Development of Robust Electric Heating System for Medium Duty Diesel Vehicles

Culbertson, David; Pradun, James; Khair, Magdi; Diestelmeier, Jeff

doi:10.4271/2017-01-0937

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“…Recently developed diesel engines use both LNT and SCR, as well as multiple SCRs including a DPF coated with an SCR to minimize tail-pipe NO x emissions, 2,3 in order to satisfy strict emission regulations, including real driving emission (RDE) tests. In addition, to reduce the light-off time of after-treatment systems, heating strategies such as the use of an electric heating system 4 and exhaust valve phasing for a rapid warm-up 5 have recently been studied.…”

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Prediction of NO_x considering NO and NO₂ for a CI engine

Lee

Min

2021

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D:

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Nitrogen oxides (NO x) are one of the main harmful emissions from diesel engines. Regulations on emissions are becoming more stringent; consequently, research should aim at reducing both engine-out NO x and tail-pipe NO x emissions. Exhaust gas recirculation is mainly used to reduce engine-out NO x emissions. After-treatment methods such as lean NO x trap systems and selective catalyst reduction are used to minimize tail-pipe NO x emissions. Real-time feedback control during transient conditions can further reduce these emissions and be utilized when information about real-time engine-out NO x emissions is available. It would be helpful to evaluate the proportion of NO2 in NO x emissions because the conversion efficiency of an after-treatment system is affected by temperature and the NO-to-NO2 ratio. Therefore, a semi-empirical NO x model considering NO and NO2 separately was developed for a diesel engine in this study. The NO estimation model was established based on the extended Zeldovich mechanism. The NO2 estimation model focused on chemical reactions between NO and other species and was based on formation and decomposition mechanisms. This NO x model can contribute to the cost reduction of engine systems by replacing existing NO x sensors and can also be applied to real-time feedback control strategies to minimize NO x emissions.

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