DOSING AGENT INJECTION CONTROL FOR SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION CATALYSTS

• US 20100028230A1
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Gangopadhyay, Anupam, Gady, Kevin Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 7,736,595 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 423/239.100
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/1402 Exhaust gas composition
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/1622 Catalyst reducing agent absorption capacity or consumption amount
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/208 Control of selective catalytic reduction [SCR], e.g. dosing of reducing agent
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 423/05 Automatic, including computer, control

Abstract

A dosing control system comprises a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) analysis module and a dosing management module. The SCR analysis module estimates ammonia (NH3) stored by an SCR catalyst, maximum NH3 storage capacity of the SCR catalyst, NH3 slip downstream of the SCR catalyst, NH3 oxidation, and NH3 conversion through reaction with nitrogen oxides (NOx). The NH3 stored is estimated based an amount of dosing agent injected, the NH3 slip, the NH3 oxidation, and the NH3 conversion. The dosing management module controls dosing agent injection into an exhaust system upstream of the SCR catalyst based on the NH3 stored by the SCR catalyst and the maximum NH3 storage capacity.

Claims

1. A dosing control system comprising:

a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) analysis module that estimates ammonia (NH3) stored by an SCR catalyst, maximum NH3 storage capacity of said SCR catalyst, NH3 slip downstream of said SCR catalyst, NH3 oxidation, and NH3 conversion through reaction with nitrogen oxides (NOx), wherein said NH3 stored is estimated based an amount of dosing agent injected, said NH3 slip, said NH3 oxidation, and said NH3 conversion; and

a dosing management module that controls dosing agent injection into an exhaust system upstream of said SCR catalyst based on said NH3 stored by said SCR catalyst and said maximum NH3 storage capacity.

2. The dosing control system of claim 1 further comprising an error module that determines a difference between NOx measured by a NOx sensor downstream of said SCR catalyst and an estimated NOx measurement for said NOx sensor and that selectively adjusts at least one of said maximum NH3 storage capacity and said NH3 stored based on said difference.

3. The dosing control system of claim 2 wherein said SCR analysis module estimates said estimated NOx measurement.

4. The dosing control system of claim 2 further comprising an adjustment module that outputs an adjusted estimate of said estimated NOx measurement based on said estimated NOx measurement and said NH3 slip, wherein said error module determines said difference between said NOx measured by said NOx sensor and said adjusted estimate.

5. The dosing control system of claim 4 wherein said adjustment module delays said output of said adjusted estimate for a delay period for said NOx sensor.

6. The dosing control system of claim 2 wherein said error module selectively increases said NH3 stored by said SCR catalyst when said difference is greater than a first predetermined amount while said NH3 stored is less than said maximum NH3 storage capacity and said NH3 slip is less than a second predetermined amount.

7. The dosing control system of claim 1 wherein said SCR analysis module estimates NH3 desorption and adjusts said NH3 slip based on said NH3 desorption.

8. The dosing control system of claim 1 wherein said dosing management module determines an NH3 setpoint based on said maximum NH3 storage capacity and said NH3 stored and controls said dosing agent injection based on said NH3 setpoint.

9. The dosing control system of claim 1 wherein said SCR analysis module estimates said NH3 stored further based on NOx measured upstream of said SCR catalyst and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in said NOx measured upstream of said SCR catalyst.

18. The dosing control method of claim 1 wherein said estimating said stored comprises estimating said NH3 stored further based on NOx measured upstream of said SCR catalyst and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in said NOx measured upstream of said SCR catalyst.

10. A dosing control method comprising:

estimating a maximum ammonia (NH3) storage capacity of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst;

estimating NH3 slip downstream of said SCR catalyst;

estimating NH3 oxidation;

estimating NH3 conversion through reaction with nitrogen oxides (NOx);

estimating NH3 stored by said SCR catalyst based an amount of dosing agent injected, said NH3 slip, said NH3 oxidation, and said NH3 conversion; and

controlling dosing agent injection into an exhaust system upstream of said SCR catalyst based on said NH3 stored by said SCR catalyst and said maximum NH3 storage capacity.

11. The dosing control method of claim 10 further comprising:

determining a difference between NOx measured by a NOx sensor downstream of said SCR catalyst and an estimated NOx measurement for said NOx sensor; and

selectively adjusting at least one of said maximum NH3 storage capacity and said NH3 stored based on said difference.

12. The dosing control method of claim 11 further comprising estimating said estimated NOx measurement.

13. The dosing control method of claim 11 further comprising outputting an adjusted estimate of said estimated NOx measurement based on said estimated NOx measurement and said NH3 slip,

wherein determining said difference comprises determining said difference between said NOx measured by said NOx sensor and said adjusted estimate.

14. The dosing control method of claim 13 further comprising delaying said outputting of said adjusted estimate for a delay period for said NOx sensor.

15. The dosing control method of claim 11 wherein said selectively adjusting comprises selectively increasing said NH3 stored by said SCR catalyst when said difference is greater than a first predetermined amount while said NH3 stored is less than said maximum NH3 storage capacity and said NH3 slip is less than a second predetermined amount.

16. The dosing control method of claim 10 further comprising:

estimating NH3 desorption; and

adjusting said NH3 slip based on said NH3 desorption.

17. The dosing control method of claim 10 further comprising:

determining an NH3 setpoint based on said maximum NH3 storage capacity and said NH3 stored; and

controlling said dosing agent injection based on said NH3 setpoint.