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The Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment (DEXA) Cluster: A Systematic Approach to Diesel Particulate Emission Control in Europe

2004; Linguagem: Inglês

10.4271/2004-01-0694

2688-3627

Athanasios G. Konstandopoulos, Dimitrios Zarvalis, Eleni Papaioannou, N. Vlachos, Gianmarco Boretto, M. Pidria, P. Faraldi, O. Piacenza, Peter Prenninger, Thomas Cartus, Heimo Schreier, Wilhelm Brandstätter, C. Wassermayr, G. Lepperhof, Volker Scholz, B. Lüers, J. Schnitzler, Michael Claußen, Annett Wollmann, M. Malý, Georgios Tsotridis, Bianca Maria Vaglieco, Simona Silvia Merola, D. E. Webster, David Bergeal, Claus Görsmann, H. Obernosterer, Debora Fino, Nunzio Russo, Guido Saracco, Vito Specchia, N. Moral, Andrea D’Anna, A. D’Alessio, Richard Zahoransky, E. Laile, Stefan Schmidt, Marco Ranalli,

Air Quality and Health Impacts

The DEXA Cluster consisted of three closely interlinked projects. In 2003 the DEXA Cluster concluded by demonstrating the successful development of critical technologies for Diesel exhaust particulate after-treatment, without adverse effects on NO x emissions and maintaining the fuel economy advantages of the Diesel engine well beyond the EURO IV (2000) emission standards horizon. In the present paper the most important results of the DEXA Cluster projects in the demonstration of advanced particulate control technologies, the development of a simulation toolkit for the design of diesel exhaust after-treatment systems and the development of novel particulate characterization methodologies, are presented. The motivation for the DEXA Cluster research was to increase the market competitiveness of diesel engine powertrains for passenger cars worldwide, and to accelerate the adoption of particulate control technology.