art, this was not to be expected. Characters:

Fig. 1 shows an example of the effect of various combinations of various coating architectures using patterns 1 (top) - 4 (bottom). With regard to their effect in the exhaust gas flow. The combination of two coatings with a high permeability has the lowest pressure loss, but is otherwise weaker than the other samples according to the invention in terms of filtration efficiency, light-off temperature and OSC (oxygen storage). The combination of two coatings with low permeability shows very good values in terms of light-off temperature, OSC and filtration efficiency, but does result in an enormous increase in pressure. The best combination of all features (pressure loss, filtration efficiency, light-off temperature and OSC) is shown by the combination of a coating with low permeability in the entry line (inlet side of the filter in the exhaust gas; E) with a porous coating according to the invention with a high permeability in the Output line (outlet side of the filter in the exhaust gas; A). The optimal setting of the two zone lengths depends on the requirements of the respective motor. With this you can set the quality criteria of the coated filter like with a slider over the zone length.

Fig. 2 shows schematically the product with two expense zones, which result from the combination of the coating process. On the porous basic matrix of the filter 100 with the plug 160 there is a porous coating 400, also called filter cake, with a high permeability, produced by the coating from below with an excess and a pressure difference reversal, and a low-porous coating 500 with a low permeability , produced by coating from above without reversing the pressure difference. The exhaust gas 600 flows over the coating 500 and flows through the porous matrix of the filter 100 and the open-porous coating 400. The layer 400 is also flowed over after the flow.

Fig. 3 relates to the combination of a device manufactured in accordance with the invention (10a) and an additional in-wall coating (10b) coming from the other side. The preferred embodiment is shown with an overlap.

Fig. 4 The figures show four exemplary embodiments of samples 1 to 4 from the experimental part

Fig. 5 shows the coating concentration along the longitudinal direction of two manufactured according to the invention (samples 2 and 3) and two not according to the invention Wall flow filters (patterns 1 and 4). All three variants have the same total coating quantity for loading. The five panes per variant were shown (standardized) relative to the loading of the first pane on the left. The distribution of the oxide load over the length of the filter measured by determining the BET surface area is shown by way of example for different combinations of coatings for two zones on the wall.

Fig. 6 shows the permeability distribution of two effort zones produced according to the invention

Examples:

The exemplary experiments for the production of filters with application zones were carried out with the following starting materials.

Filter substrates: Cordierite, 4.66 ”x 4.66” x 6.00 ”, 300/8, average pore diameter d50 = 17.5 pm

Precious metal loading: 36 g / ft ³ (Pt = 0 / Pd = 30 / Rh = 6)

Oxide loading: 100 g / L

Specification for the particle size distribution of the application coatings: d50 = 4.2 - 5.0 pm, d90 = 9.0 - 18 pm

Distribution of the washcoat coating in the wall flow filter:

Since the filter used for sample production has a volume of 1.68 liters, the oxide loading is 168 g. If only a zone of 80% of the length is applied, the zone contains the 168 g for these comparisons. If two zones with 60% of the length L of the filter are applied, each zone contains 50% of the oxides and thus 84 g of oxide. If a zone with 80% of the substrate length were combined with a zone with 40% of the substrate length, the 80% long zone in this comparison would have 2/3 of the oxide amount (= 112 g) and the 40% long zone 1/3 of the oxide amount ( = 56 g).

Experimental part for the production of the zoned effort samples 1-4:

General:

Alumina stabilized with lanthanum oxide was placed in water together with a first oxygen storage component, which comprised 40% by weight cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide and prase odymoxide, and a second oxygen storage component, which comprised 24% by weight ceria, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide and yttrium oxide suspended. Both oxygen storage components were used in equal parts. The suspension he was then kept with constant stirring with a palladium nitrate solution and a rhodium nitrate solution. The resulting coating suspension (washcoat) was used directly to coat a commercially available wall-flow filter substrate. The methods for producing products are described below, each of which has two application zones, which have been coated from different end faces of the filter and each extend over approximately 60% of the length of the filter. The loading of the finished catalysts is made up of 100 g / L ceramic oxides and 36 g / cft (= 1.27 g / L) precious metal (ratio of palladium to rhodium 5: 1), which means a total oxide load of 1.6761 L in the filter volume 167.6 g / filter and a total amount of precious metal of 2.13 g / filter. The ratio of ceramic oxides to precious metals is the same in the washcoat of both zones and constant across the filter. The total amount of oxide and precious metal is divided equally between the two zones during the coating process, which ideally means that an oxide amount of 83.55 g and a precious metal amount of 1.07 g are applied in each zone coating step.

Sample 1 (not according to the invention)

Both washcoat zones a) and b) of sample 1 (FIG. 4a) were produced using the same coating method, the ceramic suspension being first brought into the filter by applying a pressure difference (pressure from below). The excess of oxides is then reversed by a pressure difference, i.e. the renewed application of a pressure difference (suction from below), which is opposite to the first, is removed.

First, zone a) is coated from below from front face A. For this purpose, the suspension has a solids content of around 33% and is pressed into the substrate until 60% of the substrate length is filled with washcoat from bottom to top. The excess washcoat is then removed from the filter with a short suction pulse in the opposite direction to the coating (approx. 330 mbar suppression, 1.5 sec.). After drying and calcining, the filter is coated from the front side B from below to produce zone b). The coating is carried out analogously to the coating of zone a), only the coating parameters differ slightly (solids concentration around 35%, suction pulse vacuum around 210 mbar, suction pulse duration around 0.5 sec., The suction pulse rose within 0.2 sec the maximum). The filter is then dried and calcined. Pattern 2 and Pattern 3 (according to the invention)

Pattern 2 (FIG. 4b) and pattern 3 (FIG. 4c) were produced according to a procedure where the coating of zone a) and zone b) each have a different coating process.

First, zone a) is coated from below from front face A. For this purpose, the suspension has a solids content of around 34% and is pressed into the substrate until 60% of the substrate length is filled with washcoat from bottom to top. The excess washcoat is then removed from the filter with a short suction pulse (around 330 mbar suppression, 1.5 sec. Suction pulse duration, increase of the suction pulse within 0.2 sec to the maximum). After drying and calcining, the filter is coated from the front side B from above to produce zone b). For this purpose, a measured amount of washcoat (solids content approx. 44%) is added to face B from above and a short suction pulse (250 mbar suppression, 3 sec.) Is applied to distribute the washcoat in the filter. The filter is then dried and calcined.

Sample 4 (not according to the invention)

Both washcoat zones a) and b) of sample 4 (FIG. 4d) were produced using the same coating method, with the ceramic suspension being applied to the wall-flow filter from above and brought into the filter by applying a pressure difference (suction from below) was (not according to the invention).

First, zone a) is coated from above from front face A. For this purpose, the suspension has a solids content of around 43-45% and is added in a measured amount from the top to face A. A pressure difference in the form of a short suction pulse (250 mbar suppression, 1 sec.) Is applied to distribute the washcoat in the filter. After drying and calcining, the filter is coated from the front side B from above to produce zone b). The coating parameters for this are analogous to those for zone a). The filter is then dried and calcined. Characterization:

The effectiveness of a catalytically active filter is determined by the interplay of the functional parameters of catalytic performance, filtration efficiency and exhaust gas back pressure (back pressure), which essentially result from the distribution of the catalytic material and the permeability of the washcoat layers. The distribution and amount of the catalytically active material in the direction of flow through the filter is determined by measuring the BET surface area (DIN 66132 - latest version on the filing date) and the permeability by measuring the back pressure on filter samples of samples 1 to 4.

Analysis of the gradient of the washcoat distribution and the permeability:

The samples for the analyzes with a view to determining the gradients (determination of the distribution of the catalytic material in the axial longitudinal direction) were produced as follows after coating and calcining:

• Cut off the filter plug on both sides (filter shortened by 2x 10mm)

• Divide the rest in the longitudinal direction into 5 parts of the same length (filter discs)

• The 5 slices were ground and analyzed to determine the BET gradient.

For the permeability measurement, a block with 10mmx10mmx20mm (width x depth x height) was sawn out of each disc in the middle. Every second channel was mutually blocked, so that a small mini filter was created. For this mini filter, the pressure loss is measured at an air flow of 6 l / min. In a first approximation, the pressure loss is set to be proportional to the permeability.

5 shows, by way of example, the differences in the washcoat loading (gradients in the disks) between the five filter sections with respect to the BET surface area, which can be seen when using the different methods a) coating with a washcoat excess and changing direction of the pressure difference and b) coating without and only with a slight washcoat excess without changing pressure difference for the combination result of the expenditure zones. The suspensions used had identical particle size distributions and identical Pd to oxide ratios. Due to the different processes, the suspensions had different viscosities and different solids concentrations. The gradient was always standardized with the value of the disc on the left.

All 3 variants (pattern 1, pattern 2/3, pattern 4) have the same amount of washcoat as a load. The 5 disks per variant were shown on the left side relative to the loading of the first disk (standardized). So the left pane is always 100%.

When coating by the process according to the invention (coating with excess washcoat and changing direction of the pressure difference according to process steps i) to iii)), there is an increasing gradient in the coating direction, while coating without a pressure difference reversal results in a uniform distribution of the catalytic material without Gradient results. The effect of the coating process on the permeability is shown in FIG. 6 as an example for the pattern 2.

Fig. 6 shows the course of the permeability by way of example for the combination of two wall zones, the zone on the left having a washcoat excess and a reversal of the pressure difference during the coating being produced during process steps i) to ii) of the first preferred embodiment of the process, while the right zone without excess washcoat and without reversing the pressure difference he was created. Both zones contain the same amount of oxides and both cover 60% of the length of the filter.

To determine the permeability, the plugs of the filter were first removed. The rest was divided into 5 equally long discs with a length of approx. 26mm. Small blocks with a base area of 10mm x 10mm and a height of 26mm were made from the panes. The channels were provided with plugs so that 5 small filter bodies were created. A pressure difference volume flow curve was now determined for the small filters and the permeability was calculated using the Darcy equation. The left zone was used to standardize the permeability of the five small filters.

The first pane of the zone, hereinafter referred to as area A, which was produced with a washcoat excess and a reversal of the pressure difference during the coating, has a 4 to 20 times higher permeability in the first 15 to 50 mm than has the zone in the following mm. The length L was measured from the end face after removal of the plugs, which had the first contact with the washcoat when coated with excess washcoat and a reversal of the pressure difference. The zone that was created without excess washcoat and without reversing the pressure difference during coating has a permeability with the same grain size distribution of the oxides in the washcoat, the same amount of oxide in the zone, which corresponds to only 5% to 25% of the permeability of area A. The same applies to the area of the zone which was generated with a washcoat excess and a reversal of the pressure difference during the coating, which is further away from the end face than area A.

Tab. 1 shows the distribution of the oxides and the resulting permeability in a zone that was generated from below according to process steps i) to iii) (the length measurement starts behind the stopper). The range 0-26mm was used for standardization to 100% Tab. 1

In comparison, Tab. 2 shows the different permeabilities of the coatings from above and below (the length measurement starts behind the stopper). The area 0-26 mm of the coating from below was set to 100% for standardization. Tab. 2

Catalytic characterization of the products:

After patterns 1 to 4 were characterized in the preceding explanations with regard to the distribution of the catalytic material and the permeability, who subsequently determined the catalytic effectiveness, the filtration efficiency and the exhaust gas back pressure of the four different patterns.

The particle filters samples 1 to 4 were subjected to an engine test bench aging. This consists of a fuel cut-off switch with 950 ° C exhaust gas temperature in front of the catalyst inlet (maximum bed temperature 1030 ° C). The aging time was 19 hours (see Motortechnische Zeitschrift, 1994, 55, 214-218). The catalytically active particle filters were then tested in an aged state on a motor test bench in the so-called "light-off test", in the "Lambda Sweeptest" and in the "OSC test". In the light-off test, the light-off test is determined with a stoichiometric exhaust gas composition with a constant mean air ratio l (l = 0.999 with ± 3.4% amplitude). Table 3 below contains the temperatures T70 of samples 1 to 4, at which 70% of the components considered are converted in each case.

Tab. 3

The dynamic conversion behavior of the particle filter in the lambda sweep test was determined in a range of l = 0.99 - 1.01 at a constant temperature of 510 ° C. The amplitude of l was ± 3.4%. Table 2 contains the conversion of samples 1 to 4 at the intersection of the CO and NOx conversion curves, as well as the associated HC conversion of the aged particle filter. Tab. 4

The particle filter pattern 2 shows a slight improvement in the light-off behavior compared to pattern 1 in the aged state. Particle filters Samples 3 and 4 show a marked improvement in light-off behavior and a slight improvement in dynamic CO / NOx conversion compared to Sample 1 in the aged state.

To calculate the oxygen storage capacity of the particle filter in mg / L, the particle filter was placed between two lambda probes and the time offset of the two sensor signals was measured during a jump test (OSC test) with lambda jumps of l = 0.96 - 1.04 (car exhaust gas catalysts, basics - Production - Development - Recycle - Ecology, Christian Hagelüken, 2nd edition, 2005, p. 62). Table 5 shows the results of the OSC tests of samples 1 to 4.

Tab. 5

Samples 3 and 4 show a significantly increased ability to store oxygen after aging compared to sample 1. The particle filter samples 1 to 4 were compared on a cold blow test bench with regard to the exhaust gas back pressure.

The following Table 6 contains pressure loss data which were determined at an air temperature of 21 ° C and a volume flow of 300 m ³ / h. Tab. 6

The combination of two layers, each produced using a coating process according to steps i) - ii) (sample 1), has the lowest pressure loss. The combination of two layers, each of which was produced using a coating process excluding steps i) - ii) (sample 4), has an enormous increase in pressure compared to sample 1. The two patterns in which the coating processes for zone a) and zone b) differ have an acceptable increase in pressure loss with respect to sample 1, but have a significantly lower pressure loss compared to sample 4. The particle filters described were examined on the engine test bench in the real exhaust gas of an engine operated with an average stoichiometric air / fuel mixture with regard to the fresh filtration efficiency. A globally standardized test procedure for determining exhaust emissions, or WLTP (Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure), was used. The driving cycle used was WLTC Class 3. The particulate filter was installed 30 cm after a conventional three-way catalytic converter, which was the same for all measured particulate filters. About particle emissions To be able to detect during the test, a particle counter was installed in front of the three-way catalytic converter and after the particle filter. Table 7 shows the results of the filtration efficiency measurement.

Tab. 7

The lowest filtration efficiency is shown in sample 1, in which both zones were produced using the same coating method in accordance with steps i) - ii). On the other hand, sample 4, in which both zones were also produced using the same coating method, but different from sample 1, excluding steps i) - ii), has the highest filtration efficiency. The two samples 2 and 3, in which the coating processes for zone a) and zone b) differ and were produced after steps i) to iii), have a lower filtration efficiency than sample 4, but they have a significant increase in filtration efficiency compared to pattern 1. 1 shows an example of a summary of the effect of different combinations of different overhead washcoat layers with regard to the effect in the exhaust gas flow. The combination of two layers with a high permeability, which were each produced using a coating method according to the invention according to process steps i) to iii) by applying a pressure difference and a subsequent pressure difference reversal (pattern 1), has the lowest pressure loss, but is otherwise the same Filtration efficiency, the light-off temperature and the OSC are weaker than the other samples 2 to 4. The combination of two layers with low permeability, which were each produced using a coating method according to the invention by applying a pressure difference (sample 4), shows very good values in terms of light-off temperature, OSC and filtration efficiency, but has led to an enormous increase in pressure Episode. The best combination of all features (pressure loss, filtration efficiency, light-off temperature and OSC) surprisingly shows the combination of a layer in the input line (upstream side of the filter in the exhaust gas) with low permeability, which was produced according to claim 6 by applying a pressure difference with a Layer in the output line (outflow side of the filter in the exhaust gas) with a high permeability / which was produced via a coating process according to claim 1, process steps i) to iii). The optimal setting of the two zone lengths depends on the requirements of the respective motor. You can set the quality criteria of the coated filter over the zone length like with a slider.

Claims

1. Process for the production of coated ceramic wall flow filters with at least two catalytically active zones, the wall flow filter having a first end face, a second end face and a length L and a porosity of at least 50% to a maximum of 80% and an average pore diameter of 5-50 pm , the method comprising the following steps:

i) a first coating suspension is introduced in excess over the first end face by applying a pressure difference across the wall flow filter;

ii) With a pressure difference reversal, an excess of the first coating suspension is removed from the wall flow filter;

iii) a second coating suspension without excess is introduced into the latter via the second end face by applying a pressure difference across the wall flow filter.

2. The method according to claim 1,

characterized in that

in step i) the first coating suspension is introduced into the wall flow filter from the lower, first end face into the vertically locked wall flow filter, and in step iii) the second coating suspension is introduced into the wall flow filter from the upper, second end face.

3. The method according to claim 2,

characterized in that

step ii) is carried out directly after step i) or only after step iii).

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3,

characterized in that

the pressure pulse for the pressure difference reversal is at least 150 mbar and at most 400 mbar.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

characterized in that

one holds an unpressurized hold time of up to 10 s before the pressure difference reversal.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-5,

characterized in that

a zone has a positive gradient for the amount of catalytically active material in the coating direction.

7. Catalytically coated ceramic wall flow filter for the treatment of

Exhaust gases from a combustion process produced according to one of the preceding claims.

8. Catalytically active wall flow filter according to claim 7,

characterized in that

the catalytically active coatings of the filter are selected from the

Group consisting of three-way catalyst, SCR catalyst, nitrogen oxide storage catalyst, oxidation catalyst, soot ignition coating, hydrocarbon storage.

9. Catalytically active wall flow filter according to claim 8,

characterized in that

the catalytically active coatings are located in the pores and / or on the surfaces of the channel walls of the filter

10. Use of the wall flow filter according to one of claims 7-9 in a process for the oxidation of hydrocarbons and / or carbon monoxide and / or in a process for nitrogen oxide reduction.