Is this how Passive Regeneration in the DPF works?

HumbleSmoker

banned, trolling, using aliases
Joined
Jan 24, 2009
Location
Alabama
TDI
09
You know, I've been struggling to understand this system.

As far as I can dig out the catalysed DOC precedes the catalysed DPF and it is used to convert NOx to NO2. Soot combusts with NO2 reliably at temperatures around 300 to 450C at ratios of 8:1, NO2/Soot. NO2 is converted in this process back to NOx and continues the process until expelled from the DPF.

This is supposed to work on trucks which run in high load more than passenger cars where it only works part of the time. I guess it would work pretty well on race cars because of high heat and load. That, as near as I can see, is how passive regeneration works, which is also know as "CRT" "Continuous Regenerating Trap".
 

HumbleSmoker

banned, trolling, using aliases
Joined
Jan 24, 2009
Location
Alabama
TDI
09
The NOx reduction system is also supported by the cold EGR system. There is less NOx available for conversion to NO2 and Passive Regeneration is not supported as much as it could be.
 
Top