SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIGITATING COLD START EMISSIONS BY MANAGING TURBOCHARGER TURBINE SPEED

A control signal is issued to a turbo shaft actuator to rotate a turbine at a first turbine speed in response to an ignition turn on signal. The first turbine speed is different from a default turbine speed. The rotation of the turbine at the default turbine speed results in exhaust gas having a first exhaust gas temperature after the exhaust gas passes through the turbine to a catalyst brick of the vehicle. The rotation of the turbine at the first turbine speed results in the exhaust gas having a second exhaust gas temperature after the exhaust gas passes through the turbine to the catalyst brick. The second exhaust gas temperature is higher than the first exhaust gas temperature. When the catalyst temperature is greater than a catalyst light-off temperature a control signal is issued to the turbo shaft actuator to rotate the turbine at the default speed.