Abstract: A method for training a first neural network is disclosed. The neural network is configured to ascertain, based on sensor signals of a technical system, an output signal characterizing a classification and/or a regression result regarding the sensor signal. The method includes (i) during operation of the technical system, receiving a sensor signal of the technical system, (ii) ascertaining a first output signal by way of the first neural network and based on the sensor signal, (iii) ascertaining a second output signal by way of a second neural network and based on the sensor signal, wherein the second neural network has a different architecture than the first neural network, and (iv) training the first neural network by adjusting parameters of the first neural network, wherein the first neural network is trained as a function of the second output signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a sensor unit (20) that is arranged in the exhaust gas region of an internal combustion engine (10). According to the invention, a sensor temperature (31, 32) is directly or indirectly determined by the sensor unit (20), and is compared to an exhaust temperature (33) that is determined by a further sensor unit and/or to model variables and/or to defined threshold values, whereby a dismounting and/or an inappropriate mounting of the sensor unit is indicated.

Abstract: A method for acquiring information from a driving operation of a vehicle, in which first information is acquired with respect to at least one operating state of the vehicle and additional second information is ascertained with respect to this at least one operating state using statistical methods, the first and second information concerning this at least one operating state being stored. A method for the assigning and diagnosis of at least one operating state of a vehicle, a control unit, a computer program and a computer-program product are also provided.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the capability of a catalytic converter to convert nitrogen monoxide into nitrogen dioxide in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the catalytic converter being arranged in an exhaust gas duct of the internal combustion engine and the catalytic converter being followed downstream by a collecting particle sensor. It is in this case provided that, in a monitoring cycle, a decrease in the particle loading of the particle sensor during the operation of the internal combustion engine under predetermined operating conditions is taken to conclude an adequate capability of the catalytic converter to convert from nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the capability of a catalytic converter to convert nitrogen monoxide into nitrogen dioxide in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the catalytic converter being arranged in an exhaust gas duct of the internal combustion engine and the catalytic converter being followed downstream by a collecting particle sensor. It is in this case provided that, in a monitoring cycle, a decrease in the particle loading of the particle sensor during the operation of the internal combustion engine under predetermined operating conditions is taken to conclude an adequate capability of the catalytic converter to convert from nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a sensor unit (20) that is arranged in the exhaust gas region of an internal combustion engine (10). According to the invention, a sensor temperature (31, 32) is directly or indirectly determined by the sensor unit (20), and is compared to an exhaust temperature (33) that is determined by a further sensor unit and/or to model variables and/or to defined threshold values, whereby a dismounting and/or an inappropriate mounting of the sensor unit is indicated.

Abstract: A method for acquiring information from a driving operation of a vehicle, in which first information is acquired with respect to at least one operating state of the vehicle and additional second information is ascertained with respect to this at least one operating state using statistical methods, the first and second information concerning this at least one operating state being stored. A method for the assigning and diagnosis of at least one operating state of a vehicle, a control unit, a computer program and a computer-program product are also provided.

Abstract: Devices and methods for the production of ammonia as a reducing agent for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of a combustion source, especially of an internal combustion engine. The ammonia is admixed with the exhaust gas in the direction of flow in front of a SCR-catalytic converter. In so doing, nitrogen oxide is produced in a nitrogen oxide production unit separated from the combustion source and its exhaust gas duct and is stored in at least one storage catalytic converter or a nitrogen oxide storage and a subsequently connected catalytic converter. Furthermore, hydrogen and/or a hydrogen-carbon monoxide-mixture is produced in a hydrogen production unit separated from the combustion source and its exhaust gas duct and delivered to a storage catalytic converter. Hydrogen and the stored nitrogen oxide are converted catalytically to ammonia in the storage catalytic converter or in the catalytic converter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for controlling the reducing agent in an exhaust gas post-processing system of a combustion machine with an exhaust gas duct, in which an SCR catalytic converter is provided in the direction of flow of the exhaust, wherein a reducing agent generation system has an NOx and CO/H2 generation unit,, an oxidation catalytic converter and a combined NOx storage / ammonia generation unit in the standard gas route of the reducing agent generation system, and, in order to reduce nitrogen oxide, ammonia is added as a reducing agent in front of the SCR catalytic converter by the reducing agent generation system, wherein source materials for the generation of ammonia are at least intermittently added to the NOx and CO/H2 generation unit via a fuel supply line and via an air supply line, wherein during the fat phase the air/fuel composition is changed in front of the oxidation catalytic converter in the form of a lambda modulation for a lambda value.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device to produce ammonia as a reducing agent for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of a combustion source, especially of an internal combustion engine, whereby the ammonia is admixed with the exhaust gas in the direction of flow in front of a SCR-catalytic converter. In so doing, provision is made for a nitrogen oxide production unit separated from the combustion source and its exhaust gas duct and a hydrogen production unit separated from the combustion source and its exhaust gas duct; and nitrogen oxide of the nitrogen oxide production unit and the hydrogen of the hydrogen production unit are delivered at least to a storage catalytic converter or a nitrogen oxide storage and a subsequently connected catalytic converter for the storage of the nitrogen oxide and for the formation of ammonia.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for controlling the reducing agent in an exhaust gas post-processing system of a combustion machine with an exhaust gas duct, in which an SCR catalytic converter is provided in the direction of flow of the exhaust, wherein a reducing agent generation system has an NOx and CO/H2 generation unit,, an oxidation catalytic converter and a combined NOx storage / ammonia generation unit in the standard gas route of the reducing agent generation system, and, in order to reduce nitrogen oxide, ammonia is added as a reducing agent in front of the SCR catalytic converter by the reducing agent generation system, wherein source materials for the generation of ammonia are at least intermittently added to the NOx and CO/H2 generation unit via a fuel supply line and via an air supply line, wherein during the fat phase the air/fuel composition is changed in front of the oxidation catalytic converter in the form of a lambda modulation for a lambda value.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment apparatus having a body through which the exhaust of an internal combustion engine can flow, which body has regions with different flow resistances; the body has flow regions that are separate from one another and are each delimited by a delimiting device and each have at least one inflow opening that the exhaust can act on; the different flow resistances in the regions are produced by differently embodied delimiting devices.