Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies Engineers to Present Six Fuel-Saving Innovations at SAE World Congress Technical Sessions, April 12 -14 at Cobo Center
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WHAT: Capitalizing on the opportunities to reduce vehicle emissions through new approaches to exhaust system technology, top research engineers with Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies (FECT) will address key opportunities during SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit on April 12 and 14. In paper presentations, the engineers will be detailing innovations developed by Faurecia teams to harvest waste heat for improving the fuel efficiency of vehicles and technologies for diesel aftertreatment systems.
On April 12, the conference will hear from FECT Emissions Manager Nik Birkby, who is based in the U.K. and is responsible for new-product development for commercial vehicle systems. He will describe development methodology of an air assisted Thermal Enhancer that increases exhaust gas temperatures to ensure appropriate catalytic heating to enable regeneration of diesel particulate filters and nitrogen oxide reduction technologies.
On April 14, FECT Senior Systems Engineer for North America, Philip Dimpelfeld will discuss an exhaust Thermal Enhancer using an airless nozzle fuel system, to be employed for diesel engines that do not have a compressed-air system for use in conjunction with diesel particulate filter regeneration.
In a separate April 14 session, FECT Chief Engineer, Innovation, for North America, Robin Willats will describe a system to capture wasted heat emitted by the engine and to use it to warm up the vehicle interior as much as 25 percent faster than with conventional systems, while shortening the heating time for the powertrain, thereby improving fuel consumption.
Additional sessions are listed below.
Faurecia is the world's sixth-largest automotive supplier, with four key business groups: automotive seating, emissions control technologies, interior systems and automotive exteriors. The company is headquartered in Nanterre, France, with its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.
WHY: In the typical internal combustion engine, about one-third of fossil fuel energy is lost as wasted heat in the exhaust system. By harvesting that heat through a gas/water heat exchanger, energy is collected and transformed into a usable heat to warm the vehicle's passenger compartment and/or fuel economy can be improved.
Faurecia's Thermal Enhancer can be used to increase exhaust gas temperatures at conditions that would otherwise be too cold for effective catalyst operation in diesel-powered vehicles, such as when idling and in low-load operation. It also can provide the capability for hydrocarbon dosing as an efficient means for full active regeneration of diesel particulate filters. The Thermal Enhancer provides one of the most fuel efficient means of exhaust heating and DPF regeneration.
More information about these innovations is available at Faurecia
WHERE: Cobo Center; 1 Washington Blvd.; Detroit, Mich.; 48226
WHEN: 2:00 p.m. ET, Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Room 02-33: "Development of a Thermal Enhancer for Combined Partial-Range Burning and Hydrocarbon Dosing on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engine Applications," Nik Birkby
1:20 p.m. ET, Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Room DO-O6A: "Advanced Computational Aero-Acoustic Simulation of Complex Automotive Exhaust Systems," Julien Caradonna
2:00 p.m. ET, Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Room 02-44: "Compact SCR for Passenger Cars," Eduardo Alano
8:20 a.m. ET, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Room O2-33: "Development of an Exhaust Thermal Enhancer Using an Airless-Nozzle Fuel System," Philip Dimpelfeld
8:20 a.m. ET, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Room W2-61: "Waste-Energy Harvesting for Improving Vehicle Efficiency," Robin Willats
CONTACT: To schedule interviews with the presenters or for more info, contact Deana Goodrich at (248) 304-1457 or Goodrich@airfoilpr.com.