Patents by Inventor Paul Spurk

Paul Spurk 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: 10316739
    Abstract: The invention proposes a method for the purification of exhaust gases which are generated by a diesel engine with a charging turbine, and a special device for carrying out said method. The device comprises, in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, a dosing device for a reducing agent from a reducing agent reservoir (2), an SCR catalytic converter (3), an oxidation catalytic converter (4) and a diesel particle filter (5). The system is particularly suitable for the purification of the exhaust gases of diesel vehicles in which engines with a turbocharger (charging turbine (1)) and an exhaust-gas recirculation device are used, which engines generate exhaust gases which, in addition to carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particles, have nitrogen oxides with an NO2/NOX ratio of between 0.3 and 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Marcus Pfeifer, Hendrik-David Noack
  • Publication number: 20180258839
    Abstract: The invention proposes a method for the purification of exhaust gases which are generated by a diesel engine with a charging turbine, and a special device for carrying out said method. The device comprises, in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, a dosing device for a reducing agent from a reducing agent reservoir (2), an SCR catalytic converter (3), an oxidation catalytic converter (4) and a diesel particle filter (5). The system is particularly suitable for the purification of the exhaust gases of diesel vehicles in which engines with a turbocharger (charging turbine (1)) and an exhaust-gas recirculation device are used, which engines generate exhaust gases which, in addition to carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particles, have nitrogen oxides with an NO2/NOX ratio of between 0.3 and 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul SPURK, Marcus PFEIFER, Hendrik-David NOACK
  • Patent number: 10001053
    Abstract: The invention proposes a method for the purification of exhaust gases which are generated by a diesel engine with a charging turbine, and a special device for carrying out said method. The device comprises, in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, a dosing device for a reducing agent from a reducing agent reservoir (2), an SCR catalytic converter (3), an oxidation catalytic converter (4) and a diesel particle filter (5). The system is particularly suitable for the purification of the exhaust gases of diesel vehicles in which engines with a turbocharger (charging turbine (1)) and an exhaust-gas recirculation device are used, which engines generate exhaust gases which, in addition to carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particles, have nitrogen oxides with an NO2/NOX ratio of between 0.3 and 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Marcus Pfeifer, Hendrik-David Noack
  • Patent number: 9278347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating ceramic honeycomb bodies with a coating suspension containing, in a carrier liquid, catalyst components as solids and/or in dissolved form. The honeycomb bodies have parallel flow channels running through them. The walls of the flow channels generally have an open pore structure. To coat the channel walls and in particular also the interior surfaces of the pores with the coating suspension, it is proposed that the flow channels be temporarily alternately closed and the coating suspension be forced through the open pore structure of the channel walls. The coating is subsequently dried and calcined. To close the flow channels, it is possible to use thermally or chemically decomposable or soluble compositions which are decomposed or dissolved either during calcination or by means of a subsequent chemical treatment. The coated honeycomb bodies are preferably used for the purification of exhaust gases from automobiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marcus Pfeifer, Paul Spurk, Markus Koegel, Egbert S. J. Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 9273578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic converter which comprises a molecular sieve and a mixed oxide, and to a method for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases of diesel engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Seyler, Nicola Soeger, Katja Adelmann, Paul Spurk
  • Patent number: 9095816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of diesel engines, and to a process for reducing the level of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of diesel engines. The catalyst consists of a support body of length L and of a catalytically active coating which in turn may be formed from one or more material zones. The material zones comprise selectively catalytically reductive (SCR-active) mixed oxide consisting of cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, rare earth sesquioxide and niobium oxide and optionally tungsten oxide. In addition, the material zones comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of barium oxide, barium hydroxide, barium carbonate, strontium oxide, strontium hydroxide, strontium carbonate, praseodymium oxide, lanthanum oxide, magnesium oxide, mixed magnesium/aluminum oxide, alkali metal oxide, alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal carbonate and mixtures thereof. Noble metal may optionally also be present in the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Nicola Soeger, Elena Mueller, Stephan Malmberg
  • Patent number: 8753596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of diesel engines, and to a process for reducing the level of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of diesel engines. The catalyst consists of a support body of length L and of a catalytically active coating which in turn may be formed from one or more material zones. The material zones comprise a copper-containing zeolite or a zeolite-like compound. The materials used include chabazite, SAPO-34, ALPO-34 and zeolite ?. In addition, the material zones comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of barium oxide, barium hydroxide, barium carbonate, strontium oxide, strontium hydroxide, strontium carbonate, praseodymium oxide, lanthanum oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium/aluminum mixed oxide, alkali metal oxide, alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal carbonate and mixtures thereof. Noble metal may optionally also be present in the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Nicola Soeger, Elena Mueller, Stephan Malmberg
  • Publication number: 20140041366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic converter which comprises a molecular sieve and a mixed oxide, and to a method for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases of diesel engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Seyler, Nicola Soeger, Katja Adelmann, Paul Spurk
  • Publication number: 20130189172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of diesel engines, and to a process for reducing the level of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of diesel engines. The catalyst consists of a support body of length L and of a catalytically active coating which in turn may be formed from one or more material zones. The material zones comprise selectively catalytically reductive (SCR-active) mixed oxide consisting of cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, rare earth sesquioxide and niobium oxide and optionally tungsten oxide. In addition, the material zones comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of barium oxide, barium hydroxide, barium carbonate, strontium oxide, strontium hydroxide, strontium carbonate, praseodymium oxide, lanthanum oxide, magnesium oxide, mixed magnesium/aluminum oxide, alkali metal oxide, alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal carbonate and mixtures thereof. Noble metal may optionally also be present in the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Nicola Soeger, Elena Mueller, Stephan Malmberg
  • Publication number: 20130156668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst for removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of diesel engines, and to a process for reducing the level of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of diesel engines. The catalyst consists of a support body of length L and of a catalytically active coating which in turn may be formed from one or more material zones. The material zones comprise a copper-containing zeolite or a zeolite-like compound. The materials used include chabazite, SAPO-34, ALPO-34 and zeolite ?. In addition, the material zones comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of barium oxide, barium hydroxide, barium carbonate, strontium oxide, strontium hydroxide, strontium carbonate, praseodymium oxide, lanthanum oxide, magnesium oxide, magnesium/aluminum mixed oxide, alkali metal oxide, alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal carbonate and mixtures thereof. Noble metal may optionally also be present in the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Nicola Soeger, Elena Mueller, Stephan Malmberg
  • Publication number: 20120321842
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating ceramic honeycomb bodies with a coating suspension containing, in a carrier liquid, catalyst components as solids and/or in dissolved form. The honeycomb bodies have parallel flow channels running through them. The walls of the flow channels generally have an open pore structure. To coat the channel walls and in particular also the interior surfaces of the pores with the coating suspension, it is proposed that the flow channels be temporarily alternately closed and the coating suspension be forced through the open pore structure of the channel walls. The coating is subsequently dried and calcined. To close the flow channels, it is possible to use thermally or chemically decomposable or soluble compositions which are decomposed or dissolved either during calcination or by means of a subsequent chemical treatment. The coated honeycomb bodies are preferably used for the purification of exhaust gases from automobiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marcus PFEIFER, Paul SPURK, Markus KOEGEL, Egbert S.J. LOX, Thomas KREUZER
  • Patent number: 8278236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating ceramic honeycomb bodies with a coating suspension containing, in a carrier liquid, catalyst components as solids and/or in dissolved form. The honeycomb bodies have parallel flow channels running through them. The walls of the flow channels generally have an open pore structure. To coat the channel walls and in particular also the interior surfaces of the pores with the coating suspension, it is proposed that the flow channels be temporarily alternately closed and the coating suspension be forced through the open pore structure of the channel walls. The coating is subsequently dried and calcined. To close the flow channels, it is possible to use thermally or chemically decomposable or soluble compositions which are decomposed or dissolved either during calcination or by means of a subsequent chemical treatment. The coated honeycomb bodies are preferably used for the purification of exhaust gases from automobiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marcus Pfeifer, Paul Spurk, Markus Koegel, Egbert S. J. Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 8226914
    Abstract: Soot filters for removing soot from the exhaust gas of lean-burn engines become blocked with progressive operating duration on account of the deposition of soot, and must therefore be regenerated at regular intervals. It has been found that reliable operation of the soot filter is possible only if an active regeneration is carried out from time to time by increasing the exhaust-gas temperature to the soot ignition temperature. For this purpose, an oxidation catalytic converter is usually arranged upstream of the soot filter, and the exhaust-gas temperature is increased by means of the catalytic combustion of additionally injected fuel. Here, the oxidation catalytic converter is subjected to high temperature loading and therefore ages very quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Stèphanie Frantz, Thomas Le Tallec, Olivier Teysset, Wilfried Mueller, Gerald Jeske
  • Publication number: 20110173951
    Abstract: The invention proposes a method for the purification of exhaust gases which are generated by a diesel engine with a charging turbine, and a special device for carrying out said method. The device comprises, in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, a dosing device for a reducing agent from a reducing agent reservoir (2), an SCR catalytic converter (3), an oxidation catalytic converter (4) and a diesel particle filter (5). The system is particularly suitable for the purification of the exhaust gases of diesel vehicles in which engines with a turbocharger (charging turbine (1)) and an exhaust-gas recirculation device are used, which engines generate exhaust gases which, in addition to carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particles, have nitrogen oxides with an NO2/NOX ratio of between 0.3 and 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Marcus Pfeifer, Hendrik-David Noack
  • Publication number: 20110120093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying NOx-containing exhaust gases formed in an internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention is directed at the purification of exhaust gases from an engine which produces a lean-burn exhaust gas, e.g. a diesel engine or a spark-ignition engine operated under lean conditions. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an appropriately equipped exhaust gas purification apparatus. The apparatus proposes a sequence of different catalysts for purifying primary axhaust gas of lean-burn engines, in which an oxidatively active particle filter (1) is followed by an oxidation catalyst (2) and this is in turn followed by an SCR catalyst, (3c) with the latter being arranged downstream of an addition of reducing agent (3a) located downstream of the oxidation catalyst (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Stephan Eckhoff, Paul Spurk, Lothar Mussmann, Wilfried Muleller
  • Publication number: 20100095658
    Abstract: Soot filters for removing soot from the exhaust gas of lean-burn engines become blocked with progressive operating duration on account of the deposition of soot, and must therefore be regenerated at regular intervals. It has been found that reliable operation of the soot filter is possible only if an active regeneration is carried out from time to time by increasing the exhaust-gas temperature to the soot ignition temperature. For this purpose, an oxidation catalytic converter is usually arranged upstream of the soot filter, and the exhaust-gas temperature is increased by means of the catalytic combustion of additionally injected fuel. Here, the oxidation catalytic converter is subjected to high temperature loading and therefore ages very quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul Spurk, Stéphanie Frantz, Thomas Le Tallec, Olivier Teysset, Wilfried Mueller, Gerald Jeske
  • Publication number: 20090305874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating ceramic honeycomb bodies with a coating suspension containing, in a carrier liquid, catalyst components as solids and/or in dissolved form. The honeycomb bodies have parallel flow channels running through them. The walls of the flow channels generally have an open pore structure. To coat the channel walls and in particular also the interior surfaces of the pores with the coating suspension, it is proposed that the flow channels be temporarily alternately closed and the coating suspension be forced through the open pore structure of the channel walls. The coating is subsequently dried and calcined. To close the flow channels, it is possible to use thermally or chemically decomposable or soluble compositions which are decomposed or dissolved either during calcination or by means of a subsequent chemical treatment. The coated honeycomb bodies are preferably used for the purification of exhaust gases from automobiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marcus Pfeifer, Paul Spurk, Markus Koegel, Egbert S.J. Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Publication number: 20090129995
    Abstract: Coating a wall-flow filter with a catalytically active coating generally increases the exhaust-gas backpressure in the filter. The increase in the exhaust-gas backpressure is particularly pronounced if a slurry of fine-particle catalyst materials is used for the coating operation. The increase in the exhaust-gas backpressure can be restricted to a tolerable level if, prior to the coating operation, the slurry is so finely milled that virtually the entire mass of the catalyst materials is introduced into the pores of the filter and deposited on the inner surfaces of the pores. This is the case if the d90 diameter of the particles in the slurry is reduced to below 5 ?m by milling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marcus Pfeifer, Markus Koegel, Christian Kuehn, Roger Staab, Paul Spurk, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 7431895
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment unit for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides under lean exhaust gas conditions which contains at least one catalyst with catalytically active components for selective catalytic reduction (SCR components). The exhaust gas treatment unit is characterised in that the catalyst also contains, in addition to SCR components, at least one storage component for nitrogen oxides (NOx components).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marcus Pfeifer, Paul Spurk, Jürgen Gieshoff, Yvonne Demel, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer
  • Patent number: 7313911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of removing nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of a lean-burn internal combustion engine by selective catalytic reduction (SCR) using ammonia. The exhaust gas is routed first over a platinum-containing pre-catalyst and then over an SCR catalyst. The ammonia needed for the selective catalytic reduction is added to the exhaust gas upstream of the pre-catalyst at an exhaust-gas temperature below 250° C., while it is supplied to the exhaust gas between the pre-catalyst and the SCR catalyst at an exhaust gas temperature above 150° C. By adopting this procedure, a very large temperature range for the selective catalytic reduction with high nitrogen conversion rates is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Pfeifer, Barry Van Setten, Paul Spurk, Yvonne Demel, Tobias Kuhl, Jürgen Gieshoff, Egbert Lox, Thomas Kreuzer