Component description for NOx sensor control unit - GF14.40-P-3024MMP
ENGINE 276.8 in MODEL 207, 212 as of model year 2014 with CODE 920 (Direct petrol injection with stratified charging)
ENGINE 276.8 in MODEL 218 as of model year 2015 with CODE 920 (Direct petrol injection with stratified charging)
Shown: exhaust system (for code 920 (Gasoline direct injection with stratified charge))
Location
The respective NOx sensor is screwed into the exhaust pipe upstream or downstream of the NOx storage catalytic converter. The respective NOx sensor control unit it located on the underfloor.
Task
The NOx sensor records, upstream or downstream of the NOx storage catalytic converter, the NOx and O 2 concentration levels in the exhaust and routes this information in the form of voltage signals to the NOx sensor control unit. This processes the information and sends it via the drive train sensor CAN (CAN I) to the ME-SFI [ME] control unit (N3/10).
Input and output signals
The following input signals are evaluated by the NOx sensor control unit and appropriate output signals are emitted:
- Direct input signals
- CAN input signals from the ME-SFI [ME] control unit
- CAN output signals to the ME-SFI [ME] control unit
Direct input signals
- Terminal 87
CAN input signals from the ME-SFI [ME] control unit
- Diagnosis requests
CAN output signals to the ME-SFI [ME] control unit
- NOx concentration in the exhaust
- O2 concentration in exhaust
- Diagnostic data
Body
The respective NOx sensor (double chamber sensor with evaluation circuit) is inseparably connected via an 8-pin signal line to the NOx sensor control unit.
An integrated sensor heater which is controlled by the NOx sensor control unit ensures rapid operational readiness of the NOx sensor.
Function
The active ceramic probe bodies consist of many layers with two reaction chambers. The oxygen (O2 ) in the exhaust is detected in the first chamber, as in an oxygen sensor.
To do this, a pump voltage is applied to the electrodes in the first chamber. This causes the O2 molecules to be broken down into double charged oxygen ions and for them to be pumped out of or into the first contact cavity (depending on whether richer or leaner exhaust gas is present) until a 450 mV voltage difference at the electrodes is reached. The oxygen concentration is calculated from the size of the required pump current "Ip1".
The nitrogen oxide is split at the ground electrode into nitrogen and oxygen in the second chamber if present.
The oxygen is pumped out if the chamber again.
The concentration of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust is calculated from the resulting pump current "Ip2".
The voltage signals from the NOx sensor are sent to the NOx sensor control unit and processed there. The NOx sensor control unit sends the NOx and O2 concentration levels over the drive train sensor CAN to the ME-SFI [ME] control unit.
Using this information, the exhaust treatment can be monitored in stratified operation (lean-burn operation) of the engine and thus the NOx storage catalytic converter purging can be controlled.
The NOx sensor downstream of the NOx storage catalytic converter also recognizes damage and "sulfur poisoning" of the NOx storage catalytic converter.
A desulfuring process can then be initiated by the ME-SFI [ME] control unit by increasing the temperature of the NOx storage catalytic converter.
Schematic function diagram of the NOx sensor (double chamber sensors)
| Designation | Unit | Values | Tolerance range | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOx sensor control unit on the left and right upstream of the NOx storage catalytic converter (N37/9, N37/10), NOx sensor control unit downstream of the NOx storage catalytic converter (N37/11) | ||||
| Power supply for control unit | Circuit 87 M2 | |||
| Power supply to the sensor heater: | V | 12.0 | ||
| minimum Maximum |
V | 16.5 | ||
| Power consumption | A | 2.1 | ||
| Power consumption | W | 20 | Maximum | |
| Measuring range of the NO x concentration | ppm | 0 - 500 |
| Wiring diagram for gasoline direct injection system control unit | N3/10 Body side model 207 | PE07.08-P-2101-97EAF | |
| N3/10 vehicle connector model 212 | PE07.08-P-2101-97DAQ | ||
| N3/10 vehicle connector model 218 | PE07.08-P-2101-97XAH |