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A Performance Modeling of the Lean NOx Trap Catalyst with GT-POWERTM (GT-POWERTM를 이용한 Lean NOx Trap 촉매 성능 모델링)

  • Kim, Hyunjun;Han, Manbae;Jeon, Ji-Yong;Kim, Tae-Min
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.64-71
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    • 2013
  • In this study we designed a lean $NO_x$ trap (LNT) model with $GT-POWER^{TM}$ program and then the LNT model was compared to the bench flow reactor test results. This model consists of 9 kinetic reactions to represent the main steps of NO oxidation, $NO_x$ adsorption, $NO_x$ release and then its reduction. The comparison was performed on the operating conditions at the space velocity of 50,000 1/hr and 80,000 1/hr with the temperature range of $200^{\circ}C{\sim}500^{\circ}C$ with the even spaced temperature step of $50^{\circ}C$. The experimental results show that the $NO_x$ conversion efficiency was enhanced by the temperature up to $350^{\circ}C$ and then decayed at higher temperatures. The LNT model predicts the similar trend of the $NO_x$ conversion efficiency to the experimental results below $350^{\circ}C$, but overestimates above $350^{\circ}C$. This overestimation comes from the higher reduction efficiency which was obtained by the different reduction gas composition such as $C_3H_6$ in the model to replace $CH_4$, $C_2H_4$ in the bench test.

A Study on NOx Reduction Characteristics of LNT Catalyst with Fuel Injection Control in Light-duty Diesel Engine (승용디젤엔진의 연료분사 제어를 통한 LNT 촉매의 NOx 저감 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Seung-Kwon;Ko, A-Hyun;Yoon, Joo-Wung;Myung, Cha-Lee;Park, Sim-Soo;Kim, Eun-Seok
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.150-155
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    • 2012
  • Lean NOx Trap (LNT) catalysts are capable of reducing exhaust NOx emissions from diesel engines. LNT stores NOx in lean condition and exhausts N2 by reducing NOx in rich condition. NOx reduction characteristic of LNT catalysts using throttle position sensor and fuel injection timing control for light-duty diesel engine was investigated. In contrast to SCR system, LNT catalyst uses diesel fuel in resuctant. Also if the concentration of reductant is exceeded, excessive amount of reductant will slip throughout LNT and cause another emission problem. Thus LNT regeneration with precise engine control established that can make higher NOx conversion efficiency and lower fuel penalty, prevent another emission problem. NOx and reductant concentration were measured by the NOx sensor and Mexa7100D equipped inlet and outlet of catalyst. As a result of engine test, regeneration strategy has reached high of 77.8% NOx conversion efficiency according to engine operation condition. Moreover, we have proved that it is possible to use regeneration strategy of LNT within 5% fuel penalty.

Research on the NOx Reduction Rate of Diesel Vehicle for Euro-6 (Euro-6 대응 경유 차량의 NOx 저감율 분석 연구)

  • Kang, Minkyung;Kwon, Seokjoo;Seo, Youngho
    • Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.15-18
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    • 2017
  • As emission gas regulation of deisel vehicles is strengthened to Euro-6, It becomes difficult to deal with NOx regulated value mainly by EGR without additional after-treatment system. In addition, RDE(Real Driving Emissions) test will be introduced after september 2017. Therefore, It is essential to develop the after-treatment of diesel vehicles which reduce NOx emissions. It is possible to use DOC, DPF, LNT or DOC, DPF and SCR as a after-treatment system for reducing NOx. However, It is expected that the SCR will be applied widely because LNT alone does not have sufficient NOx purification efficiency. In this study, It tried to analyze the efficiency of reducing NOx emissions during the mode test by attaching a NOx sensor to test vehicle. As a result, It was confirmed that NOx emissions was significantly reduce through the after-treatment system from engine. And the NOx reduction efficiency of SCR was about 4.5 times better than DOC, DPF.

NOx Emission Characteristics of Diesel Passenger Cars Met Euro 6a, 6b and 6d Regulations on Off-cycles (Off-cycle에서 Euro 6a, 6b 및 6d 규제 만족 디젤 자동차의 NOx 배출 특성)

  • Kim, Jeonghwan;Kim, Sungwoo;Kim, Kiho
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.136-148
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    • 2018
  • Major countries have tighten their NOx regulation of diesel passenger cars. In the case of the EU, the regulation has been toughen up to 6.25 times since 2000. Despite the regulation the NOx concentration of the ambient has not been reduced proportionally. As these issues, to reduce NOx emission practically, Korea and the EU introduced the real-world driving emission (RDE) regulation and the test method that will be applied after 2017. In this paper, for the regulation to make a soft landing in Korea, 6 diesel passenger cars which met Euro 6a~6d regulation and were equipped with LNT/SCR were tested at a chassis dynamometer with environmental chamber applying the off-cycles (FTP, US06, SC03, HWFET and CADC) and several ambient conditions (-7 and $14^{\circ}C$) as well as certification modes (NEDC, WLTC@ $23^{\circ}C$). The result of the test showed that the ambient temp. and the engine load as a test mode impacted the NOx emission of the cars while the vehicles with SCR emitted NOx lower than with LNT. Additionally, to propose an effective RDE test method, the above result was compared with the results of the other papers which tested RDE using the same cars.

Improvement in Reduction Performance of LNT-Catalyst System with Micro-Reformer in Diesel Engine (연료 개질장치의 적용에 따른 디젤 LNT 환원성능 개선 특성)

  • Park, Cheol-Woong;Kim, Chang-Gi;Kim, Kwan-Tae;Lee, Dae-Hoon;Song, Young-Hoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.34 no.7
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    • pp.689-696
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    • 2010
  • The Because of its high thermal efficiency, the direct injection (DI) diesel engine has emerged as a promising potential candidate in the field of transportation. However, the amount of nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$) increases in the local high-temperature regions and that of particulate matter (PM) increases in the diffusion flame region during diesel combustion. In the de-$NO_x$ system the Lean $NO_x$ Trap (LNT) catalyst is used, which absorbs $NO_x$ under lean exhaust gas conditions and releases it in rich conditions. This technology can provide a high $NO_x$-conversion efficiency, but the right amount of reducing agent should be supplied to the catalytic converter at the right time. In this research, the emission characteristics of a diesel engine equipped with a micro-reformer that acts as a reductants-supplying equipment were investigated using an LNT system, and the effects of the exhaust-gas temperature were also studied.

Characteristics of Simultaneous Removal of NOx and PM over a Hybrid System of LNT/DPF + SCR/DPF in a Single Cylinder Diesel Engine (단기통 디젤엔진에서 LNT/DPF + SCR/DPF 하이브리드 시스템의 NOx 및 PM 동시저감 특성)

  • Kang, Wooseok;Park, Su Han;Choi, Byungchul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.152-160
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    • 2016
  • The market demand for diesel engine tends to increase in general passenger cars as well as commercial vehicles because of its advantages. However, to meet the vehicle emissions regulation which will be more stringent in the future, it is necessary to plurally apply all after-treatment technologies such as diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), catalyzed diesel particulate filter (CDPF), lean NOx trap (LNT) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR), and so on. Accordingly, the exhaust after-treatment system for diesel vehicle requires the technology of minimizing the numbers of catalysts by integrating every individual catalysts. The purposes of this study is to develop hybrid exhaust after-treatment device system which simultaneously uses LNT/DPF and SCR/DPF catalyst concurrently reducing NOx and particulate matter (PM). As the results, the hybrid system with $NH_3$ generated at LNT/DPF working as a reducing agent of SCR/DPF catalyst, improving NOx conversion rate, was found to be more excellent in de-NOx performance than that in LNT/DPF alone system.

Characteristics of NOx and PN According to After-treatment for Light-duty Diesel Vehicles in WLTC Test Mode (WLTC 시험 모드에서 소형 경유자동차의 후처리 시스템에 따른 질소산화물 및 입자개수 배출 특성)

  • Lee, Dong In;Ko, Sangchul;Yu, Young Soo;Park, Junhong;Cha, Junepyo;Chon, Mun Soo
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.234-243
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    • 2018
  • Since September 2017, a small diesel vehicle certification test mode has been enhanced from NEDC to WLTC. The main reason for the change of the certification test mode is that the certification test mode of the emission control standard of the diesel vehicle does not sufficiently reflect various driving patterns of the actual roads. Several automakers have developed after-treatment systems such as LNT, SCR, and DPF to meet enhanced emissions regulations. In this study, four small diesel cars were selected for sale in Korea, and the exhaust gas measurement test was performed in the WLTC mode, which reflects the driving characteristics of the actual roads. As a result of test, LNT vehicle exceeded Euro 6 NOx regulation and SCR vehicle satisfied Euro 6 NOx regulation. In addition, both LNT and SCR systems showed high NOX emission characteristics due to speed, RPA and Vxa. For the PN, all test vehicles were fitted with a DPF and met the Euro 6 PN regulations, with similar PN emissions results in LNT and SCR system.

NOx Emission Characteristics of Diesel Passenger Cars Met Euro 6a and 6b Regulations on Off-cycles (Off-cycle에서 Euro 6a 및 6b 규제 만족 디젤 자동차의 NOx 배출 특성)

  • Kim, Sung-Woo;Lim, Jae-Hyuk;Kim, Ki-Ho
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.68-78
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    • 2017
  • Major countries have tighten their NOx regulation of diesel passenger cars. In the case of the EU, the regulation has been toughen up to 6.25 times since 2000. Despite the regulation the NOx concentration of the ambient has not been reduced proportionally. Futhermore, some manufacturers were disclosed using a defeat device for meeting the regulation illegally. As these issues, to reduce NOx emission practically, Korea and the EU introduced the real-world driving emission(RDE) regulation and the test method that will be applied after 2017. Also, the US has used the test equipment(PEMS) to detect a defeat device. In this paper, for the regulation to make a soft landing in Korea, 4 diesel passenger cars which met Euro 6a~6b regulation and were equipped with LNT/SCR were tested at a chassis dynamometer with environmental chamber applying the off-cycles(FTP, US06, SC03, HWFET and CADC) and several ambient condition(-7 and $14^{\circ}C$) as well as certification mode(NEDC, WLTC@ $23^{\circ}C$). The result of the test showed that the ambient temp. and the engine load as a test mode impacted the NOx emission of the cars while the vehicles with SCR emitted NOx lower than with LNT. Additionally, to propose an effective RDE test method, the above result was compared with the results of the other papers which tested RDE using the same cars.

Study on the Optimal Injection Condition for HC-LNT Catalyst System for Diesel Engines with a Gasoline PFI Type Injector (가솔린 인젝터를 디젤엔진용 HC-LNT 촉매에 적용하기 위한 최적 분사 조건에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Jung-Mo;Mun, Woong-Ki;Kim, Ki-Bum;Lee, Jin-Ha;Lee, Ki-Hyung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.121-127
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    • 2011
  • NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) reduction system periodically needs a rich or stoichiometric operating condition to reduce NOx. A new method that optimizes the control of external HC injection into a diesel exhaust pipe for HC-type LNT (Lean NOx Trap) catalyst system has been developed. In this paper, these catalysts are called HC-LNT catalysts. The concentration and amount of HC can be controlled by controlling the external injection. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the spray behavior of hydrocarbons injected into the transparent exhaust pipe and NOx reduction characteristics. From the results of this experiment, we obtained useful information about the optimum injection and position of HC injector to the exhaust pipe. Further, we obtained useful information about the optimal injection condition for an HC-LNT catalyst system with a gasoline PFI (port fuel injection) typeinjector.

NH3 Generation Characteristics of a LNT Catalyst Downstream (LNT 촉매 후단의 NH3 생성 특성)

  • Seo, Choong-Kil
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.18-23
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    • 2016
  • As diesel engines have high power and good fuel economy on top of less $CO_2$ emissions, their market shares are increasing not only in commercial vehicles but also in passenger cars. LNT, urea-SCR and combination of them have been developed for after-treatment of the exhaust gas to reduce NOx on diesel vehicles. The aim of this study is to investigate the $NH_3$ generation characteristics of LNT catalyst downstream. It was found from the experiments of the LNT catalyst that $H_2$ was useful as a reductant in SCR catalyst because it can enhance the de-NOx performance and improve $NH_3$ selectivity. The $NH_3$ generation of the LNT, when hydrothermally aged at $900^{\circ}C$ for 18 hr, increased to about 90ppm at $300^{\circ}C$ due to Pt sintering and Ba agglomeration. LNT catalyst was most sulfur poisoning at $500^{\circ}C$. The $NH_3$ slip increased due to the reduction of residence time according to SV increase.