Influence of structural and operating factors on performance degradation of the diesel particulate filter based on composite regeneration

[Display omitted] •An efficient method combining OED and FGRA for evaluating impacts is presented.•Pressure drop and maximum wall temperature under various conditions are obtained.•Fuzzy grey relational grades are employed for comprehensive evaluation.•The primary influence factors of the DPF's performance degradation are obtained. In order to effectively investigate the effects of various factors on the DPF's performance deterioration, and obtain the primary influence factor, an efficient evaluation method is proposed in this work. Firstly, the maximum wall temperature and the pressure drop are taken as the evaluation indexes of DPF's performance deterioration (thermal aging and filter clogging) respectively, and the orthogonal experimental design is used for obtaining the simulation conditions of test cases. Then, the impacts of four structural factors (wall thickness, mean pore size, porosity and channel width) and five operating factors (exhaust flow rate, exhaust oxygen concentration, microwave power, catalytic additive mass concentration and deposited ash mass) on DPF's performance deterioration are evaluated by fuzzy membership grades and Euclidean grey relational grades, respectively. Finally, fuzzy grey relational analysis is employed to make a comprehensive evaluation. The results show that the wall thickness and the channel width have the most noticeable effect on filter clogging and thermal aging among all structural factors, respectively. Moreover, the deposited ash mass and the microwave power are the most important operating factors for filter clogging and thermal aging, respectively. This work offers us great reference value for optimizing DPF performances and improving its degradation resistance.