Technical Advantages of Urea SCR for Light-Duty and Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Applications
Date Published: 2004-03-08
Paper Number:2004-01-1292
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-1292
Citation:
Lambert, C., Hammerle, R., McGill, R., Khair, M. et al., "Technical Advantages of Urea SCR for Light-Duty and Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Applications," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-1292, 2004, doi:10.4271/2004-01-1292.
The 2007 emission standards for both light-duty and heavy-duty diesel vehicles remain a challenge. A level of about 90% NOx conversion is required to meet the standards. Technologies that have the most potential to achieve very high NOx conversion at low temperatures of diesel exhaust are lean NOx traps (LNTs) and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx using aqueous urea, typically known as Urea SCR. The LNT has the advantage of requiring no new infrastructure, and does not pose any new customer compliance issues. However, Urea SCR has high and durable NOx conversion in a wider temperature window, a lower equivalent fuel penalty, and lower system cost. On a technical basis, Urea SCR has the best chance of meeting the 2007 NOx targets. This paper reviews the results of some demonstration programs for both light-and heavy-duty applications.
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