Contents

• Air pollutants - definition
• Legal framework: Legislation for emission and immission, EU, worldwide - meaning & differences
• Development of emissions and immissions, current problem areas
• Technologies for air pollution control
• Oxidation catalysts: Structure, function, design & application
• Particulate filters: structure, function & design of particulate filters, soot and ash separation; aging of systems due to ash deposits; ash removal
• DeNOx systems - exhaust gas cleaning by means of selective catalytic reduction: basic reactions; possible reducing agents; AdBlue® - specification & preparation; characterization of applied catalysts; structure, function & design of systems
• Combined exhaust gas aftertreatment systems - structure & mode of operation