Measurement of diesel exhaust fluid concentration in urea-SCR after-treatment system

In an effort to meet the established emission standards Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is used to reduce NOx emissions with diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) as additive in the exhaust of diesel engines. ISO 22241-1:2006 specifies the quality characteristics of DEF in order to maintain efficiency and...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of precision engineering and manufacturing 2017-08, Vol.18 (8), p.1085-1092
Hauptverfasser: Gurusamy, PalaniKumar, Gandhi, Uma, Mangalanathan, Umapathy, Lr, Karl Marx
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In an effort to meet the established emission standards Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is used to reduce NOx emissions with diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) as additive in the exhaust of diesel engines. ISO 22241-1:2006 specifies the quality characteristics of DEF in order to maintain efficiency and hence, it is essential that the concentration of urea in DEF is accurately monitored. In this paper, a measurement system is designed, developed and tested for measuring the concentration of urea in DEF. The design involves piezoelectric ultrasound transmitter and receiver with associated electronics operating at a frequency of 4 MHz. The concentration of urea in DEF is measured (i) by measuring the time of flight of ultrasound waves between transmitter and receiver (ii) by measuring the amplitude of received signal in terms of frequency using voltage-to-frequency converter. The measurement system is modeled using two-port network model for piezoelectric transmitter/receiver and transmission line model for DEF medium. The prototype of measurement system is fabricated with all associated electronics and tested for variation in concentration of urea in DEF. The results from prototype are in close agreement with the results obtained from analytical model. The measurement system is tested for repeatability and sensitivity to temperature.
ISSN:2234-7593
2005-4602
DOI:10.1007/s12541-017-0127-z