SINTESIS KATALIS CuO-ZEOLIT ALAM UNTUK REAKSI REDUKSI GAS NO2 MENGGUNAKAN REDUKTOR SENYAWA HIDROKARBON
Abstract: The exhaust gases
from automobile engines and industrial boilers contain mainly oxides of carbon
(CO and CO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), hydrocarbons (HC), sulphur dioxide (SO2),
particulates and soot. One of the most urgent problems is removal of NOx,
typically produced during high-temperature combustion and contribute to
formation of smog and ground-level ozone by reacting with hydrocarbons in
presence of sunlight. Preparation, and modification of CuO / natural zeolite as
well as their characterizations had been carried out. The aim of this research
is to prepare the best characters catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of
NOx. The CuO / natural zeolite was prepared by mechanically mixing of 100 g of
natural zeolite, which it has been heated at 400oC, with CuNO3.3H2O powder, The
weight ratio of the mixture was 2.5 and 5% (w/w). The mixture was then calcined
at 400oC for 6 hours. The calcined product was characterized using X-Ray
Diffractometry, X-Ray Fluorescence analysis and Gas Sorption Analysis methods
to determine its physicochemical properties changes caused by mixing and
calcination. The characterization results showed that dispertion of CuNO3.3H2O
on zeolite resulted in the increasing of copper concentration on CuO / natural
zeolite. The concentration of Cu on natural zeolite was found to be 0.15%
(w/w), meanwhile on CuO / natural zeolite was 2.29% (w/w). From X-Ray
Diffractometry analysis result no information was found that CuO was dipersed
on natural zeolite. It was caused by overlapping of the reflections of zeolite
with reflections of CuO. On the otherhand, the gas sorption analysis result
exhibited that the dispersion of CuO on zeolite resulted in the decreasing of
total pore volume as well as specific surface area of the natural zeolite. The
specific surface areas of natural zeolite and CuO / natural zeolite were 228,1
and 172,1 m2/g, respectively, meanwhile the total pore volumes of natural
zeolite and CuO / natural zeolite were 0.2316 and 0.2108 m3/g.
Penulis: Arif Hidayat, Sutarno
Sutarno
Kode Jurnal: jptindustridd130550
