Abstract: A device for exhaust-gas treatment includes at least one housing with an inner surface and at least one sensor foil disposed in the housing. The sensor foil is formed at least with a sensor element and a conductor element. The sensor foil is also provided with an edge up to which the conductor element extends and which bears against the inner surface of the housing. The housing also has an opening for contacting of the conductor element. The opening is surrounded on the inner surface by an electrical insulating layer.

Abstract: An evaporator device for ammonia to be used in mobile exhaust gas systems includes a basic body encompassing at least one inlet line and at least one outlet line. At least one heating element and at least one duct for connecting the inlet line to the outlet line are disposed within the basic body. The at least one heating element is in heat-conducting contact with an evaporation section of the at least one duct, while the at least one duct has a meandering course in the evaporation section. A motor vehicle and a method for producing an evaporator device, are also provided.

Abstract: A method and device for evaporating a predeterminable volume of fluid includes successive addition of partial volumes of the predeterminable volume to a supply line at different adding rates, at least partially evaporating the partial volumes forming vapor film between them and a supply line wall, conveying the partial volumes through the supply line to an evaporator surface, and applying the partial volumes to an evaporator surface region varying as a function of mass and/or volume adding rate of the partial volume, permitting effective evaporation of fluid, particularly urea/water solution. Utilization of the highest possible proportion of evaporator surfaces is achieved by mass and/or volume addition rate-dependent distribution of impingement surfaces on the evaporator surface. This heating strategy in the supply line region ensures the Leidenfrost effect when individual partial volumes are added.

Abstract: A process for producing a structure in a smooth sheet-metal strip includes multiple process steps. In a first step, a first section of a smooth sheet-metal strip is fed to a first tool and a second section of the sheet-metal strip is fed to a second tool in a direction of advance. Then the sheet-metal strip is stopped. A sheet-metal machining of the first section of the sheet-metal strip is carried out using the first tool. A sheet-metal machining of the second section of the sheet-metal strip is carried out using the second tool, with the first feeding step being carried out simultaneously. An apparatus is provided for producing a sheet-metal strip of such a complex structure, which produces the structure with a very high degree of accuracy even when the materials properties differ.

Abstract: A method and a device for providing ammonia for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, include the following steps: a) recording at least one actuating variable for influencing the state of the internal combustion engine; b) calculating a possible nitrogen oxide emission of the internal combustion engine on the basis of an evaluation of the at least one measured variable; c) calculating an ammonia quantity which corresponds to the possible nitrogen oxide emission; and d) initiating the provision of the corresponding ammonia quantity by exhaust-gas-external evaporation in an evaporator and exhaust-gas-external hydrolysis of aqueous urea solution, wherein at least one of the following values: i) the heating power of the evaporator or ii) the quantity of aqueous urea solution supplied to the evaporator, is regulated on the basis of the ammonia quantity calculated in step c).

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle which has, as components, a drive device, an exhaust system for exhaust gases of the drive device, at least one heating apparatus of the exhaust system and at least one energy converter, includes at least the following steps: (a) detecting a possibility of energy recovery, (b) activating the at least one energy converter, (c) feeding energy recovered by the at least one energy converter to the heating apparatus, (d) operating the heating apparatus for heating the exhaust gas with the recovered energy, and (e) detecting an end of the possibility of energy recovery, after which the energy converter is deactivated and the recovery of energy is ended. A motor vehicle for carrying out the method is also provided.

Abstract: A tank for a reducing agent which forms ammonia or which includes ammonia, has a planar first tank volume and at least one elongate second tank volume. A motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system with an SCR catalytic converter and a reducing agent metering device and a body with a roof. A tank with a planar first tank volume for the reducing agent is provided on the roof. A method for operating an SCR system of a motor vehicle which has at least two tank volumes, a reducing agent metering device and an SCR catalytic converter, is also provided.

Abstract: A device for supplying reducing agent solution into an exhaust system, includes a reservoir for reducing agent solution and a delivery device for delivering reducing agent solution from the reservoir to a reducing agent infeed configuration. A delivery height to be overcome between the reservoir and the reducing agent infeed configuration is less than 1.5 meters and the delivery device includes a diaphragm pump. The device permits the dosed metering of reducing agent solution into an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine regardless of prevailing boundary conditions, in particular regardless of the position of the device, which is for example influenced by a position of a corresponding automobile. In particular, it is thus also possible to ensure reliable metering of reducing agent solution into the exhaust system even when the automobile or motor vehicle is traveling over grades. A corresponding exhaust system, method and utility vehicle are also provided.

Abstract: A device for evaporating at least one of the following reactants: a reducing agent precursor solution and a reducing agent precursor, includes at least one electrically heatable heating zone having at least one electrically operable heating element with a heating resistor that is self-regulated about a significant temperature. A method and the device for evaporating a reactant allow a simple control of an evaporation process, especially of a urea/water solution, to provide a reducing agent, especially in an SCR process. The heating resistors have a significant temperature that corresponds to a control temperature of the heating resistor. The need for additional control electronics can be removed by adjusting a correspondingly steep curve within a range.

Abstract: A method for providing a reducing agent-containing gas flow in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes providing at least one reducing agent precursor, evaporating the precursor to provide a gas flow, at least partially heating the gas flow to temperatures of at least 250° C., at least partially converting the precursor in the gas flow to a reducing agent and adding the reducing agent-containing gas flow to the exhaust of the engine. The method and a device provide a reducing agent-containing gas flow in a quantity being easily controllable and adaptable to dynamic changes especially in exhaust systems of mobile applications such as automobiles. A temperature of a first zone is kept at 150° C. or just below while a temperature of a second zone is kept at more than 300° C. A hydrolysis catalytic converter is hardly cooled upon receiving the precursor as a vapor, positively affecting the method.

Abstract: A method for providing a reducing agent precursor includes heating a quasi-closed evaporator volume, delimited by a wall and at least partially filled with a solution of a reducing agent precursor, to a reserve temperature of the solution to produce an atmosphere of a vapor including at least one reducing agent precursor at a reserve pressure above ambient pressure. The vapor is extracted on demand by utilizing a pressure difference between the reserve pressure and an ambient pressure. The method and a device provide reducing agent precursors that can especially be used in the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides. The method and the device allow easy dosing since, due to the pressure gradient between the vapor and an extraction line, no other conveying device is required when the vapor, which contains at least one reducing agent precursor, is dosed to a hydrolysis catalytic converter.

Abstract: A method for generating openings in a metal foil includes at least the following steps: a) providing a planar metal foil, b) generating at least one bend in the metal foil, and c) generating at least one opening in the region of the at least one bend through the use of a cutting production process. Grinding tools are preferably used. A method for producing a honeycomb body, an exhaust gas treatment unit for mobile internal combustion engines having a honeycomb body and being produced by the method, as well as a motor vehicle, are also described.

Abstract: A bypass flow filter includes a plurality of channels which are formed of at least one structured wall layer and a filter layer. Projecting guide vanes and passages, which are formed by the wall layer and lead to a different channel, are provided in at least a majority of the channels. The passages have a narrowing cross section and a narrowing part of the cross section is directed towards an adjacent guide vane. An exhaust system and a vehicle having a bypass flow filter, are also provided.

Abstract: A device and method for providing a gaseous substance mixture which includes at least one reducing agent and/or at least one reducing agent precursor, includes a reservoir for an aqueous solution which includes at least one reducing agent precursor that can be flow connected to an evaporator chamber, and a device for dosing the aqueous solution in the evaporator chamber. A device can heat the evaporator chamber to a temperature higher than or equal to a critical temperature, in which the aqueous solution is at least partially evaporated. The device and method enable reducing agent to be provided for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine. Preferably, an evaporator unit is configured as the evaporator chamber and a hydrolysis catalytic converter is disposed outside the exhaust system. As a result, the size of the hydrolysis catalytic converter is reduced, allowing compact construction.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, includes a feed conduit feeding aqueous solution, a hydrolysis catalytic converter connected to the feed conduit and an SCR catalytic converter through which exhaust gas flows. A rod-shaped heating element heats at least parts of the feed conduit and/or hydrolysis catalytic converter. The apparatus provides a compact structure of a feed conduit heated by a rod-shaped element and a corresponding hydrolysis catalytic converter, with which an aqueous solution containing urea can be evaporated and then hydrolyzed to a gas stream containing ammonia. This gas stream serves as a reducing agent in the SCR process. The compact configuration allows installation in very confined space conditions. The hydrolysis catalytic converter, through which exhaust gas does not flow, permits the volume of the hydrolysis catalytic converter to be decisively reduced, since significantly smaller mass flows of gas need to be hydrolyzed therein.

Abstract: A device and a method for providing a gaseous substance mixture including at least one of a reducing agent and/or a reducing agent precursor, include a reservoir for an aqueous solution including at least one reducing agent precursor, from which the aqueous solution can be delivered into at least one metering line having a dispensing opening by a delivery device, and a device for heating the metering line above a critical temperature greater than the boiling temperature of water. Complete evaporation of an aqueous solution including urea and subsequent hydrolysis to form a substance mixture including ammonia, are carried out. The substance mixture is metered as a reducing agent into an SCR catalytic converter. Carrying out the evaporation outside the exhaust system uses considerably smaller hydrolysis catalytic converters, which is space-saving and cost-saving compared to conventional devices for providing a reducing agent for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.

Abstract: A carrier body includes an overall surface having at least one coating portion with a catalytically active coating including at least one type of catalyst elements disposed in dispersed form at a surface of the carrier body. The catalyst elements have a mean spacing along the surface of at least 3 micrometers. The surface has a mean roughness depth Rz of 2 to 10 micrometers. The carrier body has a maximum increase in pressure loss compared to a carrier body with a smooth and uncoated surface of 25%. A process for producing a carrier body and an exhaust gas treatment unit and a vehicle having a carrier body, are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for welding metallic fibers to form a knitted fabric having a predetermined width, include feeding a composite of metallic fibers to an apparatus for welding the fibers to form a knitted fabric, and separately welding a plurality of partial sections of the composite in a time period, in which the composite is at a standstill, for example through the use of a plurality of welding electrode pairs which are disposed over the width of the composite. A method for filtering exhaust gases and an exhaust-gas treatment component are also provided.

Abstract: A device for reducing the number of particles in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes at least two structures through which an exhaust gas can flow, initially through a first structure and then through a second structure during operation. An electrical potential difference can be generated between the structures. In this way, the exhaust gas downstream of the second structure has fewer particles, averaged over time, than the exhaust gas upstream of the first structure. In addition, the particles downstream of the second structure have a larger mean diameter than those upstream of the first structure, so that it is possible to reduce emissions, in particular of fine dust, in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines. A method for reducing the number of particles in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, is also provided.

Abstract: A honeycomb body includes ceramic walls all being entirely formed of printed layers forming channels through which a fluid can flow. The channels lie next to one another. At least one of at least one measuring sensor or electrically conductive mass forms a monolithic, unitary structure with one of the ceramic walls. Sensor material may be used as an alternative to ceramic material. A method of producing the honeycomb body is also provided.