Hydrocarbon adsorption mechanism of modern automobile engines and methods of reducing hydrocarbon emissions during cold start process: A review.

With the global emphasis on environmental protection and increasingly stringent emission regulations for internal combustion engines, there is an urgent need to overcome the problem of large hydrocarbon (HC) emissions caused by unstable engine cold starts. Synergistic engine pre-treatment (reducing hydrocarbon production) as well as after-treatment devices (adsorbing and oxidizing hydrocarbons) is the fundamental solution to emissions. In this paper, the improvement of hydrocarbon emissions is summarized from two aspects: pre-treatment and after-treatment.

Diesel particulate filter regeneration mechanism of modern automobile engines and methods of reducing PM emissions: a review.

Diesel particulate filter (DPF) is considered as an effective method to control particulate matter (PM) emissions from diesel engines, which is included in the mandatory installation list by more and more national/regional laws and regulations, such as CHINA VI, Euro VI, and EPA Tier3. Due to the limited capacity of DPF to contain PM, the manufacturer introduced a method of treating deposited PM by oxidation, which is called regeneration. This paper comprehensively summarizes the most advanced regeneration technology, including filter structure, new catalyst formula, accurate soot prediction, safe and reliable regeneration strategy, uncontrolled regeneration and its control methods.

Effects analysis on hydrocarbon light-off performance of a catalytic gasoline particulate filter during cold start.

In order to study the hydrocarbon combustion in the low-temperature catalytic process of a catalytic gasoline particulate filter (CGPF) during cold start, a mathematical model of the CGPF is established and verified firstly. Then, take T (a temperature when the hydrocarbon conversion rate reaches 50%) as hydrocarbon light-off (LO) temperature; the effects of different exhaust parameters and structural parameters on hydrocarbon light-off performance and reaction rate are investigated based on simulation results. Finally, orthogonal experiment analysis is employed to further obtain the most significant factors and suggested parameter solution.