Abnormality diagnosis apparatus for exhaust gas purification apparatus

摘要

An abnormality diagnosis apparatus for an exhaust gas purification apparatus including a selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst (SCR catalyst) and a sensor which detects NOx and ammonia in exhaust gas flowing out from the NOx catalyst and at which NOx and ammonia react with each other. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus calculates, based on concentrations of NOx and ammonia which flow out from the SCR catalyst, an amount of decline in output of the sensor due to a reaction between NOx and ammonia at the sensor, and performs an abnormality diagnosis of the SCR catalyst based on the calculated amount of decline in output of the sensor.

主权项

1. An abnormality diagnosis apparatus for an exhaust gas purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas purification apparatus including:
a selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst which is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and which uses ammonia as a reducing agent; a supplying unit which supplies ammonia or an ammonia precursor into exhaust gas that flows into the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst on an upstream side of the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst; and a sensor which is provided on a downstream side of the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst, which detects NOx and ammonia in exhaust gas flowing out from the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst, and at which NOx and ammonia react with each other, the abnormality diagnosis apparatus for the exhaust gas purification apparatus comprising: a NOx concentration estimating unit configured to estimate a NOx concentration in the exhaust gas flowing out from the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst; an ammonia concentration estimating unit configured to estimate an ammonia concentration in the exhaust gas flowing out from the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst; a calculating unit configured to calculate an amount of decline in output of the sensor due to a reaction between NOx and ammonia at the sensor, based on the NOx concentration estimated by the NOx concentration estimating unit and the ammonia concentration estimated by the ammonia concentration estimating unit; a diagnosing unit configured to perform a diagnosis of the selective catalytic reduction NOx catalyst based on an output value of the sensor; and a diagnosis control unit configured to control a diagnosis by the diagnosing unit based on the amount of decline in output of the sensor as calculated by the calculating unit.