cold start phase Future catalysts concepts will have to meet more stringent exhaust gas requirements contained in future emissions legislation. Economically these goals can be achieved provided that, first of all, cold start emissions are significantly reduced.
two contributions towards achieving this by combining a close coupled catalyst with the use of very thin structured LS/PE steel foils for turbulent flow distribution of the exhaust gas. This reduces the time taken for the catalyst to start working and cold start emissions can be reduced by about a half. The overall cleaning effect increases to more than 98% in exhaust gas tests.