Legislation world-wide imposes stringent emission norms, particularly EURO V and beyond. In this regard, extensive research is being conducted for improving the existing filter design, material properties and developing alternative design, materials, testing procedures for more sensitive to reduce NO_X values. Cordierite ceramics are having good chemical and electrical properties like high thermal resistance, low dielectric constant, low thermal expansion coefficient, and high chemical and mechanical stability, which makes it for many industrial applications like manufacturing of the thermal insulation materials, optoelectronic devices, plasma display panels, solar panels, catalytic convertors etc. In this work, a pair of cordierite monolith with catalyst coating to NO_x storage and reduction was developed. The effectiveness of the catalysis was verified with engine exhaust gas analyser. The testing was carried out with diesel as fuel in a Kirloskar engine with Non-filter, NSR, and combined NSR-SCR system. The investigation was done for five trials with different emission parameters and analysed.

Keywords: Catalytic Converter, NO_x Storage and Reduction, Compression ratio