Effect of Drive Cycle and Gasoline Particulate Filter on the Size and Morphology of Soot Particles Emitted from a Gasoline-Direct-Injection Vehicle

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (19) ◽  
pp. 11950-11958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghdad Saffaripour ◽  
Tak W. Chan ◽  
Fengshan Liu ◽  
Kevin A. Thomson ◽  
Gregory J. Smallwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Injection ◽  
Gasoline Direct Injection ◽  
Particulate Filter ◽  
Drive Cycle ◽  
Soot Particles ◽  
Gasoline Particulate Filter ◽  
Size And Morphology

Evaluation of a Gasoline Particulate Filter to Reduce Particle Emissions from a Gasoline Direct Injection Vehicle

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1277-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tak W. Chan ◽  
Eric Meloche ◽  
Joseph Kubsh ◽  
Deborah Rosenblatt ◽  
Rasto Brezny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Injection ◽  
Gasoline Direct Injection ◽  
Particulate Filter ◽  
Particle Emissions ◽  
Gasoline Particulate Filter

Influence of Fuel Properties on GDI PM Emissions Over First 200 Seconds of WLTP Using an Engine Dynamometer and Novel “Virtual Drivetrain” Software

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah R. Bock ◽  
William F. Northrop
Keyword(s):  
Direct Injection ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Fuel Properties ◽  
Gasoline Direct Injection ◽  
Particulate Filter ◽  
Vehicle Speed ◽  
Engine Load ◽  
Vehicle Acceleration ◽  
Soot Loading

Abstract The influence of fuel properties on particulate matter (PM) emissions from a catalytic gasoline particulate filter (GPF) equipped gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine were investigated using novel “virtual drivetrain” software and an engine mated to an engine dynamometer. The virtual drivetrain software was developed in LabVIEW to operate the engine on an engine dynamometer as if it were in a vehicle undergoing a driving cycle. The software uses a physics-based approach to determine vehicle acceleration and speed based on engine load and a programed “shift” schedule to control engine speed. The software uses a control algorithm to modulate engine load and braking to match a calculated vehicle speed with the prescribed speed trace of the driving cycle of choice. The first 200 seconds of the WLTP driving cycle was tested using 6 different fuel formulations of varying volatility, aromaticity, and ethanol concentration. The first 200 seconds of the WLTP was chosen as the test condition because it is the most problematic section of the driving cycle for controlling PM emissions due to the cold start and cold drive-off. It was found that there was a strong correlation between aromaticity of the fuel and the engine-out PM emissions, with the highest emitting fuel producing more than double the mass emissions of the low PM production fuel. However, the post-GPF PM emissions depended greatly on the soot loading state of the GPF. The fuel with the highest engine-out PM emissions produced comparable post-GPF emissions to the lowest PM producing fuel over the driving cycle when the GPF was loaded over three cycles with the respective fuels. These results demonstrate the importance of GPF loading state when aftertreatment systems are used for PM reduction. It also shows that GPF control may be more important than fuel properties, and that regulatory compliance for PM can be achieved with proper GPF control calibration irrespective of fuel type.

scholarly journals Nanostructured Equimolar Ceria-Praseodymia for Total Oxidations in Low-O2 Conditions

Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Sartoretti ◽  
Fabio Martini ◽  
Marco Piumetti ◽  
Samir Bensaid ◽  
Nunzio Russo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Oxygen Species ◽  
Oxygen Deficiency ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Particulate Filter ◽  
Low Oxygen ◽  
Total Oxidation ◽  
Gasoline Engines ◽  
Gasoline Particulate Filter ◽  
Complementary Techniques ◽  
Temperature Programmed

A Gasoline Particulate Filter (GPF) can be an effective solution to abate the particulate matter produced in modern direct injection gasoline engines. The regeneration of this system is critical, since it occurs in oxygen deficiency, but it can be promoted by placing an appropriate catalyst on the filter walls. In this paper, a nanostructured equimolar ceria-praseodymia catalyst, obtained via hydrothermal synthesis, was characterized with complementary techniques (XRD, N2-physisorption, FESEM, XPS, Temperature Programmed Reduction, etc.) and its catalytic performances were investigated in low oxygen availability. Pr-doping significantly affected ceria structure and morphology, and the weakening of the cerium–oxygen bond associated to Pr insertion resulted in a high reducibility. The catalytic activity was explored considering different reactions, namely CO oxidation, ethylene and propylene total oxidation, and soot combustion. Thanks to its capability of releasing active oxygen species, ceria-praseodymia exhibited a remarkable activity and CO2-selectivity at low oxygen concentrations, proving to be a promising catalyst for coated GPFs.

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