Urea injection control strategy in urea-selective catalytic reduction for heavy-duty diesel engine under transient process

Abstract

A urea injection control strategy for urea-selective catalytic reduction under a transient process is investigated on a heavy-duty diesel engine test bench in this study. The aim is to improve NO _x conversion efficiency and reduce ammonia slip. With the selective catalytic reduction system as the research object, an open thermodynamic conservation system is established. The conservation relationship in the process of urea injection, NO _x reduction reaction, ammonia storage, and ammonia slip is investigated. The ideal target ammonia storage area and the ammonia storage characteristics during the transient process are studied. The ammonia storage area and boundary, which change with the transient temperature, are established. Correction of real-time ammonia injection is further deduced from the boundary of the area. The world harmonized transient cycle test cycle result showed that compared to feed-forward control, the NO _x conversion efficiency increased by 16% and the NH₃ slip decreased by 75% when using the proposed real-time ammonia storage-management control method.