Harmful gas removing agent

摘要

PCT No. PCT/JP96/02792 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 26, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 26, 1998 PCT Filed Sep. 26, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/11779 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 3, 1997The present invention is directed to a harmful gas removing agent used for removing harmful gas such as CO, NOx, and O3 from exhaust gases ventilated from automobile tunnels and underground parking, thereby preventing air pollution. The harmful gas removing agent, solving the problems of the conventional adsorbents and catalysts, is capable of efficiently removing NOx with no need of pre-treatment of adding O3 to the exhaust gas being treated, as well as being capable of satisfactorily removing CO and O3 from exhaust gases even at high humidity, and its removing activity lasts for a long time. Furthermore, the harmful gas removing agent can be regenerated by being exposed to hot air at relatively low temperature, thereby being repeatedly used, and is hard to be poisoned by SOx contained in the exhaust gas. The harmful gas removing agent includes, as effective components, a manganese oxide having a specific average manganese oxidation number, a manganese-copper compound oxide or a manganese-iron compound oxide, and a ruthenium compound, or in addition thereto an alkali metal compound.