Masakazu Iwamoto, Angel M. Hernandez and Tetsu Zengyo
Intermediate addition of reductant (C2H4) into an NO+O2 stream between an oxidation catalyst for NO to NO2 (Pt-MFI) and a reduction catalyst for NOx to N2 (In-MFI), a so-called IAR method, is shown to be very effective in selectively reducing NO to N2 in the presence of excess oxygen.