1. Preface

   Preface Pages: 1 - 2

2. European Vehicle Emission Legislation—Present and Future

   • Paul Greening

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 13

3. Future US Motor Vehicle Emission Standards and the Role of Advanced Emission Control Technology in Meeting Those Standards

   • Bruce I. Bertelsen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 22

4. Current Tasks and Challenges for Exhaust Aftertreatment Research. A Viewpoint from the Automotive Industry

   • A. König
   • G. Herding
   • K. Weidmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 31

5. 25 Years of Catalytic Automotive Pollution Control: A Collaborative Effort

   • D.E. Webster

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 38

6. Tailoring Fuels for the New Millennium

   • M. Booth
   • J.G. Buglass
   • J.F. Unsworth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 46

7. Oxygen Storage and Mobility on Model Three-Way Catalysts

   • D. Duprez
   • C. Descorme
   • E. Rohart

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 56

8. The Role of Oxygen Storage in NO Conversion in Automotive Catalysts

   • S.J. Cornelius
   • N. Collings
   • K. Glover

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 62

9. Regeneration of Palladium Subsequent to Solid Solution and Segregation in a Perovskite Catalyst: An Intelligent Catalyst

   • Hirohisa Tanaka
   • Isao Tan
   • Kazuhiko Dohmae

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 70

10. Measurements of Oxygen Species Available in PtRh/CeO2–Al2O3 Type Industrial Catalysts and Relationship with Their Three-Way Catalytic Activity

    • S. Salasc
    • V. Perrichon
    • N. Mouaddib-Moral

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 75

11. Combustion of Methane at Low Temperature over Pd and Pt Catalysts Supported on Al2O3, SnO2 and Al2O3-Grafted SnO2

    • D. Roth
    • P. Gelin
    • M. Primet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 82

12. Dependency of the Oxygen Storage Capacity in Zirconia–Ceria Solid Solutions upon Textural Properties

    • Jan Kašpar
    • Roberta Di Monte
    • Colin Norman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 87

13. Investigation of the Intrinsic Activity of ZrxCe1−xO2 Mixed Oxides in the CO + NO Reactions: Influence of Pd Incorporation

    • P. Granger
    • J.F. Lamonier
    • G. Leclercq

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 94

14. Effect of Ba Addition on Catalytic Activity of Pt and Rh Catalysts Loaded on γ-Alumina

    • Hirohumi Shinjoh
    • Toshitaka Tanabe
    • Masahiro Sugiura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 99

15. TWC Behaviour of Platinum Supported on High and Low Surface Area Cerium/Zirconium Mixed Oxides

    • Juan R. González-Velasco
    • Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Ortiz
    • Gilbert Blanchard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 106

16. A Novel Preparation Route of Three-Way Catalysts

    • Li Xiao
    • Peiyan Lin
    • Shouming Yu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 113

17. Sol–Gel Pd Exhaust Catalysts and Hydrocarbon Speciation

    • S. Roesch
    • P.A. Sermon
    • P. Kaur

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 118

18. From Light-Off Curves to Kinetic Rate Expressions for Three-Way Catalysts

    • N. Matthess
    • D. Schweich
    • F. Castagna

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 124

19. The Effect of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbons on NOx Storage at Low Temperature

    • Sara Erkfeldt
    • Edward Jobson
    • Mikael Larsson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 131

20. Model Studies of NOx Storage and Sulphur Deactivation of NOx Storage Catalysts

    • Erik Fridell
    • Hans Persson
    • Magnus Skoglundh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 137

21. Effects of Lean/Rich Timing and Nature of Reductant on the Performance of a NOx Trap Catalyst

    • Yuejin Li
    • Stan Roth
    • Tilman Beutel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 144

22. NOx Storage-Reduction Three-Way Catalyst with Improved Sulfur Tolerance

    • Hirohito Hirata
    • Ichiro Hachisuka
    • Shin'ichi Matsumoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 149

23. The Mechanism of the Selective NOx Sorption on H3PW12O40·6H2O (HPW)

    • S. Hodjati
    • K. Vaezzadeh
    • A. Kiennemann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 155

24. Transient Surface Processes of Storage and Conversion of NOx Species on Pt–Me/Al2O3 Catalysts (Me = Ba, Ce, Cu)

    • G.E. Arena
    • A. Bianchini
    • F. Vazzana

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 164

25. NOx Storage and Reduction Catalysts for Automotive Lean-Burn Engines: Effect of Parameters and Storage Materials on NOx Conversion

    • Pyung-Hyun Han
    • Yong-Kul Lee
    • Hyun-Ku Rhee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 170

26. Enhancement of the Low Temperature Activity in NO Reduction in Lean Conditions by SMSI Effect in Pt/CeO2–ZrO2 on Alumina Catalyst

    • G. Centi
    • P. Fornasiero
    • F. Vazzana

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 180

27. Ir/H-ZSM-5 Catalysts in the Selective Reduction of NOx with Hydrocarbons

    • C. Wögerbauer
    • M. Maciejewski
    • U. Göbel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 186

28. The SINOx System for Trucks to Fulfill the Future Emission Regulations

    • Bernd Amon
    • Stefan Fischer
    • Jürgen Zürbig

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 191

29. Cu, Co, Ag-Containing Pillared Clays as Catalysts for the Selective Reduction of NOx by Hydrocarbons in an Excess of Oxygen

    • G.A. Konin
    • A.N. Il'ichev
    • J.P. Breen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 197

30. SCR of NO over Ir/Al2O3 Catalysts. Importance of the Activation Procedure and Influence of the Dispersion

    • Mostafa Nawdali
    • Hélène Praliaud
    • Michel Primet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 204

31. Influence of Alumina-Supported M–Pt Catalysts in DeNOx Reactions with M = Pd or Ir or Ru

    • Khadija Oulad Haj
    • Stéphanie Schneider
    • François Garin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 208

32. Use of Double Wash-Coatings of Platinum and Zeolite Catalysts to Improve Selective Reduction of NOx by Hydrocarbons

    • Somchai Akaratiwa
    • Tetsuya Nanba
    • Satoshi Kushiyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 216

33. Structural Evolution of Highly Active Ir-Based Catalysts for the Selective Reduction of NO with Reductants in Oxidizing Conditions

    • Tadao Nakatsuji
    • Veikko Komppa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 223

34. GC-MS Identification of Organic By-Products of the NO SCR by Propene; Relation to N2O Formation

    • E. Joubert
    • J.C. Menezo
    • J. Barbier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 229

35. The CH4/NO/O2 “Lean-deNOx” Reaction on Mesoporous Mn-Based Mixed Oxides

    • V.N. Stathopoulos
    • C.N. Costa
    • A.M. Efstathiou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 235

36. The Role of Support Acidity in the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by C3H6 Under Lean-Burn Conditions

    • Anne Giroir-Fendler
    • Patricia Denton
    • Michel Primet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 241

37. Synergistic Effect in Selective Reduction of NO by Alkanes over Mechanically Mixed Oxide Catalysts

    • Valentin F. Tretyakov
    • Tatyana N. Burdeynaya
    • Leonid S. Glebov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 245

38. Influences on the Particle Size Distribution of Diesel Particulate Emissions

    • Gerhard Lepperhoff

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 254

39. An Experimental Study of Catalytic Oxidation of Particulates in a Diesel Filter Installed on a Direct Injection Turbo-Charged Car

    • K. Pattas
    • Z. Samaras
    • T. Seguelong

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 262

40. EPR Investigation and Reactivity of Diesel Soot Activated (or not) with Cerium Compounds

    • Edmond Abi-Aad
    • Renaud Cousin
    • Antoine Aboukaïs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 268

41. Ultra Low Dosage of Platinum and Cerium Fuel Additives in Diesel Particulate Control

    • S.J. Jelles
    • M. Makkee
    • J.A. Moulijn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 273

42. Molten Salts Are Promising Catalysts. How to Apply in Practice?

    • B.A.A.L. van Setten
    • C. van Gulijk
    • J.A. Moulijn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 278

43. Study of Catalytic Filters for Soot Particulate Removal from Exhaust Gases

    • P. Ciambelli
    • P. Corbo
    • B. Vaglieco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 284

44. Experimental Techniques for the Development of the Turbulent Precipitator as a Diesel Particulate Filter

    • C. van Gulijk
    • M. Makkee
    • J.A. Moulijn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 290

45. Reduction of NOx over a NOx-Trap Catalyst and the Regeneration Behaviour of Adsorbed SO2

    • H. Mahzoul
    • P. Gilot
    • B.R. Stanmore

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 298

46. Oxygen Storage Behavior of Ceria–Zirconia-Based Catalysts in the Presence of SO2

    • Marta Boaro
    • Carla de Leitenburg
    • Mauro Graziani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 306

47. The Sulfur and Water Resistance of Modified Washcoated Zeolite-Exchanged Monolith Catalysts for SCR of NOx with Propane

    • Z.R. Ismagilov
    • R.A. Shkrabina
    • H.J. Veringa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 310

48. Evolution of Structural Properties of Three-Way Catalysts According to the Ageing Procedure

    • R. Rohé
    • V. Pitchon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 315

49. Automotive Exhaust Gas Conversion: From Elementary Step Kinetics to Prediction of Emission Dynamics

    • J.H.B.J. Hoebink
    • J.M.A. Harmsen
    • J.C. Schouten

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 327

50. Experimental and Modeling Study on Zeolite Catalysts for Diesel Engines

    • George N. Pontikakis
    • Grigorios C. Koltsakis
    • Christelle Bourgeois

    OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 335