Next generation of catalytic system for exhaust emission control

该计划汇集了加拿大福特公司和多伦多大学的研究人员，以开发后处理技术，减少下一代汽车发动机废气中的污染物。重点是评价和开发新一代催化剂，用于在贫燃料和富燃料条件下的轻质烃氧化，采用多学科方法，结合催化剂合成，催化剂制造，材料表征和活性评价。该计划将利用最近成立的安大略先进材料表征中心（OCCAM）的高度专业化的光谱和显微镜仪器，直接探测催化剂材料，并了解激活废气流中轻烃所需的活性位点。另一项任务是在温莎的福特动力总成工程研究与开发中心（PERDC），利用真实的发动机排气，将对催化化学的基本理解转化为技术评估。

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.