Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Timothy Brian Chanko

Douglas Allen Dobson

Giovanni Cavataio

Christine Kay Lambert

James Robert Warner

Jeffrey Scott Hepburn

William Charles Ruona

Devesh Upadhyay

Michael Igor Kluzner

Robert Joseph Jerger

Eva Thanasiu

William Lewis Henderson Watkins

Andrew Gregory Getsoian

Kevin Verne Tallio

Xin Liu

Yitzhak Isaac Henig

Methods and systems are provided for depositing one or more layers of ash on a surface of a new or cleaned gasoline particulate filter (GPF) prior to installation of the GPF in an engine and first use of the GPF. In one example, a method may include coating the GPF with the one or more layers of ash via an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique in which two precursors react to form a layer of ash on the GPF surface.

Method and system for gasoline particulate filter

Methods and systems are provided for emissions control of a vehicle. In one example, an emissions treatment device includes a porous substrate and a catalytic washcoat disposed thereon, the catalytic washcoat having nickel and no other metal. The porous substrate may be configured to filter particulate matter (PM) exiting the vehicle and the catalytic washcoat may be configured to oxidize at least a portion of the PM. The nickel in the catalytic washcoat may provide additional oxygen storage capacity and increased tolerance to sulfur poisoning of catalytic activity of the catalytic washcoat, further promoting PM oxidation. Moreover, because the catalytic washcoat may increase PM oxidation during passive regeneration events, a total number of active regeneration events may be decreased and fuel economy may be maintained.

Systems and methods for nickel-based gasoline particulate filter

Systems are provided for a diesel oxidation catalyst. In one example, the diesel oxidation catalyst comprises a washcoat with different catalytically active portions for reacting with one or more of carbon containing compounds and NO. The diesel oxidation catalyst is located upstream of a particulate filter in an exhaust passage.

Methods and systems for a diesel oxidation catalyst

An engine system and method for operating an engine that includes a particulate filter is described. In one example, soot loading of a green particulate filter is increased to improve efficiency of the green particulate filter. The soot loading of the green particulate filter may be expedited so that by the time a vehicle reaches a customer or testing facility, the green particulate filter may be operating at a desired efficiency level.

Method and system for improving efficiency of a particulate filter

Methods and systems are provided for a diesel oxidation catalyst. In one example, the diesel oxidation catalyst comprises a washcoat with different catalytically active portions for reacting with one or more of carbon containing compounds and NO. The diesel oxidation catalyst is located upstream of a particulate filter in an exhaust passage.

A method for a vehicle comprises responsive to installation of a new exhaust particulate filter, doping fuel with an ash-producing additive, and combusting the doped fuel to produce ash, wherein the ash deposits as an ash coating on the new exhaust particulate filter. In this way, a filtration efficiency of an exhaust particulate filter can be increased quickly as compared to a filter with no deposited ash coating, inexpensively as compared to conventional methods using membranes, and with a lower back pressure drop as compared to conventional methods.

System and methods for reducing particulate matter emissions

Systems and methods are described for coordinating the regeneration of a gasoline particulate filter to a time duration when engine output falls below a predetermined load threshold selected to indicate a low power state of the engine. In one particular example, the engine is configured to adjust engine operations to regenerate the particulate filter responsive to engine output falling below a predetermined low power threshold, the regeneration further based on an estimated duration that the output falls continuously below the low power threshold. The system and methods described advantageously allow for either full or partial regeneration events to be performed based on the estimated duration of the engine output below the low power threshold.

Idle speed GPF regeneration

A method of monitoring exhaust gas flow through an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine comprising the steps of generating a flow efficiency value (K ), comparing the flow efficiency value to a reference efficiency value, and if the reference efficiency value is exceed by a predetermined amount, then setting a flow fault indicator flag. In one aspect of the invention, the flow efficiency value is generated as a ratio of the magnitude of the exhaust gas flow restriction, and the mass flux through the engine. The magnitude of the exhaust gas flow restriction is represented by the pressure drop across the exhaust system, and the mass flux through the engine is determined as a function of the mass airflow rate and exhaust gas density. The resulting flow efficiency value (K ) is a non-dimensional parameter that characterizes the level of restriction in the exhaust system independent of the engine operating conditions.

Exhaust system monitor

A system and method of normalizing an emissions threshold catalytic brick without a mileage accumulation step is used to evaluate an on-board diagnostics for an exhaust system. The method comprises normalizing a emissions threshold catalytic brick by placing the emissions threshold catalytic brick in a exhaust gas circulation oven, such as a retort chamber immediately after an oven-aging and chemical aging process wherein the emissions threshold catalytic brick is saturated with a exhaust gas at a predetermined rate and at a predetermined temperature for a specified period of time based upon the characteristics desired for the emissions threshold catalytic brick. Additionally, a method for evaluating on-board diagnostics of an exhaust system using an emissions threshold catalytic brick based upon the characteristics of the exhaust system that it will be placed in is also contemplated.

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Timothy Brian Chanko