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Title: Durability of palladium only three-way automotive emisson control catalysts

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OSTI ID:5377851

The noble metal palladium (Pd) has the capability of simultaneously converting significant quantities of HC, CO and NO/sub x/ in automotive exhaust. Primary interests in using palladium-containing TWC catalysts are overall noble metal cost reduction, reduction in rhodium usage and important performance advantages. Dynamometer aging experiments comparing palladium and platinum/rhodium catalysts were conducted under a variety of operating conditions. Vehicle evaluation of these aged catalysts under U.S. FTP-75, European ECE-15 and Japan 10-Mode conditions indicate that palladium-only TWC technology is vaiable for achieving high levels of three-way control. Vehicle aging studies (25K miles) were also conducted. The results of these studies are discussed in this work.

OSTI ID:
5377851
Report Number(s):
CONF-890240-
Resource Relation:
Conference: Society of Automotive Engineers international congress and exposition, Detroit, MI (USA), 27 Feb - 3 Mar 1989; Other Information: Technical Paper 890794
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English