Patents by Inventor Brendan Carberry

Brendan Carberry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10690029
    Abstract: An arrangement of an internal combustion engine with at least one first and one second nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is provided, wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is arranged within a low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation circuit. A method for operating the arrangement is furthermore provided, wherein the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters can be used for the production of ammonia under operating conditions with a high load by providing rich exhaust gas conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Boerensen, Dirk Roemer, Frank Linzen, Brendan Carberry, Felix Goebel, Evgeny Smirnov
  • Patent number: 10301990
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas aftertreatment system. In one example, a method may include limiting ammonia desorption from a catalyst in response to an increase in driver demand by activating an electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederik De Smet, Monika Angst, Christoph Boerensen, Dirk Roemer, Frank Linzen, Brendan Carberry, Felix Goebel, Evgeny Smirnov
  • Publication number: 20180216510
    Abstract: An arrangement of an internal combustion engine with at least one first and one second nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is provided, wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is arranged within a low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation circuit. A method for operating the arrangement is furthermore provided, wherein the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters can be used for the production of ammonia under operating conditions with a high load by providing rich exhaust gas conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Boerensen, Dirk Roemer, Frank Linzen, Brendan Carberry, Felix Goebel, Evgeny Smirnov
  • Publication number: 20180187583
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas aftertreatment system. In one example, a method may include limiting ammonia desorption from a catalyst in response to an increase in driver demand by activating an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Frederik De Smet, Monika Angst, Christoph Boerensen, Dirk Roemer, Frank Linzen, Brendan Carberry, Felix Goebel, Evgeny Smirnov
  • Patent number: 8241579
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Patent number: 8137636
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Publication number: 20120011832
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Patent number: 8052937
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Patent number: 7820588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for the oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) at low temperatures, which is a catalytically active composition based on platinum and cobalt. The catalyst can be used in the removal of CO from hydrogen-rich gas for fuel cell technology in order to avoid poisoning the electrodes with CO. Further fields of application relate to the automobile sector, and in particular, to the effective removal of CO during cold starting of a diesel or petrol engine and also to air purification systems for quality control of air in interior spaces, e.g., the removal of CO in a tunnel, an underground railway, multi-story car parks or submarines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Brendan Carberry, Alexander Susdorf
  • Publication number: 20100233046
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Publication number: 20100223918
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Patent number: 7771669
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Patent number: 7291576
    Abstract: The present invention provides a regenerable catalyst composition suitable for entrapping SOx. The composition of the invention comprises a copper oxide having the formula (Cu/(A oxide) where A oxide is SiO2, Zr—SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2—Al2O3, ZrO2 and In2O3 or mixtures thereof. Copper loading may vary from about 10 to 60 mol % and is preferably about 25 mol %. The catalyst composition adsorbs SOx as metal sulfate under lean conditions and desorbs accumulated SOx as SO2 under rich conditions. Such reversible SOx trap are able to operate under conventional NOx trap operating conditions to prevent sulfur poisoning of the NOx trap. Furthermore, these traps may be regenerated under rich conditions at 300-450° C. In another embodiment of the present invention, an irreversible SOx trap capable of collecting SOx under lean conditions is provided. The traps of this embodiment include praseodymia, zirconia-praseodymia and mixed manganese-yttria and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert McCabe, Woosang Chun, George Graham, Clifford Montreuil, Brendan Carberry, Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov
  • Publication number: 20070245724
    Abstract: A catalyst composition is provided for use on a diesel particulate filter which facilitates the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust and which generates low NO2 emissions during regeneration of the filter. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal comprising a platinum group metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La; and an oxide component selected from oxides of Co, Fe, or combinations thereof. The catalyst composition includes a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the catalyst metal precursor(s), the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the Co or Fe oxide(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Alexei Dubkov, Albert Chigapov, Brendan Carberry
  • Publication number: 20070219088
    Abstract: A catalyst composition for facilitating the oxidation of soot from diesel engine exhaust is provided. The catalyst composition includes a catalytic metal selected from Pt, Pd, Pt—Pd, Ag, or combinations thereof, an active metal oxide component containing Cu and La, and a support selected from alumina, silica, zirconia, or combinations thereof. The platinum group metal loading of the composition is less than about 20 g/ft3. The catalyst composition may be provided on a diesel particulate filter by impregnating the filter with an alumina, silica or zirconia sol solution modified with glycerol and/or saccharose, impregnating the filter with a stabilizing solution, and impregnating the filter with a solution containing the active metal oxide precursor(s) and the catalytic metal precursor(s). The resulting catalyst coated diesel particulate filter provides effective soot oxidation, exhibits good thermal stability, has a high BET surface area, and exhibits minimal backpressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry
  • Publication number: 20070129247
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for the oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) at low temperatures, which is a catalytically active composition based on platinum and cobalt. The catalyst can be used in the removal of CO from hydrogen-rich gas for fuel cell technology in order to avoid poisoning of the electrodes with CO. Further fields of application relate to the automobile sector, in particular the effective removal of CO during cold starting of a diesel or petrol engine and also air purification systems for quality control of air in interior spaces, e.g., removal of CO in a tunnel, an underground railway, multistory car parks or submarines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Brendan Carberry, Alexander Susdorf
  • Publication number: 20060100097
    Abstract: The present invention provides new platinum group metal (“PGM”) free catalytic compositions that comprise silver and/or cobalt stabilized ceria. These compositions facilitate soot oxidation during the regeneration of diesel particulate filters (DPF) thereby replacing PGM formulations. The compositions of the invention are particularly useful as washcoat compositions for DPFs as part of an automotive after-treatment system. Among the formulations tested, the silver-stabilized ceria and cobalt-stabilized ceria formulations e.g. can oxidize soot at 250-300° C. in the presence of NO2 and oxygen, while silver-stabilized ceria can oxidize diesel soot even in the presence of oxygen as the sole oxidizing agent at these temperatures. A perovshite composition containing Ag—La—Mn was very active at temperatures above 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov, Brendan Carberry, Robert McCabe
  • Publication number: 20050145827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a regenerable catalyst composition suitable for entrapping SOx. The composition of the invention comprises a copper oxide having the formula (Cu/(A oxide) where A oxide is SiO2, Zr—SiO2, A12O3, TiO2—Al2O3, ZrO2 and In2O3 or mixtures thereof. Copper loading may vary from about 10 to 60 mol % and is preferably about 25 mol %. The catalyst composition adsorbs SOx as metal sulfate under lean conditions and desorbs accumulated SOx as SO2 under rich conditions. Such reversible SOx trap are able to operate under conventional NOx trap operating conditions to prevent sulfur poisoning of the NOx trap. Furthermore, these traps may be regenerated under rich conditions at 300-450° C. In another embodiment of the present invention, an irreversible SOx trap capable of collecting SOx under lean conditions is provided. The traps of this embodiment include praseodymia, zirconia-praseodymia and mixed manganese-yttria and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Robert McCabe, Woosang Chun, George Graham, Clifford Montreuil, Brendan Carberry, Albert Chigapov, Alexei Dubkov