Development and validation of a model for wall-flow type selective catalytic reduction system

Abstract

The two-way diesel particulate filter (DPF)/selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions-reduction system has recently been extensively studied due to its potential cost savings and packing flexibility. Unlike a conventional emissions-reduction system that consists of a DPF and an SCR for reduction of both particulate matter and nitrogen oxides (NO_x), this two-way system incorporates SCR function into a wall-flow DPF as a single device by coating SCR catalysts into the filter wall of the DPF. Such a combinatorial system has the advantage of lower system volume and cost, since exhaust gas undergoes soot filtering and NO_x reduction reaction simultaneously as it passes through the channels and filter wall. In this work, the mathematical formulations which govern the physical and chemical phenomena in the two-way DPF/SCR are derived and a computer simulation model is developed based on these formulations. The model has been validated and tested with experimental data from a reactor flow bench in a systematic manner, which captures ammonia adsorption/desorption and NO_x reduction of the blended two-way DPF/SCR device.