EP3924105A1 - Procédé pour la fabrication de catalyseurs de gaz d'échappement de véhicule - Google Patents

Procédé pour la fabrication de catalyseurs de gaz d'échappement de véhicule

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EP3924105A1
EP3924105A1 EP20705672.2A EP20705672A EP3924105A1 EP 3924105 A1 EP3924105 A1 EP 3924105A1 EP 20705672 A EP20705672 A EP 20705672A EP 3924105 A1 EP3924105 A1 EP 3924105A1
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face
coating
substrate monolith
washcoat
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Martin Foerster
Juergen Koch
Astrid Mueller
Stéphane MASSON
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Umicore AG and Co KG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J35/00—Catalysts, in general, characterised by their form or physical properties
    • B01J35/50—Catalysts, in general, characterised by their form or physical properties characterised by their shape or configuration
    • B01J35/56—Foraminous structures having flow-through passages or channels, e.g. grids or three-dimensional monoliths
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    • B01J37/00—Processes, in general, for preparing catalysts; Processes, in general, for activation of catalysts
    • B01J37/02—Impregnation, coating or precipitation
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    • B01J37/02—Impregnation, coating or precipitation
    • B01J37/0236—Drying, e.g. preparing a suspension, adding a soluble salt and drying
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    • B01J37/00—Processes, in general, for preparing catalysts; Processes, in general, for activation of catalysts
    • B01J37/02—Impregnation, coating or precipitation
    • B01J37/024—Multiple impregnation or coating
    • B01J37/0244—Coatings comprising several layers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B01J37/00—Processes, in general, for preparing catalysts; Processes, in general, for activation of catalysts
    • B01J37/08—Heat treatment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2370/00—Selection of materials for exhaust purification
    • F01N2370/02—Selection of materials for exhaust purification used in catalytic reactors
    • F01N2370/04—Zeolitic material
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2610/00—Adding substances to exhaust gases
    • F01N2610/03—Adding substances to exhaust gases the substance being hydrocarbons, e.g. engine fuel
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/08—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
    • F01N3/10—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • F01N3/101—Three-way catalysts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/08—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
    • F01N3/10—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • F01N3/18—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operation; Control
    • F01N3/20—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operation; Control specially adapted for catalytic conversion ; Methods of operation or control of catalytic converters
    • F01N3/2066—Selective catalytic reduction [SCR]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies

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  • the present invention is directed to a method and a device for coating supports of automobile exhaust gas catalysts.
  • the carriers can be flow substrates (“flow-through”) or filter systems (“wall-flow”).
  • the invention describes an improvement in such coating processes in which a suspension (washcoat) containing the catalytically active material is applied or applied from above to such a vertically oriented carrier (substrate monolith) (so-called “metered charge” process).
  • the exhaust gas from internal combustion engines in motor vehicles typically contains the pollutant gases carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC), nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and possibly sulfur oxides (SO x ), as well as particles that predominantly consist 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 created 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 quantities in non-synthetic fuels.
  • catalytic exhaust gas purification technologies To remove these emissions from the exhaust gases of motor vehicles, which are harmful to the environment and health, a large number of catalytic exhaust gas purification technologies have been developed, the basic principle of which is usually based on the exhaust gas to be purified passing through a flow-through or wall-flow honeycomb body or monolith (wall flow) with a catalytically active coating applied to it.
  • the catalytic converter promotes the chemical reaction of various exhaust gas components with the formation of harmless products such as carbon dioxide and water.
  • the flow or wall flow monoliths just described are accordingly also referred to as catalyst carriers, carriers or substrate monoliths, since they carry the catalytically active coating on their surface or in which this surface forms the pores.
  • the catalytically active coating is often in a so-called Be coating process in the form of a suspension (washcoat) on the catalyst carrier upset.
  • washcoat a suspension on the catalyst carrier upset.
  • An important aspect of the production of these heterogeneous catalysts is the precise coating of substrates with a washcoat, especially with regard to e.g. Be coating length of the channels of the substrate, amount of coating applied, uniformity of the coating layer, uniformity of the coating length and coating gradients along the longitudinal axis of the catalyst support as well as in the production of layered or zoned coating designs.
  • the coating techniques can be divided into two general classes.
  • a first class relates to a coating strategy in which the liquid coating suspension is fed to the vertically oriented substrate (carrier body) from below against the force of gravity (bottom-up coating). Examples are the patents EP2521618B1 and EP1136462B1.
  • the second class of coating techniques discusses applying the liquid coating slurry to the top of the vertically oriented substrate and then introducing it into the support body (top-down coating). As a rule, a measured amount of washcoat is used in these processes, thus avoiding an excess and loss of expensive raw materials, since the entire washcoat remains in the carrier.
  • a top-down coating technique in which a coating device for monolithic carriers comprises a device for metering a predetermined amount of a liquid component onto the upper side of a carrier, this amount being dimensioned such that it is essentially completely is received within the carrier.
  • a container is used at the top of the carrier to accommodate the amount of liquid components, and a device for generating a negative pressure on the underside of the carrier, which is able to disperse the liquid component from the container in at least a part to pull the wearer.
  • Further techniques which in this way introduce the coating suspension from above into a vertically oriented carrier can be found, for example, in WO9947260A1 and EP1900442A1.
  • the common feature of these inventions is that the coating suspension is applied from above via a metering nozzle with a single outlet opening for the washcoat, which is mounted centrally above the surface of the top of the catalyst.
  • the sometimes highly viscous washcoat suspensions which usually also have a high flow limit, regularly form an uneven and uneven surface when they are fed from a centrally fixed single nozzle onto a vertically aligned catalyst carrier (substrate monolith).
  • a vertically aligned catalyst carrier substrate monolith
  • EP0398128A1 discloses a method in which the substrate monolith is rotated while the washcoat suspension is being applied and the coating suspension is metered from above via a distributor plate with a large number of holes onto the upper face of the carrier. This ensures that the washcoat is applied more uniformly to the substrate; however, there is no smoothing or leveling of the surface. It is also not possible with this method to produce areas with different amounts of coating suspension when the washcoat is placed on the face of the substrate.
  • WO2015145122A2 and US9849469 or JP5925101 B2 or EP2415522A1 in which the Washcoat is not added via a fixed individual nozzle, but via a multi-hole nozzle system similar to a shower head.
  • WO2015145122A2 describes a process for coating ceramic filters using a dosing head for liquids, the dosing head having a plurality of openings in order to distribute the washcoat evenly on the face of the carrier.
  • a similar process for producing a catalytic converter for exhaust gas cleaning is disclosed in US9849469 or JP5925101 B2 or EP2415522A1.
  • the washcoat is also applied via a dosing head with several outlet openings, the outlet openings on the periphery having a larger diameter than the outlet holes in the center of the head.
  • the measures described here mean that the coating suspension can be applied more evenly to the end face of the carrier.
  • a disadvantage of this method, however, is that a specially adapted dosing head is produced for every size and geometry of the carrier used and the catalysts must be replaced with every product change in the production process. This leads to higher costs and set-up times in the manufacture of the coated carrier.
  • Catalyst supports with a radial concentration gradient of washcoat can also be implemented, for example according to US Pat. No. 6596056, in that the edge areas of the ceramic support are moistened with water before being coated with washcoat. By moistening the channel walls in the outer areas of the carrier, the absorption capacity for washcoat is reduced and thus less catalytic material deposited in the peripheral canals than in the central canals. With this method, however, only axial and radial coating profiles with a washcoat composition can be produced. Catalyst supports which have coating profiles made up of two or more different washcoats cannot be produced in a single coating step in this way.
  • the requirements for the layout and the precise and even distribution of the coating suspension in the channels of the substrate monoliths of modern catalytic converters are diverse: zones, multi-layers, defined radial and axial material distribution are necessary to meet the increasing requirements of exhaust gas treatment.
  • a) the substrate monolith is aligned vertically so that one end face A faces upwards and the other end face B faces downwards
  • a defined distribution of one or more materials causing the catalytic activity is achieved through the use a device that is horizontally and possibly vertically movable above the upper end face A in the x / y direction is metered onto the end face A.
  • the metered material is conveyed into the substrate monolith by applying a pressure difference across the substrate monolith, and finally d) the catalytically coated substrate monolith is dried and, if necessary, calcined.
  • the material used in the present invention which determines the catalytic activity in the substrate monolith and forms the so-called washcoat, can be in the form of a suspension, a liquid, an emulsion or a foam.
  • the washcoat used in the context of the present invention is one that is typically used for the production of automobile exhaust gas catalysts. This is dosed over the face of the substrate monolith.
  • An embodiment of the present method is preferred in which there is a ring around the substrate monolith in such a way that no washcoat can run down the outside of the substrate monolith after dosing.
  • the consistency of the washcoat should be designed so that it does not run over the end face into the channels of the substrate monolith or spread out in an uncontrolled manner on the surface of the end face.
  • the rheology of the washcoat can be set in such a way (for example by additives such as thickeners or thixotropic agents (e.g. as in W02016023808A1) or by setting the concentration of the constituents (e.g.
  • the coating suspension has a structurally viscous behavior with a flow limit.
  • the flow limit is the force that is necessary to get a substance to flow, and the rheological behavior in which the viscosity of a substance decreases with increasing shear force is called structurally viscous.
  • the pseudoplastic coating medium often has a solids content between 30 and 52% by weight.
  • the viscosities of the washcoat are generally between 0.015 and 100 Pa * s, preferably 0.1-50 Pa * s and particularly preferably 1-50 Pa * s (viscosity: DIN 53019-1, measurement of viscosities and flow curves with rotary viscometers , valid on the filing date).
  • different washcoats have different flow limits. According to the definition of DIN 1342-1 (valid on the filing date), the flow limit is the shear stress above which the sample behaves like a liquid. The yield point is therefore the force that is required to destroy the rest structure of a substance and to enable it to flow like a liquid.
  • washcoats Depending on the interactions between the constituents, these washcoats often have flow limits of different levels from 0.1 to over 100 Pa, preferably 0.1 to 50 Pa and very preferably 1-50 Pa.
  • the flow limits are measured indirectly, as stated in the example, by measuring the flow length of the washcoat using a so-called consistometer.
  • Another possibility according to the invention for avoiding premature penetration of the coating medium into the monolith, possibly in addition to setting a flow limit, is the possibility of a contact angle> 45 °, preferably 60 ° -140 ° and very preferably 70 ° -110 ° between the coating material and the substrate surface A (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontaktwinkel).
  • the contact angle is a measure of the wettability which results from the material and the porosity of the substrate, the composition of the washcoat and the surrounding gas phase (see also FIG. 12). Particularly for very porous and therefore highly absorbent substrates, complete wettability must be avoided, otherwise the washcoat will not be applied a pressure difference seeps into the substrate (see FIG. 13).
  • the setting of a corresponding contact angle can, for example, be achieved by modifying the substrate surface A in such a way that corresponding advantageous contact angles are formed.
  • the substrate surface can e.g. can be made hydrophobic with an agent known to the person skilled in the art (see, for example, WO2004024407A1).
  • Particularly preferred in this context is the use of one or more agents selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic waxes such as paraffins, fatty acids or hydrophobic oils, silicones, siloxanes, silanes or fluorocarbon resins, etc. with which the substrate surface A is exposed before the application Coating material is treated.
  • JP2018103131A2 is also possible and very particularly preferred in this context.
  • Another preferred embodiment in this context is based on the fact that the material causing the catalytic activity is dosed via the end face, a device which is permeable for this material being located thereon. This should be designed in such a way that the material causing the catalytic activity first remains on or on this permeable device despite sufficient flowability and only penetrates into the substrate monolith after the pressure difference has been applied in step c). Again, this can e.g. can be achieved by a hydrophobic surface as specified above and / or by providing a device with appropriately designed openings.
  • Corresponding agents that help prevent the washcoat suspension from penetrating the substrate monolith are nets, sieves, mats or sponges and are e.g. disclosed in WO9947260A1. These can preferably also be hydrophobized. The latter are very well known to the person skilled in the art from the textile and construction industries. There they are e.g. used as diffusion-permeable water barriers.
  • the method according to the invention also provides for the step of conveying the applied washcoat into the substrate monolith. This goes through another suction or pressure unit. It is also possible and before given to convey the washcoat simultaneously into the substrate monolith by means of both measures. This leads to an even more uniform formation of the coating profile in the substrate monolith.
  • suction and pressure units are sufficiently familiar to the skilled man (see literature in the introductory part).
  • a vacuum can preferably be applied to the lower end face of the substrate monolith, for example by opening a valve to an evacuated vacuum container.
  • a vacuum container e.g. Air or another gas that is inert to the coated substrate monolith and the washcoat, e.g. Nitrogen are fed to the upper end face under pressure.
  • this supply can also be changed or reversed once or several times, which, according to US Pat. No. 7094728B2, causes a more uniform coating of the channels in the support bodies.
  • an overpressure can also be applied (“blowing out” the substrate monoliths).
  • air or another, the coated substrate monolith and the washcoat gas such as nitrogen inert to the upper end face is fed under pressure. That end face which is opposite the end face acted upon by air / gas pressure must ensure that there is sufficient discharge of the gas.
  • the present process can be carried out several times in the same way from the same surface (e.g. A) one after the other. It can be of advantage here to carry out a brief drying process between the individual coating runs in order to dry out and fix the coating material that has already been applied. This can e.g. take place by flowing through the substrate with optionally dried and / or heated air in the coating device itself. In this way, it is also possible to create multiple coatings on top of one another without separate drying, which are firmly established in modern automotive catalytic converters.
  • steps b) to d) are carried out again, but now from the other side of the substrate monolith.
  • steps b) to d) are carried out again, but now from the other side of the substrate monolith.
  • FIGS. 6-10 show an exemplary selection of the possible coating designs Way, car catalytic converters specially adapted to the conditions in the exhaust system can be generated.
  • washcoats one after the other with the help of the horizontally and possibly vertically movable device onto the end face in such a way that the first monolith has already been entered into the substrate before the second washcoat is applied. Mixing of the two washcoats can then naturally no longer take place, or after a possibly short intermediate drying.
  • the metering device which can be moved horizontally and possibly vertically in the x / y direction, can be designed according to patterns known to those skilled in the art. Movable horizontally in the x / y direction here means the fact that the metering device is movably arranged in a plane above the end face A of a substrate in such a way that it can be moved repeatedly over the end face A in this plane so that it is ensured is that all substrates of a coating campaign can be treated with the washcoat in the same way.
  • the metering device has one or more outlet openings. Preferably there is only one outlet opening. Since the entire metering device can be moved at least horizontally over the end face of the substrate monolith, this can deposit a defined amount of the material that is responsible for the catalytic activity at each point over the end face.
  • This metering device is also advantageously vertical Direction so movable in the direction of the substrate monolith.
  • Such three-dimensionally movable dosing devices are known to those skilled in the application,
  • the metering device can preferably meter the same or different materials via the end face.
  • the metering device with several outlet openings simultaneously metered different materials to corresponding points over the upper end face of the substrate monolith in one step.
  • the outlet openings of the nozzles can be provided with a coarse-pored fabric, a perforated plate or, for example, a permeable membrane.
  • the outlet openings of the metering device can open or close at different times in order, if necessary, to produce an even more uniform design in the substrate monolith.
  • the washcoat with the higher flow limit / viscosity can be dosed first and then the one with the lower one. In the next step, both washcoats are conveyed more uniformly into the substrate monolith. It is also conceivable to dose at least two different, correspondingly viscous and therefore not mixing washcoats on top of one another. These different coating materials can then be transported simultaneously into the substrate by applying a pressure difference.
  • FIG. 2a a piston-shaped material distribution is shown in FIG. 2a or a laminar profile of a material distribution is shown in FIG. 2b, which results from a uniform covering of the end face with the material can result.
  • FIG. 3b shows a real coating in which the piston profile in the substrate has been changed in a defined manner using this method.
  • washcoat designs with different washcoat compositions on top of one another can also be implemented accordingly without intermediate drying or chemical fixing. It is particularly advantageous if only so much washcoat is dosed over the upper end face that all the material remains in the substrate monolith when the washcoat is conveyed into the substrate monolith in step c). Another advantage of this is that immediately after the metering over the upper end face of the sub strate monolith and the conveying of the material into the substrate monolith, the latter can be turned around and the other end face also provided with the same or a different material that causes the catalytic activity can be. As already mentioned, this makes it easy to come up with zoned arrangements.
  • step c) the material metered over the upper end face of the substrate monolith is conveyed into the substrate monolith.
  • a gas flow is established in the corresponding direction by suction and / or pressure. It has proven to be advantageous if this gas flow is directed in a certain way.
  • devices are used which are preferably installed below the lower end face of the substrate monolith in the gas flow and which control the direction and speed of the gas flow.
  • Such internals are known to those skilled in fluid mechanics (Dubbel - Taschenbuch für den Maschinenbau, 15th edition, Springer Verlag 1983, Chapter B 6). This includes, for example:
  • These are preferably devices with structures selected from the group consisting of screens, nets, screens and baffle plates.
  • the present invention also provides an apparatus for carrying out the process according to the invention.
  • This apparatus shows:
  • a substrate of the wall-flow type (wall-flow filter) or of the flow-through type can serve as the carrier.
  • Flow-through monoliths are conventional catalyst carriers in the prior art, which can consist of metal (corrugated carrier, e.g. WO17153239A1, WO16057285A1, WO15121910A1 and the literature cited therein) or ceramic materials. Refractory ceramics such as cordierite, silicon carbide or aluminum titanate, etc. are preferably used.
  • the number of channels per area is characterized by the cell density, which is usually between 200 and 900 cells per square inch (cells per square inch, cpsi).
  • the wall thickness of the channel walls for ceramics is between 0.5 and 0.05 mm.
  • Porous wall flow filter substrates made of cordierite, silicon carbide or aluminum titanate are preferably used. These wall-flow filter substrates have inflow and outflow channels, the outflow-side in each case Ends of the inflow channels and the inflow-side ends of the outflow channels are sealed with gas-tight “plugs” offset from one another.
  • 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 duct, which results in an excellent particle filter effect.
  • the filtration properties for particles can be designed through the porosity, pore / radius distribution and thickness of the wall.
  • the porosity of the uncoated wall flow filter is usually more than 40%, generally from 40% to 75%, especially from 50% to 70% [measured according to DIN 66133 - latest version on the filing date].
  • the average pore size (diameter) of the uncoated filter is at least 7 pm, e.g. B. from 7 pm to 34 pm, preferably more than 10 pm, particularly 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 a pore size of generally 10 ⁇ m to 20 ⁇ m and a porosity of 50% to 65% are particularly preferred.
  • the pressure difference in step c) can be generated, as described, by applying an overpressure to one end of the carrier.
  • the pressure difference can also be produced by applying a negative pressure to the other end of the carrier. It is also possible to take both measures together.
  • a negative pressure is preferably used in the method according to the invention.
  • the gas stream is very preferably sucked through the carrier in the coating direction. Air is especially preferred for this purpose.
  • the gas / air flow is generated by a pressure difference of greater than 20 mbar between the inlet and outlet side of the carrier.
  • a pressure difference for passing the gas stream of 20 to 600 mbar particularly preferably 100 to 500 mbar, between the inlet and outlet sides.
  • larger pressure differences of 50-600 mbar, preferably 100-500 mbar and particularly preferably 150-400 mbar are useful for the use of wall-flow filters.
  • pressure differences of 20-400 mbar, preferably 50-350 mbar and particularly preferably 80-300 mbar are suitable.
  • the higher minimum pressure difference ensures that small (5-10 pm) and medium-sized (10-20 pm) channels and passages through the cell walls are also accessible for air to pass through, resulting in a lower pressure increase in the finished catalyst carrier results in the exhaust system. This means that more catalytically active material can be available to convert the pollutants.
  • washcoats considered here are preferably structurally viscous (https: //de.wikipe- dia.org/wiki/Strukturviskosit%C3%A4t), have solids and contain the catalytically active components or their precursors as well as inorganic oxides such as aluminum oxide and titanium dioxide , Zirconium oxide, cerium oxide or combinations thereof, it being possible for the oxides to be doped with silicon or lanthanum, for example.
  • Noble metals such as platinum, palladium, gold, rhodium, iridium, osmium, ruthenium and combinations thereof can also be used as catalytically active components.
  • metals can also be present as alloys with one another or other metals or as oxides.
  • the metals can also be present as precursors, such as nitrates, sulfites or organyls of the noble metals mentioned and their mixtures, in particular palladium nitrate, palladium sulfite, platinum nitrate, platinum sulfite or Pt (NH 3 ) 4 (N0 3 ) 2 can be used.
  • the catalytically active component can then be obtained from the precursor by calcination at about 400 ° C. to about 700 ° C.
  • metal ions from the group of platinum metals have emerged as suitable for the oxidation of hydrocarbons, while, for example, the SCR reaction is most effective with zeolites or zeotypes (molecular sieves with other or further elements as cations in Framework compared to zeolites) that are exchanged with iron and / or copper ions.
  • the material (washcoat) causing the catalytic activity can accordingly also contain zeolites or zeotypes.
  • zeolites or zeotypes it is possible in principle to use all types or mixtures thereof which are suitable for the person skilled in the art for the corresponding area of application. These include naturally occurring, but preferably synthetically produced, zeolites.
  • zeolites and zeotypes can have framework types, for example from the group consisting of Beta, Ferrierite, Y, USY, ZSM-5, ITQ.
  • synthetically produced small-pore zeolites and zeotypes that come into question here are those that have the structure types ABW, ACO, AEI, AEN, AFN, AFT, AFX, ANA, APC, APD, ATN, ATT, ATV, AWO, AWW, BIK, BRE, CAS, CDO, CHA, DDR, DFT, EAB, EDI, EPI, ERI, ESV, GIS, GOO, IHW, ITE, ITW, JBW, KFI, LEV, LTA, LTJ, MER, MON, MTF, NSI, OWE, PAU, PHI, RHO, RTE, RTH, SAS, SAT, SAV, SIV, THO, TSC, UEI, UFI, VNI, YUG and
  • Those of the small-pore type are preferably used which are derived from a structure type from the group consisting of CHA, LEV, AFT, AEI, AFI, AFX, KFI, ERI, DDR. Particularly preferred here are those which are derived from the CHA, LEV, AEI, AFX, AFI or KFI framework.
  • a zeolite of the AEI or CHA type is very particularly preferred in this context. Mixtures of the species mentioned are also possible.
  • the SAR value of the zeolite or the corresponding value for the zeotype should be in the range from 5 to 50, preferably 10 to 45 and very preferably 20 to 40.
  • the zeolites or zeotypes and in particular those of the small-pore type with metal ions, especially transition metal ions are present.
  • the person skilled in the art can use the metal ions, in particular copper ions, which can preferably be used for the corresponding reaction.
  • the person skilled in the art knows how such an ion exchange can take place (for example WO2008 / 106519A1).
  • the degree of exchange (number of ions at exchange sites / total number of exchange sites) should be between 0.3 and 0.5. Exchange sites here are those where the positive ions compensate for the negative charges of the lattice.
  • non-exchanged metal ions in particular Fe and / or Cu ions, can preferably also be present in the final SCR catalyst.
  • the ratio of exchanged to non-exchanged ions is> 50:50, preferably 60:40-95: 5 and extremely preferably 70:30-90:10.
  • the ions sitting on the exchange positions are visible in the electron spin resonance analysis and can be quantified (Quantitative EPR, Gareth R. Eaton, Sandra S. Eaton, David P. Barr, Ralph T. Weber, Springer Science & Business Media, 2010). Any non-ion-exchanged cations are in other locations inside or outside the zeolite / zeotype.
  • the latter do not compensate for any negative charge on the zeolite / zeol-type framework. They are invisible in the EPR and can thus be calculated from the difference between the total metal loading (e.g. determined by ICP) and the value determined in the EPR.
  • the addition of the corresponding ions to the coating mixture is controlled so that the total amount of metal ions, especially Fe and / or Cu ions in the final total catalyst is 0.5-10% by weight, preferably 1-5% by weight of the coating amount lies.
  • the coating suspension can also contain other constituents. These components can further support the catalytic function of the catalytically active material, but do not actively intervene themselves the reaction one.
  • Materials used here are, for example, so-called binders. The latter ensure, among other things, that the materials and components involved in the reaction can adhere sufficiently firmly to the corresponding substrate.
  • binders selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, silicon dioxide or their oxide hydroxides (for example boehmite) or mixtures thereof have proven to be advantageous components. In the present case, aluminum oxides with a high surface area are advantageously used.
  • the binder is used in a certain amount in the coating.
  • the other Be constituent for example the binder in an amount of max. 25% by weight, preferably max. 20 wt .-% and very particularly preferably in an amount of 5 wt .-% - 15 wt .-% ver used.
  • the substrate monoliths produced by the process according to the invention can in principle be used in all exhaust gas aftertreatments known to those skilled in the art for the automotive exhaust field.
  • the catalytic coating of the substrate monolith can be selected from the group consisting of a three-way catalyst, SCR catalyst, nitrogen oxide storage catalyst, oxidation catalyst, soot ignition coating.
  • Substrate monoliths produced by means of the method according to the invention or the apparatus according to the invention can show complex and elaborate coating designs which previously could not be realized in this way or not so easily.
  • the material causing the catalytic activity can be introduced very selectively into the substrate monolith. This flexibility helps to develop further improved catalytic converters not only for the automobile exhaust area and thus to further promote compliance with the legal and societal demand for keeping the air clean.
  • the invention is described in more detail below with reference to the illustrative figures and examples.
  • Fig. 2 Substrate monolith (1) with collar (2) and coating suspension
  • Fig. 2a Theoretical, uniform profile without taking into account the flow conditions.
  • Fig. 2b Resulting coating profile in the carrier (1) after suction.
  • Fig. 3a Coating profile using a compensation of coating compound (3) on the upper end face of the substrate monolith (1)
  • FIG. 4 A coating suspension according to the invention presented in the form of a ring for generating a coating (3) in the outer areas of the carrier (1)
  • Fig. 5 Centrally presented coating suspension according to the invention for producing a coating (3) in inner regions of the carrier (1)
  • Fig. 6 Presentation of the coating suspension (3a, 3b) according to the invention with different amounts in the central area and the edge areas
  • Fig. 9 Presentation of the coating suspension (3a, 3b, 3c) according to the invention with different amounts in three different areas
  • Fig. 10 Presentation according to the invention of the coating suspension (3a, 3b, 3c) with un different amounts in three different areas 11a-d: Possible embodiments of multi-nozzle layouts
  • Fig. 13 Real picture of contact angles between coating material and substrate ⁇ 0 ° to> 90 and its consequences
  • the washcoat has a solids content of 38% (solid dry residue at 350 ° C).
  • a quick and easy measuring procedure with the Bostwick Consistometer ZXCON was used (https://www.warenleveraging.de/technische- Scheme/bostwick-consistometer-zxcon.htm). With the Bostwick Consistometer the flow path of a spreading liquid or a pasty material is determined in a certain time.
  • the Consistometer consists of a horizontally set up metal channel which is separated into two chambers of different sizes by a vertically movable slide.
  • the washcoat to be measured is filled into the smaller chamber up to a defined height.
  • the larger chamber has a distance scale from 1 cm to 24 cm on the bottom of the channel, on which the length of the drained washcoat can be read after thirty seconds after opening the slide.
  • the flow length is a measure of the flowability of the washcoat (or, in other words, the contour stability of the applied washcoat) and depends physically on its viscosity and the flow limit.
  • the washcoat used in this example had a flow length of 3.5 cm and thus a pronounced contour stability.
  • the washcoat is applied directly to the upper face of the flow substrate in a circular motion with the aid of a movable spray nozzle which has a round opening of 7.0 mm.
  • a movable spray nozzle which has a round opening of 7.0 mm.
  • the washcoat is then sucked into the substrate with a short pulse (250 mbar, 1 sec.). Due to the different WC distributions of the washcoats on the front surface, different WC distributions are also produced in the substrate after the coating.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif pour le revêtement de supports de catalyseurs de gaz d'échappement de véhicule. Les supports peuvent être ici des substrats de passage (« Flow-Through ») ou des systèmes de filtrage (« Wall-Through »). L'invention concerne en particulier une amélioration de tels processus de revêtement, laquelle consiste en ce qu'une suspension contenant un matériau à effet catalytique (washcoat) est appliquée ou deposée (processus dit « metered charge ») d'en haut sur un tel support (monolithe de substrat) orienté verticalement.
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