Including Solid, Extended Surface, Fluid Contact Reaction Means; E.g., Inert Raschig Rings, Particulate Absorbent, Particulate Or Monolithic Catalyst, Etc. Patents (Class 422/177)
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Patent number: 9175590Abstract: An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust purification catalyst which reacts NOX and hydrocarbons. The exhaust purification catalyst includes an upstream side catalyst and a downstream side catalyst. The upstream side catalyst has an oxidation ability, while the downstream side catalyst carries precious metal catalyst particles on the exhaust flow surface and is formed with basic exhaust flow surface parts. The exhaust purification catalyst can make the concentration of hydrocarbons vibrate by within a predetermined range of amplitude and by within a predetermined range of period so as to partially oxidize the hydrocarbons or produce reducing intermediates at the upstream side catalyst. When the temperature of the upstream side catalyst is less than a first judgment temperature and the temperature of the downstream side catalyst is higher than a second judgment temperature, the temperature of the upstream side catalyst is made to rise.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umemoto, Kohei Yoshida, Mikio Inoue
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Patent number: 9149764Abstract: An air-purifying device for vehicles capable of diagnosing function deterioration of an ozone purifier with an inexpensive configuration is provided. At Step 120, applying current to an injector 20 is started. As a result, injection of ammonia from the injector 20 is started. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not i a heat generation amount is more than a predetermined amount A (Step 130). In the case of the heat generation amount>predetermined amount A, it can be determined that there are a large number of pores (fine pores) of activated carbon supporting a deterioration detection substance. In the case of the heat generation amount?predetermined amount A, it can be determined that fine pores have decreased and an ozone purifying function of the activated carbon has deteriorated. Thus, an MIL 30 is lighted (Step 140).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuhiro Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9145849Abstract: A combuster (2) of a gas turbine engine (1) is fed with gaseous ammonia and that gaseous ammonia is burned to drive a turbine (3). Inside the exhaust passage of the gas turbine engine (1), an NOx selective reduction catalyst (10) is arranged. Inside one or both of the intake passage of the gas turbine engine (1) or the exhaust passage upstream of the NOx selective reduction catalyst (10), ammonia is fed. This ammonia is used to reduce the NOx which is contained in the exhaust gas at the NOx selective reduction catalyst (10).Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Kasuga, Atushi Watanabe, Shin-ichiro Tanaka, Osamu Azegami
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Patent number: 9138736Abstract: An exhaust purifying apparatus of an internal combustion engine is provided. The exhaust purifying apparatus includes a CO oxidation catalyst disposed in the exhaust flow passage of an internal combustion engine and capable of oxidizing and thereby purifying CO in the exhaust, and an HC adsorbent material loaded with a noble metal, for adsorbing HC in the exhaust. The exhaust purifying apparatus further includes an NOx adsorbent material for adsorbing NOx in the exhaust. These adsorbent materials are located on the upstream side in the exhaust flow direction with respect to the CO oxidation catalyst and disposed in order from the upstream. The CO oxidation catalyst contains Pd and CeO2 and is obtained by an oxidation treatment at a temperature of 850 to 950° C. The amount of Pd supported in the CO oxidation catalyst is from 0.1 to 2.5 mass % based on CeO2.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kotaro Hayashi, Satoshi Nagao, Hideaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 9140164Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine purifies exhaust gas in a first exhaust path and a second exhaust path. The device includes a confluent path. The confluent path extends from a confluent section of the first exhaust path and the second exhaust path. A first auxiliary NOx catalyst is provided in the first exhaust path. A second auxiliary NOx catalyst is provided in the second exhaust path. A main NOx catalyst is provided in the confluent path. A first addition section adds an ammonia source in a first addition amount to a section upstream of the first auxiliary NOx catalyst to supply urea water to the first auxiliary NOx catalyst. A second addition section adds an ammonia source in a second addition amount to a section upstream of the second auxiliary NOx catalyst to supply urea water to the second auxiliary NOx catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Toshioka, Koichiro Fukuda, Shigeki Nakayama, Noriyoshi Takahashi, Atsushi Kidokoro, Sakutaro Hoshi, Satoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9120077Abstract: A diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) is described. Also described is a novel washcoat composition including a surface-coated zeolite coated with at least one of zirconia and alumina, and a platinum group metal supported on a high surface area alumina.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Xinyi Wei, Stanley A. Roth
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Patent number: 9121327Abstract: Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: BASF CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Elizabeth A. Przybylski
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Patent number: 9114389Abstract: Provided is a catalyst having the ability to combust PM at relatively low temperatures and having high HC and CO removal (conversion) efficiency even at the above operating temperature. In the catalyst composition, at least one kind of platinum group element selected from Pt, Rh, and Pd is dispersed in and supported by a platinum group-supporting carrier containing at least one kind of element selected from Zr, Al, Y, Si, Bi, Pr, and Tb, and the platinum group-supporting carrier is supported on the surface of a Ce oxide containing Ce as an essential component. The catalyst composition has both PM combustion activity and gas purification activity.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Michiaki, Takuma Honda, Shin Hamada
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Patent number: 9109491Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve (15), an exhaust purification catalyst (13), and a particulate filter (14) are arranged. At the time of engine operation, the amplitude of change of the concentration of hydrocarbons which flow into the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is made to become within a predetermined range of amplitude by control of the injection amount of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve (15). When the temperature of the particulate filter (14) is to be raised to be regeneration temperature, the injection amount of hydrocarbons is increased and thereby the pass through amount of hydrocarbons which pass through the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is increased.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuki Bisaiji, Toshihiro Mori
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Patent number: 9101878Abstract: A catalytic converter apparatus for use in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and at least one catalytic substrate element disposed in the housing. The at least one substrate element is divided into a plurality of zones or sections, the zones at least partially separated from one another to inhibit heat flow. The zones can be at least partially separated with walls. The walls can include insulating material for reducing the mobility of heat radially outwardly. Each of the zones defines a generally separate flow passage connecting the inlet and outlet in fluid communication. The apparatus can heat more rapidly from a cold start compared with conventional catalytic converters.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Vida Holdings Ltd.Inventors: Stefano Plati, Michael Decesare, Sarry Al-Turk, Amanda Sistilli, Gregory Kiyoshi Koyanagi, Voislav Blagojevic
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Patent number: 9101905Abstract: A catalytic converter apparatus includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, a chamber, an access opening, and an interior sealing surface generally encompassing a periphery of one of the inlet and outlet ports in the chamber. A substrate assembly is insertable into the chamber and removable from the chamber through the access opening, and includes a catalyst matrix for treating fluid. A positioning mechanism removably supports the substrate assembly within the chamber so that movement of the substrate assembly in a lateral direction generally parallel to the interior sealing surface moves the substrate assembly in an axial direction generally perpendicular to the interior sealing surface. The positioning mechanism may guide the substrate assembly in the axial direction into sealing engagement with the one of the inlet and outlet ports to provide a fluid flow path through the catalyst matrix between the inlet and outlet ports.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: DCL International Inc.Inventors: John P. Muter, Haiqing Liu
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Patent number: 9101881Abstract: A catalytic converter apparatus for use in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and at least one catalytic substrate element disposed in the housing. The at least one substrate element is divided into a plurality of zones or sections, the zones at least partially separated from one another to inhibit heat flow. The zones can be at least partially separated with walls. The walls can include insulating material for reducing the mobility of heat radially outwardly. Each of the zones defines a generally separate flow passage connecting the inlet and outlet in fluid communication. The apparatus can heat more rapidly from a cold start compared with conventional catalytic converters.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Vida Holdings Ltd.Inventors: Stefano Plati, Michael Decesare, Sarry Al-Turk, Amanda Sistilli, Gregory Kiyoshi Koyanagi, Voislav Blagojevic
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Patent number: 9097167Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine comprising a catalyst (45) having an active element and a composite oxidation which carries the active element in an exhaust passage (40), the active element transforming into the composite oxide as a solid solution when the catalyst temperature is higher than or equal to a predetermined solid solution temperature and the atmosphere of the interior of the catalyst is an oxidation atmosphere and the active element precipitating from the composite oxide when the catalyst temperature is higher than or equal to a predetermined precipitation temperature and the atmosphere of the interior of the catalyst is a reduction atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Yusuke Saito, Takeshi Nobukawa, Masao Watanabe
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Patent number: 9097157Abstract: An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine is provided with an exhaust purification catalyst which includes an upstream side catalyst and a downstream side catalyst and removes NOX. The upstream side catalyst has an oxidation ability, while the downstream side catalyst has catalyst particles of precious metals and basic exhaust flow surface parts. The system makes the concentration of hydrocarbons which flow into the exhaust purification catalyst vibrate by within a predetermined range of amplitude and by within a predetermined range of period and reduces the NOX. The upstream side catalyst includes an upstream side substrate and an upstream side container, while the downstream side catalyst includes a downstream side substrate, a downstream side container, and a channel of exhaust between the downstream side substrate and the downstream side container.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umemoto, Mikio Inoue
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Patent number: 9080766Abstract: An emission control apparatus which can be used on an outdoor wood-fired boiler. Ambient air, which has a much higher concentration of available oxygen in relation to exhaust gases, is caused to be heated before being passed through catalyst-coated media along with exhaust gases, thereby improving the performance of the catalytic reaction.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Clear Skies Unlimited, Inc.Inventors: Lance C. Grace, Tyler Mainord Grace
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Patent number: 9051857Abstract: Proposed is a diesel particle filter which comprises a ceramic wall-flow filter substrate and a coating applied in the inflow ducts, which coating is composed of material with a high melting point. The coating (6) is provided such that, by means of said coating, pores (5), which connect the inflow ducts (1) and outflow ducts (2), in the wall (4) are closed off for the soot particles (7) at the inflow side without said coating thereby preventing the passage of the gaseous exhaust-gas constituents. The coating may be produced from one or more oxides with a high melting point or from fibrous material with a high melting point. In both cases, the coating has the effect that the depth filtration is considerably reduced, and therefore the back pressure increase encountered during the depth filtration phase is significantly reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: UNICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Franz Dornhaus, Stéphanie Frantz, Gerald Jeske
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Patent number: 9051860Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve (16), an exhaust purification catalyst (13), an aqueous urea solution feed valve (17), and an NOx selective reduction catalyst (15) are arranged in that order. A first NOx purification method which makes the concentration of hydrocarbons flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst (13) vibrate by within predetermined ranges of amplitude and period to reduce the NOx contained in exhaust gas in the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is normally used. A second NOx purification method which uses the fed aqueous urea solution to reduce the NOx in the NOx selective reduction catalyst (15) is used when the fed hydrocarbons exceed the allowable value.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mikio Inoue, Kohei Yoshida, Yuki Bisaiji, Kazuhiro Umemoto
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Patent number: 9039984Abstract: Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: BASF CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Elizabeth A. Przybylski
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Patent number: 9039983Abstract: Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: BASF CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Elizabeth A. Przybylski
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Patent number: 9040007Abstract: In one embodiment, a catalyst for ozone oxidation of pollutant components dispersed in a gas is provided. The ozone oxidation catalyst has a porous body formed from a metal body, a ceramic, or polymeric fibers coated with metal. A catalytic noble metal composition is deposited on the surface of the porous body. The catalytic noble metal composition is formed from particles of a noble metal supported by a mesoporous molecular sieve.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONGInventors: Kwan San Hui, Kwok Leung Tsui, Man On Fu
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Patent number: 9038372Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve (15) and an exhaust purification catalyst (13) are arranged. The carrier (50) of the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is formed from a crystallized composite oxide of aluminum and an alkali earth metal. On this carrier (50), precious metal catalysts (51, 52) are carried. The concentration of hydrocarbons which flow into the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is made to vibrate by within a predetermined range of amplitude of a 200 ppm or more and within a predetermined range of period of 5 second or less, whereby the NOx which is contained in exhaust gas is reduced at the exhaust purification catalyst (13).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Watanabe, Koutarou Hayashi, Kohei Yoshida, Yuki Bisaiji, Kazuhiro Umemoto
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Patent number: 9039982Abstract: Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: BASF CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Elizabeth A. Przybylski
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Patent number: 9034267Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve (15) and an exhaust purification catalyst (13) are arranged. The exhaust purification catalyst (13) is comprised of a mixture of a first catalyst in which platinum (51) and a basic layer (52) are carried on alumina (50) and a second catalyst in which rhodium (56) is carried on zirconia (55). The concentration of hydrocarbons which flow into the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is made to vibrate by within a predetermined range of amplitude of a 200 ppm or more and within a predetermined range of period of 5 second or less, whereby the NOx which is contained in exhaust gas is reduced at the exhaust purification catalyst (13).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Watanabe, Koutarou Hayashi, Kohei Yoshida, Yuki Bisaiji, Kazuhiro Umemoto
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Patent number: 9034269Abstract: The present invention relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst comprising a carrier substrate, and a first washcoat layer disposed on the substrate, the first washcoat layer comprising palladium supported on a support material comprising a metal oxide, gold supported on a support material comprising a metal oxide, and a ceria comprising compound, as well as a process for the preparation of such catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Marcus Hilgendorff, Alfred H. Punke, Torsten W. Müller-Stach, Gerd Grubert, Torsten Neubauer, Jeffrey B. Hoke
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Patent number: 9028761Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve (15) and an exhaust purification catalyst (13) are arranged. The exhaust purification catalyst (13) is comprised of an upstream-side catalyst (14a) and a downstream-side catalyst (14b) arranged in series at an interval from each other. The upstream-side catalyst (14b) has a smaller cross-sectional area than the downstream-side catalyst (14b). The concentration of hydrocarbons which flow into the upstream-side catalyst (14a) is made to vibrate by within a predetermined range of amplitude of a 200 ppm or more and within a predetermined range of period of 5 seconds or less, whereby the NOx which is contained in exhaust gas is reduced at the exhaust purification catalyst (13).Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhiro Umemoto, Kohei Yoshida, Mikio Inoue
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Patent number: 9017614Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, an NOx adsorption part and an NOx purification part are arranged. The NOx purification part has the property of reducing NOx which is contained in exhaust gas if the concentration of hydrocarbons is made to vibrate by within a predetermined range of amplitude and within a predetermined range of period. When NOx is to be desorbed from the NOx adsorption part, the current NOx which is contained in the exhaust gas and the NOx which is desorbed from the NOx adsorption part are reduced by making the concentration of hydrocarbons of the NOx purification part vibrate by the amplitude and period which are set for the current engine operating state, at least of which (?T·k) has been corrected so that the amount of hydrocarbons becomes greater.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Hiromasa Nishioka, Kohei Yoshida, Yuki Bisaiji, Junichi Matsuo, Takamitsu Asanuma
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Patent number: 9011809Abstract: An ammonia oxidation catalyst being superior in heat resistance and capable of suppressing by-production of N2O or NOx. The ammonia oxidation catalyst is made by coating at least two catalyst layers having a catalyst layer (lower layer) including a catalyst supported a noble metal on an inorganic base material including any of a composite oxide (A) having at least titania and silica as main components, alumina, and a composite oxide (B) consisting of alumina and silica; and a catalyst layer (upper layer) including a composite oxide (C) consisting of at least silica, tungsten oxide, ceria and zirconia, at the surface of an integral structure-type substrate, wherein a composition of the composite oxide (C) is silica: 20% by weight or less, tungsten oxide: 1 to 50% by weight, ceria: 1 to 60% by weight, and zirconia: 30 to 90% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: N.E. Chemcat CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Ito, Toshinori Okajima, Takashi Hihara, Makoto Nagata
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Patent number: 9011568Abstract: A filter for internal combustion engines, includes a rigid external casing provided with at least an inlet for a fluid to be filtered and an outlet for the fluid when filtered, and a filter cartridge located internally of the external casing, which includes a plurality of tubular filter walls arranged parallel to one another which are destined to be crossed by the fluid flowing from the inlet towards the outlet of the external casing; the external casing being conformed such as to delimit a pouch a transversal section of which, performed along a perpendicular plane to axes of the tubular filter walls, exhibits a prevalent line of development and a small width with respect to the prevalent line of development; the tubular filter walls being arranged internally of the pouch, side by side with one another, forming a single row which follows the prevalent line of development of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: UFI Innovation Center S.R.L.Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
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Patent number: 9011784Abstract: The invention generally relates to three-way catalysts and catalyst formulations capable of simultaneously converting nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons into less toxic compounds. Such three-way catalyst formulations contain ZrO2-based mixed-metal oxide support oxides doped with an amount of lanthanide. Three-way catalyst formulations with the support oxides of the present invention demonstrate higher catalytic activity, efficiency and longevity than comparable catalysts formulated with traditional support oxides.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Golden, Randal Hatfield, Jason D. Pless
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Patent number: 9011782Abstract: An after-treatment system includes a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst or a similar aftertreatment unit or brick that may be inserted into the opened end of a sleeve. The aftertreatment brick includes a substrate matrix with catalytic material that extends between a first face and a second face. A mantle is disposed around the substrate matrix and extends between a first rim proximate the first face and a second rim proximate the second face. The mantel may include a overhang extension that extends the first rim of the mantle beyond the first face of the substrate matrix. To enable retrieval of the SCR catalyst from the sleeve, a retrieval feature is disposed on a readily accessible, inner surface of the overhang extension.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mirza P. Baig, Thomas W. Manning, Rick E. Jeffs, Kristian N. Engelsen, Andrew M. Denis, Pradyumna V. Rao
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Patent number: 9010097Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve (16), an exhaust purification catalyst (13), a particulate filter (14), and an NO2 reduction catalyst (15) are arranged. At the time of engine operation, the amplitude of change of the concentration of hydrocarbons which flow into the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is made to become within a predetermined range of amplitude by control of the injection amount of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve (16). When the NO2 which is produced at the particulate filter (14) should be reduced to NO, the injection amount of hydrocarbons is increased whereby the pass through amount of hydrocarbons which pass straight through the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is increased.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mikio Inoue, Kohei Yoshida, Yuki Bisaiji, Kazuhiro Umemoto, Masahide Iida
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Patent number: 9011569Abstract: A wall flow type particulate filter (24) adapted to be arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine in which combustion is performed in an excess of oxygen carries a solid acid. The solid acid has an acid strength which is higher than the acid strength of sulfurous acid and lower than the acid strength of sulfuric acid.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Otsuki, Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Katsuhiko Oshikawa, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Junichi Matsuo, Yuichi Sobue, Daichi Imai, Kou Sugawara
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Patent number: 9005534Abstract: In flue-gas desulfurization equipment, in order to gypsumize sulfur dioxide in a byproduct at approximately 100% and to make desulfurization rate approximately 100%, the flue-gas desulfurization equipment (1) according to the present invention is provided with a basket-shaped rotation cylinder (20) arranged in the fixing duct (10) in a state of being supported rotatably around a horizontal shaft (21), a rotation packed bed (30) formed by filling fillers for gas-liquid contact in the basket-shaped rotation cylinder (20), a slurry storage tank (40) having plural communication storage sections (41) located below the rotation packed bed (30) and divided by separation plates (43) each of which has a communication part (43a), and slurry spraying means (63) which are provided corresponding to the plural communication storage sections (41) and which spray the absorbent slurry extracted from the corresponding communication storage sections (41) to upper parts of the communication storage section (41) in the rotation pType: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Inventor: Takeshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20150098879Abstract: An apparatus comprising a compression ignition engine and an exhaust system therefor comprising at least one exhaust system component for treating exhaust gas and means for generating an exotherm for heating the at least one exhaust system component, which exotherm generating means consisting essentially of a catalyst and means for injecting hydrocarbon into exhaust gas for combustion on the catalyst, which catalyst consisting essentially of both a palladium (Pd) component and a platinum (Pt) component, and an optional support material, disposed on a substrate monolith.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Bernard Paul Gabriel Ghislain Marie OGER, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Martyn Vincent TWIGG, Andrew Peter WALKER
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Patent number: 8999048Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for a diesel engine includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) in an exhaust system in the diesel engine. The exhaust gas purifying apparatus is constructed to execute regeneration of the DPF by raising a temperature of the DPF in a case where a predetermined DPF regeneration condition is fulfilled, interrupt the regeneration of the DPF, execute idling stop, automatically restart the diesel engine and then restart the regeneration of the DPF, and when shifting to the idling operation is carried out during regeneration of the DPF, delay execution of the idling stop until a temperature of the DPF at a time at which the idling stop is started becomes not less than a temperature of the DPF at a time at which shifting to an idling operation is carried out even in a case where the predetermined idling stop condition is fulfilled.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Nishizawa, Risa Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150093299Abstract: The MOF Clean Exhaust System has three components: the exhaust system, the crystal encasement, a CO2 filter, and the MOF Crystals. These components rely on one another to complete the task of effectively minimizing emissions, and decreasing the output of CO2 from the vehicle's exhaust system. While the car is running, the exhaust will flow through the exhaust system, the CO2 filter and into the MOF tank. The tank is vacuum-sealed; therefore, the crystals will be able to work to their fullest capacity in absorbing CO2. From this sealed compartment the user will be able to connect a hose at the extraction point from the tank. Here there is a switch to open the tank and release the CO2. This released CO2 will be collected in underground tanks, and can then be recycled for use in compressed air tanks for construction equipment, or even for the production of synthetic fuels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventor: Kurt Keith Schnaars
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Patent number: 8992868Abstract: Dry processes, apparatus, compositions and systems are provided for reducing emissions of mercury and optionally sulfur oxides and/or HCl. In an embodiment the copper-based mercury remediation composition comprises a copper ammonium complex having an empirical formula of C2H7CuNO2 or any of the other materials described, which include compositions defined by the formula Cu(NH3)x(lower carboxylate)y, wherein the lower carboxylate is selected from the group consisting of formate, acetate and propionate, x is an integer from 0 to 4, y is an integer from 0 to 2, and x+y is equal to or greater than 1. Sulfur oxides and/or HCl can be additionally reduced by introduction of dolomite hydrate sorbent, and additional mercury remediation chemicals as manganese oxides can be employed. The treated gas stream is treated with a particulate removal device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Fuel Tech, Inc.Inventors: Christopher R. Smyrniotis, Kent W. Schulz, Emelito P. Rivera, Mingming Fang, Ian Saratovsky
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Patent number: 8992847Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit has a plurality of through holes defined by partition walls along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit. The partition walls have a thickness of approximately 0.1 mm to approximately 0.4 mm. The honeycomb unit is manufactured by molding raw material paste by extrusion molding and thereafter by firing the molded raw material paste. The raw material paste contains zeolite and an inorganic binder. A specific surface area of the zeolite is more than or equal to approximately 500 m2/g and less than or equal to approximately 800 m2/g. An external surface area of the zeolite is more than or equal to approximately 40 m2/g and less than or equal to approximately 80 m2/g.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Kunieda, Yosuke Matsukawa
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Patent number: 8992845Abstract: A method for separating CO2 from gas mixtures uses a slurried media impregnated with buffer compounds and coating the solid media with a catalyst or enzyme that promotes the transformation of CO2 to carbonic acid. Buffer sorbent pebbles with a catalyst or enzyme coating are provided for rapid separation of CO2 from gas mixtures.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Roger D. Aines
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Patent number: 8992842Abstract: A system for producing ammonia includes sources of hydrogen and nitrogen gas, a hydrogen gas booster for producing produce pressurized hydrogen gas, a nitrogen gas booster for producing pressurized nitrogen gas, and a synthesis reactor that receives a mixture of the pressurized hydrogen and nitrogen gases. The synthesis reactor includes an inlet for receiving the pressurized gas mixture, a heating zone adjacent the inlet for heating the gas mixture, a catalyst zone downstream from the heating zone for catalyzing a reaction of the mixture to form ammonia and a by-product, and a cooling zone downstream from the catalyst zone for cooling the ammonia and the by-product. The system has a separator for separating the ammonia from the by-product, an ammonia storage tank for collecting the ammonia, and a recycle loop for re-circulating the by-product back to the synthesis reactor.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Inventor: Roger Gordon
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Patent number: 8992844Abstract: A lean NOx trap type exhaust gas purifying catalyst having a catalyst noble metal selected from a group consisting of platinum, palladium and rhodium, an inorganic oxide that carries the catalyst noble metal, and at least one NOx adsorbent one selected from a group of magnesium, barium, sodium, potassium and cesium. The inorganic oxide carrying palladium containing cerium in a CeO2-equivalent quantity in a range of 1 to 20 wt %, and at least one of aluminum and zirconium.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuro Naito, Yasunari Hanaki, Masanori Nakamura, Masato Nagata
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Patent number: 8992652Abstract: A filtering device features a ceramic filter body for filtering a fluid flow, the filter body consisting of a wavy layer and a flat layer and the wavy and flat layer being wound in a spiral-shaped manner. The wave length of the waves increases from the inside to the outside with increasing distance to the longitudinal axis of the filter body such that the wave troughs and the wave peaks of at least two radially adjacent windings each lie on a common radial plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbHInventors: Arndt-Udo Rolle, Frank Ehlen, Kathrin Lichtenwalter, Jochen Linhart, Nadine Dietsch
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Patent number: 8992651Abstract: [Problem] To provide a filter whose initial collection efficiency can be increased and whose pressure loss increase can be suppressed. [Means to solve the problem] A ceramic filter includes: numerous crystalline masses bound to one another each formed of aggregation of columnar crystals, wherein a number of large diameter pores are present between the numerous crystalline masses, and small diameter pores are present between the numerous columnar crystals forming the crystalline mass.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Atsushi Sugai, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8986639Abstract: A process of introducing a NOx reduction fluid into combustion products within a downstream end of a regenerative pyrolysis reactor. This NOx reduction fluid may thermally reduce NOx contained therein. The NOx reduction fluid may include ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Paul Keusenkothen, Frank Hershkowitz
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Patent number: 8986619Abstract: Disclosed is an exhaust air purification device, which enables heating a carrier uniformly and heating a catalyst supported on the carrier above an active temperature thereof even when an engine is run on a cold-start mode. Specifically disclosed is an exhaust air purification device, which includes a hollow case as an exterior, a cylindrical carrier housed in the case and having a catalyst supported thereon, and a pair of electrodes arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the carrier. In the device, the carrier is electrically heated through the pair of electrodes so that the catalyst is heated to an active temperature thereof. In the device, each of the pair of electrodes is placed on an arc-shaped outer circumferential segment of the carrier that has a central angle of 20 to 40 degrees, and the electrodes are opposed to each other with the phase difference of 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kinoshita Yasuo, Tadashi Takagaki, Kazuomi Yamanishi, Takayoshi Doi, Tatsuo Iida
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Patent number: 8987161Abstract: A catalyst comprising a zeolite loaded with copper ions and at least one trivalent metal ion other than Al+3, wherein the catalyst decreases NOx emissions in diesel exhaust. The trivalent metal ions are selected from, for example, trivalent transition metal ions, trivalent main group metal ions, and/or trivalent lanthanide metal ions. In particular embodiments, the catalysts are selected from Cu—Fe-ZSM5, Cu—La-ZSM-5, Fe—Cu—La-ZSM5, Cu—Sc-ZSM-5, and Cu—In-ZSM5. The catalysts are placed on refractory support materials and incorporated into catalytic converters.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2010Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Chaitanya K. Narula, Xiaofan Yang
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Patent number: 8980212Abstract: A system includes a selective catalytic reactor and a bypass line. The selective catalytic reactor is located downstream of a furnace that generates flue gases. The selective catalytic reactor reduces nitrogen oxides to nitrogen. The bypass line is in fluid communication with the selective catalytic reactor. The bypass line contacts an input line to the selective catalytic reactor, where the bypass line is adapted to handle a volume of flue gases diverted from the selective catalytic reactor. A first control damper is disposed at an inlet to the selective catalytic reactor; and a second control damper is disposed at an inlet to the bypass line. The first control damper and the second control damper interact to divide the flue gas stream between the selective catalytic reactor and the bypass line in a ratio to reduce the amount of sulfur trioxide released from the system to a desirable value.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: ALSTOM Technology LtdInventors: Scott L. Darling, Mitchell B. Cohen, Todd D. Hellewell
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Patent number: 8978363Abstract: A diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) system that is more convenient than a conventional DPF system, including a DPF having a catalyzed soot filter (“CSF”) that is connected to an exhaust pipe of a diesel engine in order to collect particulate matter (“PM”) in exhaust gas, and a diesel oxidation catalyst (“DOC”) provided on an upstream side of the CSF; and temperature sensors provided respectively on an upstream side and a downstream side of the DOC. When a PM accumulation amount in the CSF exceeds a fixed amount, DPF regeneration is performed by setting a temperature detected by the upstream side temperature sensor at or above a first threshold and setting a temperature detected by the downstream side temperature sensor at or above a second threshold. When a breakdown is detected in the upstream side temperature sensor, the second threshold is modified upward.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Isuzu Motors LimitedInventors: Takashi Ikeda, Naofumi Ochi, Hitoshi Satou
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Patent number: 8980187Abstract: Aspects of the invention include Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) that include a layer of inert particles some of which are in contact with a catalyst and are associated with the surface of the filter. Particles associated with the inlet side of the filter are sized such that they coat portions of the inlet surface and portions of the channels that connect the inlet surface to the wall separating the inlet surface from the outlet surface. In some aspects the particles comprise alumina of between about 1.0 microns to about 40.0 microns and colloidal alumina particles that are between about 1.0 nm to about 10.0 nm. The coating is applied by contacting the filter body especially the inlet channels of the filter body with a washout that includes the different sized particles and at least one catalyst that facilitates the conversion of soot particles into gases.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventor: Thomas Harris
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Patent number: 8974563Abstract: An exhaust gas purification system includes a diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) which collects particulate matter (“PM”) in exhaust gas, an exhaust pipe injector which performs exhaust pipe injection, and a DPF regeneration control unit which performs temperature rise control of an exhaust gas temperature by the exhaust pipe injection to regenerate the DPF when the PM collected by the DPF exceeds a fixed amount and which, during the regeneration, integrates an amount of time during which the exhaust gas temperature exceeds a PM combustion temperature and completes the regeneration when an integrated value thereof reaches a set regeneration completion value. The DPF regeneration control unit aborts the regeneration when, during regeneration, a total amount of the exhaust pipe injection exceeds an upper limit before the integrated value.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Isuzu Motors LimitedInventors: Takashi Haseyama, Shinji Gotou, Hiroyuki Oohira