Patents by Inventor Turkay Erol

Turkay Erol 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).

  • Particle filter regeneration method with catalytic combustion device and filtration installation using such a method
    Patent number: 7650748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regenerating a particle filter (10) arranged in the exhaust line (12) of an internal-combustion engine, notably of diesel type, wherein the clogging state of the filter is evaluated, this state is compared with a threshold value, then, if this threshold value is exceeded, a fluid and a fuel are mixed together, this mixture is subjected to catalytic combustion to generate the hot gases required for regeneration of the filter and regeneration of the filter is carried out by means of hot gases flowing through said filter and whose temperature is sufficiently high to provide combustion of the particles retained in this filter. According to the invention, prior to mixing the fluid and the fuel, the temperature of the fluid is raised up to the catalytic combustion light-off temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, Airmees
    Inventors: Jacques Lavy, Jean-Baptiste Dementhon, Daniel Blancotto, Turkay Erol
  • Particle filter regeneration method with catalytic combustion device and filtration installation using such a method
    Publication number: 20070294997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regenerating a particle filter (10) arranged in the exhaust line (12) of an internal-combustion engine, notably of diesel type, wherein the clogging state of the filter is evaluated, this state is compared with a threshold value, then, if this threshold value is exceeded, a fluid and a fuel are mixed together, this mixture is subjected to catalytic combustion to generate the hot gases required for regeneration of the filter and regeneration of the filter is carried out by means of hot gases flowing through said filter and whose temperature is sufficiently high to provide combustion of the particles retained in this filter. According to the invention, prior to mixing the fluid and the fuel, the temperature of the fluid is raised up to the catalytic combustion light-off temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Jacques Lavy, Jean-Baptiste Dementhon, Daniel Blancotto, Turkay Erol