Hydrothermal Aging Mechanism and Modeling for SCR Catalysts

Based on the activity evaluation and characterization test, we explored the hydrothermal aging mechanism of a vanadium-based SCR catalyst and constructed a dual-site hydrothermal aging kinetic model in this study. The vanadium-based catalyst contains Brønsted acidic sites and Lewis acidic sites, which show different sensitivities to hydrothermal aging, and the reduction of active sites is the main reason for the NOx conversion efficiency reduction after hydrothermal aging. The ammonia storage capacities of both sites have a high correlation coefficient with the NOx conversion efficiency. Based on the method of NH₃-TPD curve peak resolution, we quantified the transformations of the two active sites and established the relationship between the site density, the aging temperature, and the duration to determine the aging factor. Then, a hydrothermal aging kinetic model was constructed, and the parameter identification and verification of the model were carried out through flow reactor experiments. The results show that the model constructed in this study can accurately reflect the catalyst activity after hydrothermal aging.