Process for the removal of NOx (NO, NO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) contained in a process off-gas comprising the steps of (a) adding an amount of a NOx reducing agent into the process off-gas;(b) in a first stage passing the process off-gas admixed with the reducing agent through a catalyst active in selective catalytic reduction of NOx with the reducing agent and providing an effluent gas comprising the nitrous oxide and residual amounts of reducing agent; and(c) in a second stage passing the effluent gas through a catalyst comprising a cobalt compound and being active in decomposition of nitrous oxide and oxidation of the residual amounts of the reducing agent.

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, comprising: (a) a compound having the formula CF.sub.3-xCl.sub.xCHClCHF.sub.2-yCl.sub.y and in the presence of a compound catalyst, undergoes, through n serially-connected reactors, gas-phase fluorination with hydrogen fluoride, producing 1,2,3-trichloro-1,1,3-trifluoropropane, and 1,2-dichloro-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropane; in said formula, x=1, 2 or 3; y=1 or 2, and 3≦x+y≦5; (b) 1,2,3-trichloro-1,1,3-trifluoropropane, and 1,2-dichloro-1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropane undergo, in the presence of a dehalogenation catalyst, gas-phase dehalogenation with hydrogen, producing 3-chloro-1,3,3-trifluoropropene, and 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; (c) 3-chloro-1,3,3-trifluoropropene and 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropene undergo, in the presence of a fluorination catalyst, gas-phase fluorination with hydrogen fluoride, producing 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The present invention is primarily used to produce 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

An exhaust gas purification system for lowering the content of impurities in a lean exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising, a feeding device that feeds ammonia or a compound decomposable to ammonia into an exhaust gas stream containing nitrogen oxides; a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising vanadium (V-SCR catalyst) which catalyzes the nitrogen oxides with ammonia in a temperature range of about 150° C. to about 400° C. and at an NO.sub.2/NO.sub.x ratio of about 0.3 to about 0.9; and a downstream system comprising a diesel oxidation catalyst.

A catalyst for selectively oxidizing hydrogen sulfide to element sulfur, catalyst for burning tail-gas, and process for deeply catalytically oxidizing hydrogen sulfide to sulfur are disclosed. The catalyst for selectively oxidizing hydrogen sulfide to element sulfur is prepared by: 10-34% of iron trioxide and 60-84% of anatase titanium dioxide, and the balance being are auxiliary agents. Also a catalyst for burning tail-gas is prepared by: 48-78% of iron trioxide and 18-48% of anatase titanium dioxide, and the balance being auxiliary agents. The catalyst of the present invention has high selectivity and high sulfur recovery rate. An isothermal reactor and an adiabatic reactor of the present invention are connected in series and are filled with the above two catalysts for reactions, thus reducing total sulfur in the vented gas while having a high sulfur yield and conversion rate.

Proposed inventions are a recipe of denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst containing an SCR catalyst and an oxidation catalyst to simultaneously remove nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia, a manufacturing method thereof, an exhaust gas treatment method using the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst, and an SCR denitrification system including the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst. The denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst simultaneously removes nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia and exhibits an increased catalytic effect compared to the cases where the denitrification catalyst used alone and the denitrification and the oxidation catalyst ratios are and not properly balanced. When the denitrification-oxidation complex catalyst is applied to an SCR denitrification system, the structure is simplified, space is saved, cost is reduced, and catalyst maintenance is easy.

A catalyst composition comprising—a support comprising TiO.sub.2,—a composite oxide containing vanadium and antimony, which has a rutile-type structure different from VSbO.sub.4 and V.sub.0.92Sb.sub.0.92O.sub.4 as determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis with CuKα radiation, and—optionally, one or more selected from the group consisting of oxides of silicon, oxides of vanadium and oxides of antimony, for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides; to a process for preparing the catalyst composition, to the catalyst composition obtained/obtainable by the process and to use of the same for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.

The present invention pertains to a catalyst for use in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides comprising a monolithic substrate and a coating A, which comprises an oxidic metal carrier comprising an oxide of titanium and a catalytic metal oxide which comprises an oxide of vanadium wherein the mass ratio vanadium/titanium is 0.07 to 0.26.

A method for processing an edge of a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure in an exhaust gas denitration apparatus, in which an exhaust gas denitration apparatus equipped with a denitration catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure in which a corrugated plate-like inorganic fiber sheet and a flat plate-like inorganic fiber sheet, each supporting thereon a denitration catalyst containing a silica sol, titania particles, and ammonium metavanadate as a whole primary denitration catalyst layer, are alternately laminated, the edge of gas inlet side of the denitration catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure having the whole primary denitration catalyst layer is dipped in a denitration catalyst-containing slurry for edge processing composed of a silica sol, titania particles or kaolin particles, and ammonium metatungstate to form a coating layer of the denitration catalyst-containing slurry in the edge of the honeycomb structure, and this is dried and then calcinated to form an edge secondary denitration catalyst layer.

Disclosed are a catalyst for synergistic control of oxynitride and mercury and a method for preparing the same. The catalyst includes the following components by mass percentage: a carrier: TiO2 72%-98.6%, active components: V2O5 0.1%-5%, WO3 1%-10%, Cr2O3 0.1%-5% and Nb2O5 0.1%-5%, and a co-catalyst of 0.1%-3%. The present invention can be used for reducing the oxynitrides in a flue gas, meanwhile oxidizing zero-valent mercury into bivalent mercury and then controlling the reactions, has relatively high denitration performance and also has high mercury oxidation performance; compared with current commercial SCR catalysts, the mercury oxidation rate of the catalyst is improved to a great extent, which can adapt to the requirements for mercury removal in China's coal-fired power plants, the conversion rate of SO2/SO3 is relatively low, and the catalyst has a better anti-poisoning ability, and is a new catalyst with a low cost and high performance.

A method for production of vanadium catalysts, including steps of 1) providing a mixture comprising a TiO.sub.2-based support and a composite oxide containing vanadium and antimony; 2) preparing a slurry containing the mixture obtained from step 1), and additive comprising at least one species selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Zr, Ti, W and Mo, and a solvent; and 3) applying the slurry onto a substrate or processing the slurry into shaped bodies. The vanadium catalysts obtained/obtainable from the method, and use thereof for abatement of nitrogen oxides (NOx).