Abstract:
The effect of SO
2 on the low-temperature SCR activity and the thermal reduction regeneration for holmium-modified Fe-Mn/TiO
2 catalyst were investigated by activity assessment and various characterization methods. The deposition of ammonium sulfate ((NH
4)
2SO
4) on catalyst surface and the sulfuration of active component (MnSO
4) were proved to be the main causes for the deactivation in the presence of SO
2. The catalyst Fe
0.3Ho
0.1Mn
0.4/TiO
2 exhibited superior SO
2 durability when the concentration of SO
2 was lower than 0.04%, and the catalytic activity could markedly recover with the termination of sulfur-poisoning source. The deactivation behavior was irreversible when the concentration of SO
2 was increased to 0.1% but the poisoned catalyst could be regenerated after thermal reduction (350 ℃) for 60 min by 5% NH
3. The microstructure and physicochemical properties could be significantly restored after the thermal reduction regeneration. Moreover, the NO
x conversion could return to about 80%.