Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) operation depends strongly on both heat and ammonia availability (stored or incoming). These requirements make high efficiency SCR challenging in lower temperature cycles where SCR is relatively cold, and Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) injection is largely absent due to deposit risks. Examples include low temperature cycles such as low-idling, stop-and-go or low-load cycles such as city driving or local delivery cycles.An Electrically Heated Mixer/ EHM™ is utilized to address these challenges in a single component. EHM simultaneously provides heat for rapid SCR heat-up during the cold phase or in other low-temperature operations, steady or transient. Second, its heating mechanism makes deposit risks nearly non-existent. Third, EHM enables DEF injection at 130 °C, markedly enhancing the low temperature SCR impact. It is shown that these capabilities collectively make EHM a promising pathway for meeting ultra-stringent NOx targets including California 2027 (0.02 gr/hp.hr). Via rapidly heating the SCR catalyst during cold-start, EHM enables substantially lowering the cold-phase NOx. For instance, it is shown this lowers the cold FTP and cold WHTC NOx emission by 2 – 2.5 fold and in Low-Load Cycle by 22-fold.EHM also allows DEF injection in low exhaust temperatures such as in 70 - 80 °C, for instance for rapidly filling the SCR catalyst with ammonia, if needed.Unlike adding other exhaust flow heating devices where an additional component is ultimately integrated in the aftertreatment architecture, EHM is a mixer, already present in emission control systems. These flexibilities, along with its lower cost and ease in fitting, make EHM an enabling pathway for Diesel emission control systems meeting very low NOx regulations.


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    Title :

    A Multi-Function, Heated Mixer for Rapid Heat-up, Low-Temperature Ammonia Demand, Deposit Prevention and to Meet Ultra-Low NOx Regulations


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    WCX SAE World Congress Experience ; 2023



    Publication date :

    2023-04-11




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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