SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) reduces nitrous oxides (NOx) in the exhaust line of a Diesel vehicle using a reducing solution containing urea injected upstream of a catalyst. Urea is converted by pyrolysis and hydrolysis in NH3, NH3 reduces NOx in N2 on the catalyst. However, as this technique involves a very complex set of reactions, many side reactions can lead to the formation of secondary products containing nitrogen and disturb the process. Therefore, the study of the measurement of these secondary products and the conditions of their formation is essential for the proper calibration of the SCR technology. If for some compounds, the measurement techniques are already on the market, for other devices they are still developing, but in all cases, we are faced with problems related to the collection of species that disturb measurement. The objective of this thesis is to identify, understandand quantify the phenomena that disturb the analysis of nitrogen compounds in the exhaust and the sampling line. The work was carried out in different areas of research: comparison of methods for measuring nitrogen compounds in real situations in the exhaust gas of a Diesel engine equipped with an SCR catalyst, study of the sampling of nitrogen compounds and particularly NH3 in a standard sampling line and modelling of losses in the sampling line. At the end of this work, we evaluated the impact of sampling conditions: temperature, gas composition and / or length of the sample lines on the measurement results. This work allows us to make suggestions to improve the sampling and the measurement of nitrogen compounds present in the exhaust of a Diesel vehicle equipped with an SCR.
