Plasma-Enhanced Catalysis for Automotive Exhausts

971719

05/01/1997

Event
International Spring Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper presents a concept for enhancing catalytic removal of pollutant species from an exhaust stream by placing placing the plasma adjacent to the catalyst surface. Model calculations of the behavior of the electron energy distribution function (EEDF), which influences the chemistry and ionization levels near the surface, are performed and analyzed. Preliminary experiments attempting to reduce these theoretical ideas to practice in N2/NO mixtures, are discussed. Although removal of NO is observed, this is due to gas phase effects alone. The present experimental arrangement is not able to produce the requisite conditions outlined by theory to enact plasma-enhanced catalysis.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/971719
Pages
18
Citation
Abrams, L., Adamovich, l., Wodzisz, K., Rich, J. et al., "Plasma-Enhanced Catalysis for Automotive Exhausts," SAE Technical Paper 971719, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/971719.
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Published
May 1, 1997
Product Code
971719
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English