Patent 7153345 was granted and assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute on December, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
High capacity sulfur oxide absorbents utilizing manganese-based octahedral molecular sieve (Mn—OMS) materials are disclosed. An emissions reduction system for a combustion exhaust includes a scrubber 24 containing these high capacity sulfur oxide absorbents located upstream from a NOX filter 26 or particulate trap.