Influence of Both Catalyst Geometry and Fuel Sulfur Content on NOX Adsorber Poisoning

Matthias Bouchez; Jean-Baptiste Dementhon; Isabelle Messaoudi; Marc Guyon; Rémi Noirot

doi:10.4271/2001-01-1934

2001-05-07

Influence of Both Catalyst Geometry and Fuel Sulfur Content on NOX Adsorber Poisoning 2001-01-1934

NOx adsorbers are very sensitive to sulfur poisoning and future fuel standards are unlikely to be sufficient to prevent the system from requiring periodic desulfation procedures. The purpose of this paper is to present the effects of low fuel sulfur content such as 50 ppm and 10 ppm on the NOx adsorber efficiency for a diesel application. Through this study, the influence of the substrate cell geometry has also been assessed.

The use of a 10 ppm sulfur fuel is not enough to maintain, at a high level, the NOx adsorber performance during a 40,000 km aging test. The desulfation criterion (efficiency loss of 30%) is reached after the first 16,000 km. However, the desulfation operation is not enough to recover the initial catalyst performance and the poisoning velocity increases as the catalyst ages.

The hexagonal cell substrate catalyst is less sensitive to sulfur poisoning than a square cell substrate catalyst so that its desulfation frequency is much lower. With a 10 ppm sulfur fuel, 4 desulfation operations were achieved with a hexagonal cell catalyst as opposed to 11 with a square cell catalyst during the 40,000 km aging test.

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Influence of Both Catalyst Geometry and Fuel Sulfur Content on NOX Adsorber Poisoning 2001-01-1934

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