US 2012/0067114 A1 · DETECTION OF AFTERTREATMENT CATALYST DEGRADATION

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment is a system, including an internal combustion engine fluidly coupled to an exhaust gas flowpath, an aftertreatment system disposed in the exhaust gas flowpath, where the aftertreatment system includes a NOx reduction catalyst. The exemplary system includes a processing subsystem having a controller, where the controller includes modules structured to functionally execute operations for determining a catalyst degradation. The modules include a test conditions module, a testing module, a monitoring module, and a catalyst aging module. The test conditions module interprets a test conditions event occurrence for the NOx reduction catalyst, the testing module commands a catalyst efficiency test in response to the test conditions event occurrence, the monitoring module interprets operating condition(s) indicative of a NOx conversion efficiency during the catalyst efficiency test, and the catalyst aging module determines a catalyst aging value in response to the at least one operating condition.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

a test conditions module structured to interpret a test conditions event occurrence for a NOx reduction catalyst;
a testing module structured to command a catalyst efficiency test in response to the test conditions event occurrence;
a monitoring module structured to interpret at least one operating condition indicative of a NOx conversion efficiency during the catalyst efficiency test;
and
a catalyst aging module structured to determine a catalyst aging value in response to the at least one operating condition.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Detection of aftertreatment catalyst degradation

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Detection of aftertreatment catalyst degradation

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Abstract

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