After successful completion of the course, students are able to apply the fundamentals of reaction technology to the exhaust gas cleaning of internal combustion engines. In the course of this course, students will learn different approaches and methods to design systems for exhaust gas purification on vehicle drives in the field of tension between legal and technical conditions.

The lecture is structured as follows:

•     Legal and technical framework

•     Terms of reaction engineering (conversion, yield, selectivity, residence time...)

•     Basics of catalysis (partial steps, kinetics and reaction mechanisms of heterogeneous catalysis, approaches to reactor modeling)

•     Types and structure of exhaust catalysts (supported catalysts, washcoats...)

•     Deactivation of catalysts

•     Technologies and implemented systems (oxidation catalysts, 3-way catalysts, nitrogen oxide storage catalysts NSK, selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides SCR...)

In order to achieve the learning objectives, a mixed didactic concept, consisting of classroom instruction, exercises and current case studies is used.

Written exam!

PLEASE NOTE: All exams at our institute are to be taken in GERMAN!

As all our written exams take place in parallel, registration for only one exam is permitted per exam date! Multiple registrations will not be tolerated! Failure to turn up to an exam to which the student has registered will result in an 8-week ban on the exam (in accordance with section 18a of the Statute on Study Law)! De-registrations after the registration deadline will not be considered!

A script will be available via TISS.