The catalytic performance of sulfided Mn/Al 2O 3 and Cu-Mn/Al 2O 3 catalysts for the ammonia decomposition has been studied by using a fixed-bed flow apparatus. It is found that the addition of copper component to Mn/Al 2O 3 catalyst can increase its catalytic activity for ammonia decomposition. The results of TPR indicate that the existence of copper component significantly improves the reduction of catalysts, which is beneficial to form active metal sulfide phase to catalyze the reduction of SO 2 to H 2S by hydrogen. X-ray diffraction results reveal that the Cu-Mn/Al 2O 3 catalyst (n Cu /n Mn =0.4) contains a CuMn 2O 4 phase before reaction, and displays MnS peaks after reaction.
