Abstract: An embodiment of an exhaust gas purification device has a function of removing soot adhered to an NOx catalyst arranged inside a cylindrical casing part by injecting pressurized air. The device includes a plurality of air injection nozzles arranged on a side wall of the casing part on an upstream side of the NOx catalyst, which are each configured to generate an impulse wave by injecting pressurized air into the casing part, wherein the air injection nozzles successively inject one by one an equal flow quantity of pressurized air, for a period, at predetermined time intervals.

Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle comprises a supercharging device which compresses intake-air to be sent to a combustion chamber of an engine; a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage through which an exhaust gas emitted from the engine flows; and a control section which controls the engine, wherein the control section performs an increase suppressing control for suppressing an increase in an exhaust gas temperature, in a case where the control section estimates that the exhaust gas temperature has exceeded an increase suppressing temperature set to be equal to or lower than a catalyst permissible temperature.

Abstract: The exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine has: exhaust purification catalysts 20, 24 arranged in an exhaust passage and able to store oxygen; and a control device 31 for calculating an EGR rate of intake gas supplied to combustion chambers 5 and for controlling an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the catalysts. The control device alternately switches the air-fuel ratio between a rich air-fuel ratio and a lean air-fuel ratio, and controls the air-fuel ratio so that the air-fuel ratio is switched from the lean air-fuel ratio to the rich air-fuel ratio when the oxygen storage amount of the catalyst is greater, when the calculated EGR rate is relatively high, compared to when it is relatively low.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a turbomachine airfoil including an exterior wall having a trailing edge. The exterior wall defines a radially-extending cooling cavity and one or more trailing edge cooling passages extending through the exterior wall. Each trailing edge cooling passage includes an inlet in fluid communication with the cooling cavity and a first portion in fluid communication with the inlet. Each trailing edge cooling passage also includes a second portion in fluid communication with the first portion. The second portion includes a first outlet defined by the exterior wall at the trailing edge. Each trailing edge cooling passage further includes a third portion in fluid communication with the first portion. The third portion includes a second outlet defined by the exterior wall at the trailing edge. The second and third portions are separated by a rib extending upstream from the trailing edge.

Abstract: An energy recovery unit (8) for use in a vehicle exhaust system (6), the energy recovery unit (8) comprising an inlet (24) for receiving exhaust gas from the exhaust system (6) and an outlet (26) for returning exhaust gas to the exhaust system (6). The energy recovery unit (8) further comprises a plurality of thermoelectric generators (20) disposed between the inlet (24) and the outlet (26), and a plurality of flow directing members (39). Each flow directing member (39) is configured to direct exhaust gas flow across at least one thermoelectric generator (20).

Abstract: There is a problem of a difficulty in estimating the temporal change of the MBT for each of cylinders with light calculation load and high accuracy. An object of the present invention is to provide a control device capable of detecting a temporal change in the fuel efficiency optimum ignition timing (MBT) for each of cylinders. Therefore, the control device for internal combustion engine includes a control unit (CPU) that estimates an optimum ignition timing of each of cylinders from the relationship between the phase angle (?Tmax) at which the torque peaks and the phase angle (?Pmax) at which the in-cylinder pressure peaks with respect to the ignition timing of the cylinder.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst, a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, and an air flow meter which detects an amount of intake air. The control system of the internal combustion engine controls the exhaust air-fuel ratio to a target air-fuel ratio by feedback control, sets the target air-fuel ratio at a lean air-fuel ratio when the output air-fuel ratio of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor becomes a rich air-fuel ratio, and sets the target air-fuel ratio at a rich air-fuel ratio when the output air-fuel ratio of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor becomes a lean air-fuel ratio.

Abstract: The present invention is directed at stabilization of aqueous urea solutions containing organometallic catalyst precursors. Stabilization can be achieved by monitoring and controlling the solution pH.

Abstract: In order to adequately suppress both an increase in NOx emission amount and deterioration of fuel consumption rate, the present invention provides a fuel injection control information generation device equipped with: a test point information storage unit for holding test point information including a plurality of test points constituted by sets of engine speed, fuel injection amount, and oxygen concentration; and a control information generation unit for generating, for each test point included in the test point information, fuel injection control information in which the engine speed, fuel injection amount, and oxygen concentration of the test point are associated with an optimum fuel injection timing at which an index pertaining to the total of a fuel consumption rate and an NOx emission amount in the test point becomes the smallest.

Abstract: An oil mist separator includes a housing and an oil separating part which separates oil mist in blow-by gas. The oil separating part is composed of a first oil separating part and a second oil separating part. The housing is provided inside with a partition wall which defines chambers formed for the respective oil separating parts, and second nozzles which jet out blow-by gas are provided in a second partition wall which defines a second chamber in which the downstream-side second oil separating part is provided. The second nozzles can serve, for example, as passages for discharging the oil separated by the second oil separating part toward a drain pipe which is provided in a first chamber.

Abstract: A reducing agent supply device includes a tank, an adding valve, a pump, and an electronic control unit. The adding valve is configured to receive the reducing agent supplied from the tank and inject the reducing agent. The pump is configured to send the reducing agent from the tank and suction the reducing agent back into the tank. The electronic control unit is configured to open the adding valve and suction the reducing agent back into the tank as a purge control when the internal combustion engine is commanded to stop. The electronic control unit is configured to increase an amount of a return suction of the reducing agent during the purge control as an amount of the reducing agent, remaining in a supply path and the adding valve when the stop command is given, increases.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a NOx sensor purification instructions for a NOx sensor causes: an on-vehicle electronic computer mounted in the vehicle, when it comes to a predetermined purification time, to execute a start procedure to send a start command to perform a purification control to the control unit; and control unit, in response to the start command, to execute a purification procedure to perform the purification control which causes the current flowing in the reference pump cell from the reference pump current to be a purification pump current, which is set to a current value larger than the reference pump current.

Abstract: An operating liquid tank for a motor vehicle, comprising a tank wall enclosing a tank volume that can be filled with an operating liquid, a filling arrangement designed for introducing operating liquid into the tank volume, and a removal arrangement designed for the removal of operating liquid from the tank volume, wherein the removal arrangement comprises a pump assembly with a pump and a pump drive, the pump assembly comprises at least two assembly components that are formed separately from one another and are or can be coupled magnetically to one another, and of which a first assembly component as drive component comprises at least one part of the pump drive and a second assembly component as conveying component comprises a conveying part of the pump that can be driven by the pump drive relative to a conveying component housing for movement, wherein the tank wall extends between the drive component and the conveying component and physically separates the conveying component located on the inner face of the

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include an apparatus including an aftertreatment system control circuit structured to receive a signal indicative of an exhaust gas characteristic from a sensor, determine an aftertreatment system characteristic based on the exhaust gas characteristic, determine an acceptable input value responsive to the aftertreatment system characteristic, and control at least one of a fuel system actuator and an air handling actuator to achieve or substantially achieve the acceptable input value.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment device for a diesel engine includes a parked regeneration requirement notification component, and a parked regeneration start operation component, a regeneration process of a diesel particulate filter includes an automatic regeneration process and a parked regeneration process, the automatic regeneration process is automatically started when an estimation value of particulate material accumulated in the diesel particulate filter reaches a predetermined value, and the parked regeneration process is performed when first and second conditions are satisfied, the first condition being that a parked regeneration requirement notification component performs a notification of a parked regeneration requirement when a number of cancellations of the automatic regeneration process reaches a predetermined value or more, the second condition being that the parked regeneration start operation component is subjected to a start operation during a parked state in which an engine equipped machine is neither

Abstract: A system for reutilizing exhaust energy including a decomposition reactor, a turbine including a magnet, the turbine in fluid communication with the decomposition reactor, a coil disposed proximate to the decomposition reactor, the coil electrically coupled to the magnet, and a controller communicatively coupled to the turbine, the controller structured to determine exhaust energy output of a turbine associated with an exhaust system, and cause generation of a magnetic field based on the exhaust energy output, wherein the magnetic field causes a portion of the decomposition reactor to heat.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes a vehicle component, a battery, and a thermoelectric module coupled to the component to allow heat transfer between the catalytic converter and the thermoelectric module, wherein the thermoelectric module is electrically connected to the battery. The vehicle system further includes a temperature sensor coupled to the vehicle component. The temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature of the vehicle component. The vehicle system further includes a controller in electronic communication with the thermoelectric module. The controller is programmed to switch the thermoelectric module among the heating mode, the cooling mode, and the power-generation mode based on the temperature of the vehicle component. The vehicle component may be an exhaust manifold, a turbocharger turbine housing, an exhaust gas conduit coupled between an exhaust manifold and a catalytic converter, and/or a catalytic converter.

Abstract: An exhaust system provided with exhaust gas after-treatment for a combustion engine comprising an exhaust pipe and a pumping device, which is buried inside the tank, from which it draws so as to feed a water solution of urea under pressure to an electromagnetic injector; the tank is supplied with urea powder and water, which are mixed on the inside so as to obtain a water solution of urea with a variable concentration; and a water supply circuit to supply water to the tank, which is provided with a first pipe, which draws the water from a basin and is regulated by a first valve, which allows water to be introduced into the tank, if necessary, or to be drained to the surrounding environment when the water quantity already contained in the tank is sufficient.

Abstract: A regeneration compliance system is provided and includes navigation, regeneration, zone and timing modules. The navigation module determines a location of a vehicle. The regeneration module determines a state of a PF of an exhaust system of an engine of the vehicle and whether to regenerate the PF based on the state of the PF. The zone module, based on the location of the vehicle, determines whether the vehicle is in a regeneration permitted zone and where regeneration permitted and prohibited zones are located relative to the vehicle. The timing module estimates time to a next regeneration permitted zone or an amount of time remaining in a current regeneration permitted zone. The regeneration module controls when the PF is regenerated based on (i) the state of the PF, and (ii) the time to the next regeneration permitted zone or the amount of time remaining in the current regeneration permitted zone.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst which can exhibit sufficient purification performance under a high Ga condition while having a resistance to stress such as high-temperature and poisonous substances. The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising two or more catalyst coating layers on a substrate, wherein a lower catalyst coating layer that is present lower with respect to an uppermost catalyst coating layer has a structure where a large number of voids are included and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for a certain proportion or more of the whole volume of voids, thereby to improve gas diffusivity in the lower catalyst coating layer.