P-Mo-120 Interaction between soot and stored NOx during operation of LNT catalysts

Monday, June 6, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Nancy Artioli1, Roberto Matarrese1, Lidia Castoldi2, Luca Lietti1 and Pio Forzatti2, (1)Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (2)Dipartimento Di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
New insights on the interaction between soot and adsorbed nitrates is given. Adsorbed nitrates are able to oxidize soot below the temperature of their thermal decomposition, which implies the direct reaction of the nitrates ad-species with soot.

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