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A Study of NH3 Adsorption/Desorption Characteristics and Model Based Control in the Urea-SCR System

Urea-SCR 시스템의 NH3 흡·탈착 특성 및 모델기반 제어 연구

  • Ham, Yunyoung (Department of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Woosuk University) ;
  • Park, Suyeol (Power System Research Lab., Hanwha Techwin R&D Center)
  • 함윤영 (우석대학교 기계자동차공학과) ;
  • 박수열 (한화테크윈 파워시스템 연구소)
  • Received : 2015.09.23
  • Accepted : 2016.02.02
  • Published : 2016.05.01

Abstract

Urea-SCR system is currently regarded as promising NOx reduction technology for diesel engines. SCR system has to achieve maximal NOx conversion in combination with minimal $NH_3$ slip. In this study, model based open loop control for urea injection was developed and assessed in the European Transient Cycle (ETC) for heavy duty diesel engine. On the basis of the transient modeling, the kinetic parameters of the $NH_3$ adsorption and desorption are calibrated with the experimental results performed over the zeolite based catalyst. $NH_3$ storage or surface coverage of SCR catalyst can not be measured directly and has to be calculated, which is taken into account as a control parameter in this model. In order to reduce $NH_3$ slip while maintaining NOx reduction, $NH_3$ storage control algorithm was applied to correct the basic urea quantity. If the actual $NH_3$ surface coverage is higher than the maximal $NH_3$ surface coverage, the urea injection quantity is significantly reduced in the ETC cycle. By applying this logic, the resulting $NH_3$ slip peak can be avoided effectively. With optimizing the kinetic parameters based on standard SCR reaction, it suggests that a simplified, less accurate model can be effective to evaluate the capability of model based control in the ETC cycle.

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