Ammonia Slip Catalyst (ASC)

Application

• Heavy Duty Diesel (HDD)
• Light Duty Diesel (LDD)

An exhaust system operating with an SCR catalyst is usually also equipped with a special catalyst providing a selective Ammonia (NH₃) oxidation function.

Due to the dynamic driving cycle, recognizable amounts of NH₃ leave the SCR. Therefore, the conversion of excess Ammonia leaving the SCR catalyst is mandatory, since Ammonia is also an emission regulated gas.

Oxidation of Ammonia leads to the formation of NO as main product, which would consequently contribute negatively to the total conversion of NO_x of the whole exhaust system.

An ASC follows as smart catalyst design to mitigate the emission of additional NO. The catalyst combines the key NH₃ oxidation function with an SCR function.

Ammonia entering the ASC is partially oxidized to NO. The freshly oxidized NO and NH₃ inside the ASC, not yet oxidized, can consequently react to N₂ following the usual SCR reaction schemes.

By intelligent system and catalyst design, combined with an adapted operation strategy, the ASC is capable of eliminating the traces of Ammonia and converting in parallel newly formed and existing NO to N₂, which finally helps to reduce further NO_x emissions.