Gasoline particulate filters are one potential technology path to address the EU6 particulate number regulation for gasoline-powered vehicles. While the passive and active soot regeneration with diesel particulate filters is well understood, almost no data exist under gasoline engine conditions where there is essentially no NO 2 and O 2 available for soot oxidation under normal stoichiometric λ=1 operation. The aim of this paper is to provide information and data to address these gasoline engine-specific conditions. The operation and conditions for a particulate filter in a gasoline direct injection engine environment are discussed utilizing results obtained in a broad range of laboratory and vehicle experiments. Since the accumulation of sufficient soot mass quantities proofed to be challenging on a vehicle, the present study is using Printex® U as surrogate soot, representing the least reactive fraction of particulate matter originating from the combustion. Conditions which enable the oxidation of soot under normal driving operation are identified. Conditions enabling passive soot oxidation in a gasoline engine exhaust system are proposed as well as potential worst case conditions.
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<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">With the introduction of EU6d and CN6 all vehicles with gasoline direct injection and many with port fuel injection engine will be equipped with a gasoline particulate filter (GPF). A range of first generation filter technologies has been introduced successfully, helping to significantly reduce the tailpipe particulate number emissions. The continued focus on particulate emissions and the increasing understanding of their impact on human health, combined with the advanced emission regulations under RDE conditions results in the desire for filters with even higher filtration efficiency, especially in the totally fresh state. At the same time, to balance with the requirements on power and CO2, limitations exist with respect to the tolerable pressure drop of filters.</div><div class="htmlview paragraph">In this paper we will report on a new generation of gasoline particulate filters for uncatalyzed applications. This new generation of filters has been developed to enable very high filtration efficiency, in most cases above 90%, even in the totally fresh state and over aggressive drive cycles. At the same time the associated pressure drop penalty of these new technologies is moderate and under many practical conditions comparable to Gen 1 technologies. The performance of the new filter technology will be discussed based on experimental data obtained on several vehicles and under different emission cycles. The robustness of the new technologies will be assessed based on data generated on engine bench and real world mileage accumulation on public roads.</div></div>
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