Patents by Inventor Raj Rajaram

Raj Rajaram 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).

  • Publication number: 20230191386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressed natural gas combustion and exhaust system comprising: (i) a natural gas combustion engine; and (ii) an exhaust treatment system, the exhaust treatment system comprising a intake for receiving an exhaust gas from the combustion engine and a catalyst article arranged to receive and treat the exhaust gas, wherein the catalyst article comprises: a substrate having at least first and second coatings, the first coating being free from platinum-group-metals and comprising a copper-containing zeolite having the CHA framework-type and the second coating comprising a palladium-containing zeolite, wherein the first coating is arranged to contact the exhaust gas before the second coating. The present invention further relates to a method and a use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Agnes RAJ, Raj RAJARAM, Gudmund SMEDLER, David THOMPSETT
  • Patent number: 11117097
    Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst composition, a NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst composition a support material and one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, wherein the support material comprises a NOx storage enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Desiree Duran Martin, Raj Rajaram
  • Patent number: 10669910
    Abstract: A catalyst article including a substrate with an inlet side and an outlet side, a first zone and a second zone, where the first zone comprises a passive NOx adsorber (PNA) comprising a platinum group metal and a base metal, both on a molecular sieve, and an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) comprising an oxidation catalyst comprising a platinum group metal on a support, and a first SCR catalyst; where the second zone comprises a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and a diesel exotherm catalyst (DEC); and where the first zone is located upstream of the second zone. The first zone may include a bottom layer including a blend of: (1) the oxidation catalyst and (2) the first SCR catalyst; and a top layer including a second SCR catalyst, the top layer located over the bottom layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Hai-Ying Chen, John Kilmartin, Dongxia Liu, Jing Lu, Desiree Duran-Martin, Raj Rajaram
  • Patent number: 10634031
    Abstract: A catalyst article including a substrate with an inlet side and an outlet side, a first zone and a second zone, where the first zone comprises a passive NOx adsorber (PNA) comprising a platinum group metal and a base metal, both on a molecular sieve, and an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) comprising an oxidation catalyst comprising a platinum group metal on a support, and a first SCR catalyst; where the second zone comprises a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and a diesel exotherm catalyst (DEC); and where the first zone is located upstream of the second zone. The first zone may include a bottom layer including a blend of: (1) the oxidation catalyst and (2) the first SCR catalyst; and a top layer including a second SCR catalyst, the top layer located over the bottom layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Hai-Ying Chen, John Kilmartin, Dongxia Liu, Jing Lu, Desiree Duran-Martin, Raj Rajaram
  • Publication number: 20190366303
    Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst composition, a NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst composition a support material and one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, wherein the support material comprises a mixed dopant NOx storage enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Desiree DURAN-MARTIN, Rebecca MAKSYMOWICZ, Jonathan RADCLIFFE, Raj RAJARAM
  • Patent number: 10391478
    Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst composition, a NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst composition a support material and one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, wherein the support material comprises a mixed dopant NOx storage enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Desiree Duran-Martin, Rebecca Maksymowicz, Jonathan Radcliffe, Raj Rajaram
  • Publication number: 20180283250
    Abstract: A catalyst article including a substrate with an inlet side and an outlet side, a first zone and a second zone, where the first zone comprises a passive NOx adsorber (PNA) comprising a platinum group metal and a base metal, both on a molecular sieve, and an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) comprising an oxidation catalyst comprising a platinum group metal on a support, and a first SCR catalyst; where the second zone comprises a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and a diesel exotherm catalyst (DEC); and where the first zone is located upstream of the second zone. The first zone may include a bottom layer including a blend of: (1) the oxidation catalyst and (2) the first SCR catalyst; and a top layer including a second SCR catalyst, the top layer located over the bottom layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hai-Ying CHEN, John KILMARTIN, Dongxia LIU, Jing LU, Desiree DURAN-MARTIN, Raj RAJARAM
  • Publication number: 20180093254
    Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst composition, a NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst composition a support material and one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, wherein the support material comprises a mixed dopant NOx storage enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Desiree DURAN-MARTIN, Rebecca MAKSYMOWICZ, Jonathan RADCLIFFE, Raj RAJARAM
  • Publication number: 20180094559
    Abstract: A NOx adsorber catalyst composition, a NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst composition a support material and one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, wherein the support material comprises a NOx storage enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Desiree DURAN MARTIN, Raj RAJARAM
  • Publication number: 20070059223
    Abstract: A catalyst structure for treating exhaust gas from a lean burn internal combustion engine comprises a substrate monolith comprising a lean NOX catalyst (LNC) composition associated with at least one partial oxidation catalyst (POC), wherein the LNC composition is selected from the group consisting of: (a) silver or a silver compound supported on alumina; and (b) at least one metal selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co) and cerium (Ce) supported on at least one zeolite, and wherein the at least one POC is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a bulk oxide, a bulk composite oxide or a bulk mixed oxide comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cerium (Ce) and praseodymium (Pr); and (ii) at least one of rhodium (Rh) and palladium (Pd) disposed on at least one inorganic oxide support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Stanslaw Golunski, Valerie Houel, Andrea Hawkins, David James, Stephen Pollington, Stephen Poulston, Raj Rajaram
  • Publication number: 20050031513
    Abstract: A gasoline engine having an exhaust system comprises means for trapping particulate matter (PM) from the exhaust gas and a catalyst for catalysing the oxidation of the PM by carbon dioxide and/or water in the exhaust gas, which catalyst comprising a supported alkali metal. The invention further includes a method of combusting PM from a gasoline engine in CO2 and/or H2O from the exhaust gas at temperatures in excess of 500 ° C., which method comprising trapping the PM and contacting it with a catalyst comprising a supported alkali metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: John McNamara, Julia Evans, Stephen Poulston, Raj Rajaram, Robert Crane, Constantine Arcoumanis