Abstract: Device for microwave elimination of particles contained in the exhaust gases of diesel engines in which a microwave (.lambda.) source (6) and a conductor (5) of the electromagnetic field generated by the source is joined with a resonator (2 or 3) mounted on an element of the pipe (12) for the exhaust gases which contains an insert, characterized by the fact that the insert consists of a filter (13) whose upstream and downstream ends are offset toward the inside of the cavity defined by the resonator and delimit two chambers (14, 15) in which conductors (4) of the electromagnetic field come out, respectively.

Abstract: Apparatus and process for regeneration of clogged solid particle filters, particularly for diesel engines. There is periodically injected upstream from the clogged filter an organic liquid such as C.sub.x H.sub.y O.sub.z, of the ethyl or methyl alcohol type, having a low vaporization temperature, if necessary with water added. The organic liquid, after having been preheated and cracked to give rise to a very flammable mixture consisting essentially of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, is introduced in the path of the incident exhaust gases. The regeneration apparatus comprises two prechambers, each of which contains a glow plug. The burning of the flammable mixture regenerates the clogged filter.

Abstract: A probe for detecting variations in the composition of a mixed-gas flow, designed primarily for monitoring variations in the composition of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine for anti-pollution purposes and based on the pile effect in a solid electrolyte, one side of which is exposed to the gas being tested and the other to a reference gas, the solid electrolyte having the form of a tube open at its ends and traversed by the reference gas passing through its interior, while its outer surface is in contact with the gas flow under test. The electrolyte tube is inserted transversely into the flow passage, its reference gas being released into the passage through the orifice in the free end of the tube.