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Method and apparatus for monitoring a hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reduction device

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OSTI ID:1130964
A method for monitoring a hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device of an exhaust aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine operating lean of stoichiometry includes injecting a reductant into an exhaust gas feedstream upstream of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device at a predetermined mass flowrate of the reductant, and determining a space velocity associated with a predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device. When the space velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold space velocity, a temperature differential across the predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device is determined, and a threshold temperature as a function of the space velocity and the mass flowrate of the reductant is determined. If the temperature differential across the predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device is below the threshold temperature, operation of the engine is controlled to regenerate the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device.
Research Organization:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-02NT41218
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, MI)
Patent Number(s):
8,713,914
Application Number:
12/568,754
OSTI ID:
1130964
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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