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Direct Petrol Injection System with Bosch Motronic MED 7 - Volkspage

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Sulphur regeneration<br />

is a technically more complex process because<br />

sulphur has greater heat resistance and remains<br />

in the catalyst after nitrogen oxide regeneration.<br />

The fuel is desulphurised when the storage<br />

capacity of the NOx storage catalyst is<br />

exhausted at ever-decreasing time intervals.<br />

This indicates to the engine control unit that the<br />

storage pockets are saturated <strong>with</strong> sulphur and<br />

that nitrogen oxides can no longer be stored.<br />

Above a vehicle-specific minimum speed and for<br />

approx. 2 minutes, the engine control unit:<br />

- switches to homogeneous charge mode, and<br />

- increases the temperature of the storage<br />

catalyst to over 650°C by adjusting the ignition<br />

timing towards "retard".<br />

Now the stored sulphur reacts to form sulphur<br />

dioxide (SO 2 ).<br />

Stratified charge mode<br />

Homogeneous charge mode<br />

2 minutes<br />

Ignition point "RETARD"<br />

Stratified charge mode<br />

252_055<br />

Desulphurisation takes place automatically when driving under high engine load and speed, because<br />

the vehicle is running in homogeneous charge mode and the required desulphurisation temperature<br />

in the NOx storage catalyst is reached.<br />

A sulphur-free fuel (e.g. Shell Optimax) should be used in order to minimise fuel consumption<br />

due to sulphur regeneration.<br />

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