The Suitability of the Three-way Catalyst for Hydrogen Fuelled Engines

作者：M. Yavuz, George Brinklow, A. Cova Bonillo, J.M. Herreros, Dawei Wu, Omid Doustdar, S. Zeraati-Rezaei, A. Tsolakis, P. Millington, S. Alcove Clave · 发表于：Johnson Matthey Technology Review · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1595/205651324x17054113843942 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Catalytic Processes in Materials Science、Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions、Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies

This experimental study investigates the palladium/rhodium based three-way catalyst (TWC) in a hydrogen-gasoline dual-fuel spark ignition (SI) engine under stoichiometric and lean conditions. The work focused on lean-burn engine operating conditions with the aim of reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions during the combustion process, where the TWC is not effective, while improving the thermal efficiency of the engine. Under these lean-burn engine conditions, the combustion promoting properties of hydrogen allowed for maintained engine combustion stability as determined by the cycle-to-cycle variation (COV imep ) values even up to ultra lean conditions (λ= 2.0). It was found that by reducing the combustion temperature through the application of lean conditions, engine-out NOx emissions could be reduced or even eliminated, while under these conditions the TWC was effective in reducing engine-out carbon-based gaseous emissions.