Next generation of catalytic system for exhaust emission control

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The program brings together Ford Canada and researchers from the University of Toronto to develop aftertreatment technology forabatement of pollutants from the next generation automobile engine exhaust. The focus is on evaluating and developing newgeneration of catalysts for the oxidation of light hydrocarbons under both fuel-lean and fuel rich conditions with a multidisciplinaryapproach, combining catalyst synthesis, catalyst manufacturing, material characterizations, and activity evaluation. The programwill utilize the highly specialized spectroscopy and microscopy instrumentation at the recently established Ontario Centre forCharacterization of Advanced Materials (OCCAM) for directly probing the catalyst materials and understanding the active sitesneeded to activate the light hydrocarbons at the exhaust streams. A separate task will aim to translate the understanding ofcatalytic chemistry at the fundamental level to technology evaluation with real engine exhaust at Fords Powertrain Engineeringresearch and Development Centre (PERDC) in Windsor.