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AVL List GmbH (Headquarters)
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Analysis of risk situations for
TWC breakdown in normal
engine and vehicle tests
Ernst Winklhofer, Alois Hirsch, Peter Hollerer
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The TWC – three way catalyst at risk
The topic:
• Temperature• Thermoshock • „wormholes“ mechanical impact
Risk assessment in • test configurations and• in normal drive situations
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TWC issues
Front face: Sintering / glassificationwash coat was exposed to high temperature
Temperature readings were neverabove 950 °C
motivation
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TWC issues
Front face: correct
motivation
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Inside brick: thermal distruction, thencollapse
TWC issues
Temperature readings were neverabove 950 °C
motivation
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Front face: pitting, „wormholes“Inside brick: correct
TWC issuesmotivation
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Risk assessment – the questions
„Wormholes“ Sintering Brick damage
Why such damages ?• None of these events showed exceptionally high temperatures.• What is causing such front end damage
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TWC test instrumentation
1 Lambda
2 TC – thermocouple
3 Endoscope
4 IR - temperature
1
2
3
4
In vehicle or on engine test bed
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Wormholes
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The wormholes
TWC issues: what we can see
Movie 1
Droplet impact normal
Tem
p[°
C]
Cylpr. [
bar]
DT [
°C/m
s]
IR signal traces with and withoutdroplet presence
Occasional view withendoscope and high speed camera
Continuous signalrecording with IR fibersensors
And then ?
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TWC issues: what we can do
Droplet impact normal
Tem
p[°
C]
Cylpr. [
bar]
DT [
°C/m
s]
IR signal traces with and withoutdroplet presence
And then ?
• Cam phasing: precise adjustment to temperature conditions.• IR sensor: shows immediate response to calibration effect• TWC: stays free of wormhole damages
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Sintering
The conflict:• Exhaust gas temperature sensor confirms
maximum temperature to never exceed 950 °C
• Washcoat: temperature is far above 1000 °C
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What is the real TWC temperature ?
TWC brick
IR sensor responds tothermal radiation ofTWC surface
TC sensor withthermal inertia
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The gear shift engine interrupt
See the real TWC response:
• From thermal imaging movies• With a simple fiber optic IR
sensor
What is the real TWC temperature ?
Thermal radiationpeak is up to 1200 °C
Thermocouple
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Internal brick damage
maximum temperature never exceeds 950 °C
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TWC front and center sensors
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TWC front and center sensors
IR fiber opticsensor head
Sensor adapter flange
IR sensors: thermal radiation of cat surface areasTC sensors: to calibrate radiation signal at stationary operation
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TWC signals in HEV operation
rpm
IMEP
T
Tgrad
front center
Combustion engine sequence:
➢ Start➢ High load….3000 rpm / 12 bar ➢ Shut off and re-start➢ High load….3000 rpm / 12 bar
High load 1
Re-startHigh load 2
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A 710°
B 790°A: front
B: center
A
B
Temp
Temp. gradient
High load 1
TWC temperaturesare as expected.
Small T gradients in response to exhaustgas pulses.
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A 450°
B 725°
What is this ?
Re-start
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A 740°
B 790°
High load 2
Then again:
TWC temperaturesare as expected.
Small T gradients in response to exhaustgas pulses.
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A 450°
B 725°
Re-start after short shut off
What is this ?
➢ TWC front: 450° andrising with everycombustion cycles.
➢ TWC center: 725°and falling – risingwith strong temperatureoscillations
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Exhaust gas puls cyl 1
TWC front response
TWC center response
Puls sequence details
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Exhaust gas puls cyl 1
TWC front response
TWC center response
Puls sequence details
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Exhaust gas puls cyl 1
TWC front response
TWC center response
And a resonant gas oscillationfollowing each exhaust puls
Puls sequence details
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A 450°
B 725°
What is this ?
➢ TWC front: 450° andrising with everycombustion cycles.
➢ TWC center: 725°and falling – risingwith strong temperatureoscillations
Re-start after short shut off
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What we do in engineering
The temperaturegradient targets
must avoidriskfulsafe
Achieve such targets• with a workaround in calibration• or upfront with non resonant
tubing design
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Do we only see it in hybrid operation ?
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20
16
12
8
4
0
DT [
°C/m
s]
low load
high load
Experimental misfire events
low load
high
medium
6000 rpm 2000 rpm
0% 0%
Resonant T - gradients in normal engines
must avoid
riskfulsafe
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Summary
„Wormholes“ Sintering Brick damage
You can avoid post mortem analysis….
Summary - conclusion
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Conclusion: …in vivo evaluation is the better choice
Shaft encoder, timeIndicatingThermocoupleEtc.
Fiber optic cable
Test bed or vehicle Signal recorder andreal time analyser
Test data and evaluationreport
Summary - conclusion
AVL List GmbH (Headquarters)
Public
Analysis of risk situations for
TWC breakdown in normal
engine and vehicle tests
Ernst Winklhofer, Alois Hirsch, Peter Hollerer