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Component Description For Nox Sensor Control Unit - GF14.40-P-3024MND

Engine 276.8 in model 213, 238 

up to model year 2021 

with code 920 (Direct petrol injection with stratified charging) 

Display of exhaust system 

Fig 1: Nox Sensor Control Unit Component Location - Engine 276.8 In Model 213 Up To Model Year 2021 With Code 920
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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.

Tasks 

The NOx sensor detects the nitrogen oxide NOx and oxygen O2 concentration in the exhaust downstream of the NOx storage catalytic converter and forwards 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 

Structure 

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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 is detected in the exhaust in the first chamber as in the case of 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) 

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