Author(s)

Zhengang Zhang^1,2, Zhonggang Tang¹, Wei Gao^1,2, Li Liu^1,2, Cong Wang^1,2, Hourui Sun^1,2

¹Department of National Internal Combustion Engine Industry Measuring and Testing Center, Weifang, China.
²Department of Weichai Power Co., Ltd, Weifang, China.

NO_x sensors, as a core component of diesel engine exhaust treatment system, play an important role in exhaust emission control, which can accurately and quickly detect the NO_x and O₂ concentration. It has become a necessary option for the detection of existing exhaust emission standards. At present, there is limited and scattered information on knowledge and test methods of NO_x sensors, the research of NO_x sensors has become a challenging research topic at home and abroad. Based on these requirements, the article systematically integrates the knowledge of principle and testing methods. First of all, through introducing functional description of NO_x sensors and the basic principle of NO_x sensors, the relevant scholars can have an overall understanding of the product and master the operation mode of products. Secondly, the current status of performance test bench and methods of NO_x sensors were described, which can contribute to having a clear understanding of the development process. After that, a new structure of NO_x sensors test bench was purposed, which contains six major units including standard gas source, gas mixing unit, analyzer measurement unit, sensor measurement unit, data processing and display unit, exhaust gas treatment unit. And the test bench was validated. The experimental results show that the test bench has the advantages of high-repeatability, high reliability and low cost. And it can realize automatic detection of multiple target values, which is worthy further promotion. Thereby, the article can contribute to the development of its technology indirectly.

NO_x Sensors, Function, Performance Test, Basic Principle

Zhang, Z. , Tang, Z. , Gao, W. , Liu, L. , Wang, C. and Sun, H. (2025) Research of NO_x Sensors Performance Test. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 13, 23-30. doi: 10.4236/msce.2025.132002.