Abstract
Alkali and alkaline earth metal impurities found in diesel fuels are potential poisons for diesel exhaust catalysts. A set of diesel engine production exhaust systems was aged to 150,000 miles. These exhaust systems included a diesel oxidation catalyst, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, and diesel particulate filter (DPF). Four separate exhaust systems were aged, each with a differentfuel: ultralow sulfur diesel containing no measureable metals, B20 (a common biodiesel blend) containing sodium, B20 containing potassium, and B20 containing calcium, which were selected to simulate the maximum allowable levels in B100 according to ASTM D6751. Analysis included Federal Test Procedure emissions testing, bench-flow reactor testing of catalyst cores, electron probe microanalysis(EPMA), and measurement of thermo-mechanical properties of the DPFs. EPMA imaging found that the sodium and potassium penetrated into the washcoat, while calcium remained on the surface. Bench-flow reactor experiments were used to measure the standard nitrogen oxide (NOx) conversion, ammonia storage, and ammonia oxidation for each of the aged SCR catalysts. Vehicle emissions tests were conductedwith each of the aged catalyst systems using a chassis dynamometer. The vehicle successfully passed the 0.2 gram/mile NOx emission standard with each of the four aged exhaust systems.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 14 |
State | Published - 2013 |
Event | SAE 2013 World Congress and Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan Duration: 16 Apr 2013 → 18 Apr 2013 |
Conference
Conference | SAE 2013 World Congress and Exhibition |
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City | Detroit, Michigan |
Period | 16/04/13 → 18/04/13 |
Bibliographical note
Posted with permissionNREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-5400-57585
Keywords
- alkali
- alkaline
- diesel exhaust catalysts
- diesel fuels
- earth metal impurities
- exhaust system aging
- Ford F250 pickup