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Catalysts, Emission Control

Specialty Chemicals Update Program

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Published January 2020

The importance of emission control catalysts has been increasing as environmental concerns and measures to fight pollution have become more important globally. China has become the largest market for vehicle emission control catalysts. Europe is the second1largest market, followed by North America. Catalyst consumption in China will continue to grow along with increasing vehicle production and with increasingly stringent emission control regulations. The fastest developing regions are Southeast Asia and India.

The main processes used in stationary emission control catalysts are selective catalytic reduction 3SCR4, catalytic oxidation, catalyzed traps/filters for particulate matter, and catalytic incineration of VOC emissions. The SCR catalyst market in North America, Europe, and Japan is mainly a reload market, while the main new market for coal1fired power plants/SCR catalysts is in China and India.

The following pie chart shows world consumption of catalysts for emission control catalysts for mobile sources on a value basis:

emission catalysts

Two factors are driving the growth of the mobile emission catalyst markets: further tightening of regulations in the United States, the European Union, and Japan, and the introduction or further tightening of emission standards in China, India, Other Asian countries, Russia, and Latin America in the forecast period. Emissions from mobile and stationary sources have increased in recent years.

Catalysts for environmental protection are becoming more widespread for applications such as off1gas cleaning, including

  • NOx from electrical power plants, refineries and chemical plants, and furnaces, boilers, and incinerators.
  • VOC emission treatment from chemical plants, surface coating facilities, and so on.
  • Regenerative thermal oxidizers and converters for exhaust streams in chemical plants.
  • Dioxin reduction from waste incinerators.
  • Catalytic converters in two1stroke stationary engines. Biofuels such as palm oil can be used in combined heat and power plants in a low1speed two1stroke engine. This combination represents a special challenge to NOx reduction technology to fulfill air emissions legislation. The chemistry of biofuels differs from fossil fuels in that the exhaust gas includes phosphorus, which needs to be taken into consideration in order to avoid catalyst deactivation. Two1stroke diesel engines, on the other hand, result in very low exhaust temperatures, demanding a particular design for reliable operation of NOx reduction.

Recently, apparent manipulations in automotive software resulted in emission values under test conditions that did not reflect real emissions under normal use conditions. It appears that some automotive producers tried to avoid the use of selective catalytic reduction 3SCR4 catalysts in smaller diesel vehicles. These catalysts require additional space under the hood, which is already tight, as well as an additional tank for the reducing agent, which in turn is inconvenient for the consumer as it needs to be refilled. As it turns out, the use of only oxidation catalysts does not seem to allow for the simultaneous achievement of target values for diesel consumption, motor power, and emission values under normal driving conditions; accordingly, SCR catalysts will become the norm in these types of diesel vehicles in the coming years.

Trends that are expected to affect the global emission control catalyst business from ;9:= to ;9;< include the following:

  • Increasing automobile production, especially in developing countries.
  • More1stringent legislation on automobile emissions in both developed and developing countries.
  • More1stringent emission standards for off1road diesel engines 3e.g., industrial drilling rigs, compressors, construction wheel loaders, bulldozers, nonroad trucks, highway excavators, forklift trucks, road maintenance equipment, snowplows, ground support equipment in airports, aerial lifts and mobile cranes, agricultural and forestry tractors4 and for ships and vessels and railway locomotives and railcars.
  • More1stringent legislation on emissions from stationary sources.

For more detailed information, see the table of contents, shown below.

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Contents

Executive summary 6
Summary 8
Abbreviations 11
Emission control catalysts for mobile sources 13
Products and functions 13
Gasoline engines 13
Diesel engines 15
Fuel properties 17
Industry structure 17
Market participants 18
BASF Catalysts 18
Cataler Corporation 19
Johnson Matthey Catalysts 20
Kunming Sino-Platinum Metal Catalyst Co., Ltd. 21
Umicore 21
Wuxi Weifu Lida Catalytic Converter Co., Ltd. 22
Catalyst suppliers by region 22
North America 22
South America 23
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa 23
Japan 24
China 25
Other Asia 25
Operating characteristics 26
Research and development 26
Manufacturing 27
Marketing 27
Cost structure 27
Profitability 28
Government regulations 28
North America 29
Regulations for fuel quality 30
Gasoline-sulfur reduction 30
Gasoline-benzene reduction 30
Diesel-sulfur reduction 31
Emission standards for mobile sources 31
Light-duty vehicles 31
Heavy-duty trucks and buses 32
Off-road vehicles, locomotive, and marine 33
Central and South America 33
Europe 35
Regulations for fuel quality 36
Emission standards for mobile sources 37
Light-duty vehicles (passenger cars and light commercial vehicles) 38
Heavy-duty diesel engines 39
On-road 39
Off-road 40
Motorcycles and mopeds 41
Japan 42
Regulations for fuel quality 42
Gasoline 43
Gas oil/diesel oil 43
Emission standards for mobile sources 44
Light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty diesel engines 44
Motorcycles 45
Nonroad 45
China 46
Regulations for fuel quality 46
Emission standards for mobile sources 47
Catalyst markets for emission control for mobile sources 49
Consumption and markets 49
Vehicle production 52
Catalyst consumption 54
Light-duty vehicles 55
Heavy-duty diesel vehicles 56
Small engines (motorcycles and mopeds, off-road equipment) 57
Future trends and strategic issues 58
Emission control catalysts for stationary sources 60
Products and functions 60
Industry structure 63
Market participants 64
North America 65
Europe, Middle East, and Africa 65
Japan 67
China 68
Operating characteristics 70
Research and development 70
Marketing 70
Government regulations 70
United States 71
Europe 71
Large combustion plants directive 72
Waste Incineration Directive (WI) 72
VOC Solvents Directive 73
Vapor emissions from fuel distribution and storage 73
Marine and rail applications 73
Japan 74
China 76
India 78
Catalyst markets for emission control for stationary sources 79
Consumption and markets 79
Future trends and strategic issues 81
Platinum group metals (PGMs) for emission control catalysts 84
Sources and production 84
Consumption of PGMs in catalysts 84
Platinum 85
Palladium 86
Rhodium 86
Recovery of PGMs 86
Prices 87
Revisions 88
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