Technical Paper
Catalysed Diesel Particulate Filters for Passenger Car Applications - Development Concepts for the Present and the Future
2005-01-19
2005-26-023
Several diesel powered passenger car manufacturers in the European Union announced recently the future use of catalysed diesel particulate filter systems on their vehicles. The filtration of the exhaust gas is being worked on since several years. Different filter materials and filter designs proved their ability to achieve high filtration efficiencies over the lifetime of the vehicle. The major technological challenge is the periodic regeneration of the filters loaded with the retained diesel particulates. In order to promote filter regeneration, catalytic activation of the accumulated soot is advantageous. Therefore, the first serial application of diesel particulate filter system (diesel oxidation catalyst combined with an uncoated filter substrate) uses catalytically active fuel additives. These systems have been introduced about four years ago and proved to be a viable technology to clean the exhaust gas of passenger car diesel engines.