Reactor Plus A Washer, Sorber Or Mechanical Separator Patents (Class 60/297)
  • Patent number: 8973353
    Abstract: An exhaust gas post-treatment unit includes a diesel particulate filtering device that treats engine exhaust gas, a selective catalyst reduction device that treats the engine exhaust gas, a connecting pipe, an injection device, a cooling water supply pipe and a cooling water return pipe. The connecting pipe connects the diesel particulate filtering device and the selective catalyst reduction device. The injection device is disposed on the connecting pipe and injects a reducing agent into the exhaust gas supplied to the selective catalyst reduction device. The a cooling water supply pipe guides cooling water to the injection device to cool the injection device. The cooling water return pipe discharges the cooling water from the injection device. At least one of the cooling water supply pipe and the cooling water return pipe has a convection section extending upward along the connecting pipe from a connecting portion with the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sawada, Takashi Katou, Kanji Namimatsu
  • Publication number: 20150059321
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to suppress deposition of ash in a wall-flow particulate filter while curtailing drops in a trapping rate of PM. To attain the above object, the invention provides a wall-flow particulate filter delimited by porous partition walls having pores of a size that allows ash and ash aggregates to pass therethrough. In the filter, a coat layer having pores smaller than the pores of the partition walls is provided, at a region of the partition walls, from an upstream end thereof up to a position before a downstream end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Daichi Imai, Hiroshi Otsuki
  • Patent number: 8966885
    Abstract: Various embodiments for an exhaust gas treatment device are provided. In one example, the exhaust gas treatment device includes a first substrate coated with a low temperature catalyst configured to operate under a first, low temperature range. The exhaust gas treatment device further includes a second substrate coated with a high temperature catalyst positioned downstream of the first substrate, the high temperature catalyst configured to operate under a second, high temperature range. Further, in the first and second temperature ranges, particulate matter is oxidized at the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Paul Lloyd Flynn
  • Patent number: 8966880
    Abstract: Exhaust after treatment systems for internal combustion engine powered vehicles are provided. One system includes logic in the form of one or more routines implemented by one or more of the system's components for determining the quantity of NO2 present in the exhaust that exits an oxidation catalyst, such as a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), without the use of an NO2 sensor. Results from such a determination may then be used to estimate the amount of soot present in the particulate filter. This estimated value of soot present in the particulate filter can then be subsequently used to determine when the particulate filter should be actively regenerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventor: Michael Gerty
  • Patent number: 8959893
    Abstract: A guidance output device, which outputs guidance for improving fuel economy when an energy wasting operation is detected in a construction machine that is provided with an exhaust gas purifying device for an internal combustion engine, includes a regeneration process determining unit that determines whether a regeneration process is in progress in the exhaust gas purifying device. It also includes a guidance output restriction unit that restricts an output of the guidance for energy saving by the guidance output unit when the regeneration process determining unit determines that the regeneration process is in progress in the exhaust gas purifying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentarou Tajima, Seiji Kamada, Koichi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8959902
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system may include a first housing and a burner. The first housing may include first and second chambers. The first chamber may include an exhaust gas inlet receiving exhaust gas from an engine. The second chamber may receive exhaust gas from the first chamber and may include an exhaust gas outlet. The burner may include a second housing and a combustion chamber disposed within the second housing. The second housing may be at least partially disposed within the first chamber. The burner may supply heated gas to the second chamber. The heated gas within the burner may be fluidly isolated from exhaust gas in the first chamber. The second housing may be in a heat transfer relationship with exhaust gas in the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Keith G. Olivier, Nicholas Morley
  • Patent number: 8959898
    Abstract: A method of regenerating a particulate filter of an exhaust system is provided. The method includes determining a first regeneration mode based on a soot level; generating control signals to a first fuel injector associated with an engine based on the first regeneration mode; determining a second regeneration mode based on the soot level; and generating control signal to a second fuel injector associated with an exhaust stream of the exhaust system based on the second regeneration mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Paul Jasinkiewicz, Rebecca J. Darr, James M. Perrin, Steve L. Melby
  • Patent number: 8959897
    Abstract: An apparatus that raises temperature of a post-catalyst at an early time while suppressing reducing agent poisoning of the post-catalyst and discharge of a reducing agent into the outside when a pre-catalyst and the post-catalyst are arranged in series in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine in order from an upstream side thereof. The pre-catalyst is arranged to allow an exhaust gas to flow between an outer peripheral surface thereof and an inner peripheral surface of the exhaust passage. A reducing agent addition valve adding a reducing agent to allow the reducing agent to pass through the pre-catalyst is arranged immediately upstream of the pre-catalyst in the exhaust passage. Further, a retention catalyst is arranged in the exhaust passage between the pre-catalyst and the post-catalyst, to temporarily retain the reducing agent in the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichi Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20150047328
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method of updating efficiency of a selective catalytic reduction filter (SCRF) of an exhaust treatment system of the vehicle are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an initial calculated efficiency of the SCRF, via a controller, regarding one of a NOx conversion, a reductant absorption, a reductant desorption and a reductant oxidation. The method also includes determining a soot mass estimate in the SCRF representative of an amount of soot collected inside the SCRF and determining a soot correction factor from the soot mass estimate. The method further includes calculating, via the controller, an updated efficiency value of the SCRF by multiplying the soot correction factor and the initial calculated efficiency to update efficiency of the SCRF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Larose, JR., Christopher C. Swoish, Christopher Whitt, Joshua Clifford Bedford
  • Publication number: 20150047348
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device to elevate the exhaust gas temperature on an inlet side of a diesel particulate filter. An oxidation catalyst and the diesel particulate filter are arranged in an exhaust path between exhaust ports of an engine and a turbocharger. The device also includes a urea spraying nozzle on an upstream side of the diesel particulate filter, and a selective catalytic reduction unit in an exhaust pipe on a downstream side of the turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuo Osumi
  • Publication number: 20150047320
    Abstract: A vehicle and method of updating aging of a selective catalytic reduction filter (SCRF) of an exhaust treatment system of the vehicle are disclosed. The method includes determining a desorption rate estimate of a catalyst of the SCRF and determining an ash volume estimate representative of an amount of ash collected inside the SCRF. The method also includes determining an ash correction factor from the ash volume estimate and calculating, via a controller, a corrected desorption rate value by multiplying the ash correction factor with the desorption rate estimate to update the aging of the SCRF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Larose, Jr., Christopher Whitt, Christopher C. Swoish, Joshua Clifford Bedford
  • Patent number: 8955312
    Abstract: A mixing device of an exhaust aftertreatment device includes: an elbow pipe attached to an outlet pipe of a filter device; a straight pipe connected to a downstream side of the elbow pipe to extend in a direction intersecting an axial line of the outlet pipe; and an injector attached to the elbow pipe, the injector injecting a reductant aqueous solution into inside the elbow pipe toward the straight pipe. The elbow pipe includes: an inlet connected with the outlet pipe; an outlet connected with the straight pipe; a direction-changing section provided between the inlet and the outlet; and an injector attachment provided outside the direction-changing section and attached with the injector. The injector attachment is offset toward the outlet. The direction-changing section includes a first bulging portion provided by bulging outward a portion thereof opposite to the injector attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Watahiki, Hidehiko Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Chino
  • Patent number: 8955310
    Abstract: A compression-ignition engine is coupled to an exhaust aftertreatment system including a particulate filter. A method of operating the compression-ignition engine includes executing a feed-forward control scheme to determine an amount of post-combustion fuel to achieve a preferred temperature in the exhaust gas feedstream at an inlet to the particulate filter. The amount of post-combustion fuel is a nominal post-combustion fuel amount adjusted for a biodiesel blend ratio of the fuel. The post-combustion fuel is injected upstream of the exhaust aftertreatment system in response to a command to regenerate the particulate filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Yue-Yun Wang, Ibrahim Haskara, Claudio Ciaravino, Alberto Vassallo
  • Publication number: 20150040560
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders, a gas intake manifold for providing at least air to the cylinder block and an exhaust gas manifold for exiting the exhaust gas from the cylinder block, wherein the exhaust gas manifold includes at least a main exhaust gas outlet and a waste gate exhaust gas outlet, wherein the main exhaust gas outlet is connected to a main exhaust gas pipe for guiding the exhaust gas to a main exhaust gas after treatment system and the waste gate exhaust gas outlet is connected to a waste gate exhaust gas pipe, and wherein the waste gate exhaust gas pipe is reconnected to the main exhaust gas pipe upstream of the main exhaust gas after treatment system and includes at least one waste gate exhaust gas after treatment unit, such as an oxidation catalyst such as a diesel oxidation catalyst, for catalytically treating the exhaust gas streaming through the waste gate exhaust gas pipe, and to a method for increasing the temperature in an i
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: VOLVO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter MĂ„rdberg Jozsa, Arne Andersson
  • Patent number: 8950175
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas aftertreatment device for an internal combustion engine includes a catalytic converter having a tubular member which defines a volume housing a catalytic converter substrate. The volume housing the catalytic converter substrate communicates with an inlet portion for receiving exhaust gas from the engine and with an outlet portion for discharging the exhaust gas after catalytic conversion thereof in the volume. The device further has a pipe member within the tubular member which connects the inlet portion with the volume in the tubular member and guides the exhaust gas from the inlet portion in a first direction of flow. The pipe member opens downstream into a deflector which deflects the exhaust gas into the volume of the tubular member in a second direction of flow other than the first direction of flow. Unburned liquid fuel contained in the exhaust gas is deposited on the deflector for later evaporation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Mats Laurell, Jan Dahlgren, Staffan Ovesson
  • Patent number: 8950173
    Abstract: An integrated exhaust gas after-treatment system for eliminating pollutants present in exhaust gases is disclosed. The integrated exhaust gas after-treatment system includes a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC)-Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) assembly, a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), a dosing module and a reducing agent supply system. The Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC)-Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) assembly is connected to an exhaust gas manifold of an engine and includes a canister for holding a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) and a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF). The Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) is disposed downstream of the Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) and is spaced there-from. The Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is disposed downstream of the Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC)-Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) assembly and facilitates elimination of NOx present in the exhaust gases by reduction of the NOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
    Inventors: Vishnu Kedari Patade, Rakesh Janardhan Kokate, Madhav Anant Hardikar, Ramasamy Velusamy
  • Patent number: 8943807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for achieving reduced emissions at cold start of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas after treatment system comprising at least one Diesel Oxygen Catalyst (DOC), at least one Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit, comprising the steps of: heating the DOC prior to cold starting said internal combustion engine, starting and controlling the internal combustion engine towards low NOx emission when said DOC has reached a predetermined temperature, optimizing the fuel consumption at a given total emission level when said DPF and SCR has reached a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Bert-Inge Bertilsson
  • Patent number: 8943811
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention may include a method comprising providing a product comprising a substrate comprising a perovskite catalyst, NOx stored in or on the substrate and particulate matter in or on the substrate; releasing at least some of the stored NOx and oxidizing the released NOx to form NO2, and reacting the NO2 with carbon in the particulate matter to form at least one of CO or CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Wei Li, David B. Brown, Chang H Kim, Gongshin Qi, Steven J. Schmieg
  • Publication number: 20150027800
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment unit treats an exhaust gas from an engine of a work vehicle. The exhaust treatment unit includes a first exhaust treatment device, a second exhaust treatment device, and a bracket. The first exhaust treatment device and the second exhaust treatment device are attached to the bracket. The bracket includes an edge part having an attachment portion configured to be attached to a vehicle body frame of the work vehicle, and a main body part having a convex shape downwardly bulged from the edge part. A bottom part of the second exhaust treatment device is positioned below the attachment portion. A work vehicle preferably includes the exhaust treatment unit, the engine and the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Manabu Himoto, Osamu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8940259
    Abstract: A catalyzed soot filter for a diesel engine comprises a wall flow substrate having a substrate axial length, wherein surfaces of both the internal walls of a plurality of inlet and a plurality of outlet channels comprise a catalytic washcoat of at least one on-wall coating composition for oxidizing NO in exhaust gas to NO2, wherein the washcoat on the inlet channels extends for an axial inlet coating length from an open inlet end to a downstream inlet coating end, the washcoat on the outlet channels extends for an axial outlet coating length from an upstream outlet end to an open outlet end, the axial inlet coating length and the axial outlet coating length are both less than the substrate axial length and the outlet coating length is greater than the inlet coating length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Gavin Michael Brown, Andrew Francis Chiffey, David Marvell
  • Patent number: 8935916
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a particulate filter system for an internal combustion engine wherein an. An exhaust gas stream enters a housing via a gas inlet opening. The housing receives a particulate filter, the stream flows into crude gas ducts connected to the gas inlet opening, and the stream can flow out of the particulate filter via clean gas ducts that are in fluid connection with a gas outlet opening, and are separated from the crude gas ducts. The crude gas ducts are connected to a connecting space in the direction of flow, and the connecting space has an exhaust port controlled by a closing mechanism. According to the invention, a method for operating an open particulate filter system is provided, by which the degree of separation of the soot particles from the exhaust gas can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Deutz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Miebach, Stephan Schraml, Bernhard Hoffschmidt, Daniel Gonsior, Fabian Holzheid
  • Patent number: 8931263
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe for a diesel engine is connected to a diesel particulate defuser (“DPD”). To automatically regenerate the DPD, an exhaust gas temperature is detected, a deviation of the detected exhaust gas temperature from a target regeneration temperature is evaluated, and an amount of post injection is controlled through PID control according to the deviation. When, during the automatic regeneration with a vehicle running, an exhaust brake valve is closed, the post injection is interrupted. While the exhaust brake is being closed, an operation of an integral control term is continued with the PID control, and when the exhaust brake valve is opened, the integral control term operated without interruption is used as an initial amount of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Takayuki Furukawa, Keizou Kanenobu
  • Patent number: 8931254
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe injection control device to optimally control a degree of exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) opening during diesel particulate filter (“DPF”) regeneration. The device includes a regeneration-time opening control unit which controls a degree of EGR opening of an EGR device during DPF regeneration, and a regeneration-time opening map in which an optimal degree of EGR opening of the EGR device during DPF regeneration is set in advance according to an engine rotation speed and a fuel injection amount of an engine. The regeneration-time opening control unit performs exhaust gas recirculation by referring to the regeneration-time opening map based on the engine rotation speed and the fuel injection amount of the engine and controlling the degree of EGR opening of the EGR device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Naofumi Ochi, Shinji Hara, Kenzou Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 8931265
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system for a diesel engine includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device and a diesel oxidation catalyst upstream of the SCR device. A method for warming-up the SCR device includes monitoring a plurality of combustion input parameters during an SCR warm-up strategy, monitoring a first temperature and a second temperature within the aftertreatment system, providing a feedback adjustment term as a function of a deviation in the first temperature from a desired temperature only when the monitored first and second temperatures are within a predetermined adjustment range, and initiating an adjusted SCR warm-up strategy based on the feedback adjustment term to converge the first temperature toward the desired temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Ravishankar Ramamurthy
  • Patent number: 8925306
    Abstract: When a diesel particulate diffuser (“DPD”) of a vehicle traveling in a normal drive mode in the upland area is to be automatically regenerated by raising a temperature of exhaust gas from an engine, an exhaust gas purification system determines an upland full-load injection quantity from the atmospheric pressure in the upland area and an engine speed while the vehicle is in motion and drives the vehicle with the injection quantity determined. The system determines, during the regeneration mode, an upland drive regeneration injection quantity obtained by decreasing the upland full-load injection quantity on the basis of a quantity required for the post-injection. The injection quantity is gradually decreased from the upland full-load injection quantity to the upland regeneration drive injection quantity when the vehicle shifts from the normal drive mode in the upland area to the upland regeneration mode, so that the decreased quantity is used for the post-injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Takayuki Mukunashi, Tetsuya Asami
  • Patent number: 8919109
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive system executing load sensing control is capable of efficiently combusting and removing filter deposits inside an exhaust gas purification device by pump output power increasing control when there is no actuator operation, eliminating interference between the actuator operation and the pump output power increasing control. A first solenoid selector valve selects between tank pressure and delivery pressure of a pilot pump. A second solenoid selector valve is arranged in a line leading the output pressure of a differential pressure reducing valve to an LS control valve for selecting between enabling and disabling of the load sensing control. When the exhaust gas purification device needs regeneration, a controller executes switching to make the first solenoid selector valve output the delivery pressure of the pilot pump as dummy load pressure and to make the second solenoid selector valve disable the load sensing control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwamu Takahashi, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Hajime Yoshida, Yoshifumi Takebayashi, Kazushige Mori
  • Patent number: 8919103
    Abstract: A system for purifying an exhaust gas and an exhaust system having the same while preventing degradation of a selective reduction catalyst may include an exhaust pipe connected to an engine, the exhaust gas generated at the engine passing through the exhaust pipe, a particulate filter mounted on the exhaust pipe, coated with a selective reduction catalyst adapted to reduce nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas by an injection of a reducing agent, and adapted to trap particulate matters contained in the exhaust gas, and one or more injectors adapted to inject the reducing agent and/or oxygen storage capacity material together or separately into the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 8919098
    Abstract: In a diesel engine equipped with a system for automatic regeneration of a particulate filter, an automatic regeneration mode is inhibited in the case where there is recorded a number higher than a pre-set threshold of unfavorable event. When the automatic regeneration mode is inhibited, an on-demand regeneration mode is simultaneously enabled, which can be activated manually by the driver. If an on-demand regeneration is not performed before the vehicle has covered a certain mileage since the automatic regeneration mode was inhibited, the vehicle is set in a condition of limited performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Fiat Powertrain Technologies S.p.A., FPT Industrial S.p.A.
    Inventors: Enrico Barucchi, Giovanni Cerciello, Danilo Garombo, Paola Baratta, Bruno Aimar
  • Patent number: 8919107
    Abstract: A control device of a diesel engine with a turbocharger is provided. The device includes an engine body having a cylinder, a fuel injection valve, a turbine of the turbocharger, a bypass passage for bypassing the turbine, a bypass valve for opening and closing the bypass passage, an oxidation catalyst for purifying HC, and a DPF for capturing soot. The device includes a fuel cutting module for stopping, when the diesel engine is in a deceleration state, a main injection of the fuel performed on compression stroke, a DPF regenerating module for performing, when a predetermined DPF regeneration condition is satisfied, a post injection on expansion stroke to supply HC to the oxidation catalyst and regenerate the DPF by heat generated from an oxidation reaction of HC, and a bypass valve control module for controlling the bypass valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20140373513
    Abstract: A honeycomb body for exhaust gas aftertreatment includes a first end face, a second end face, a central axis that penetrates the two end faces and a length. The honeycomb body has at least one at least partially structured metallic layer which is disposed about the central axis. A structure of the at least one metallic layer has elevations and depressions which extend at least over part of the length of the honeycomb body and run obliquely to the central axis. At least one metallic connecting strip is provided between adjacent regions of the at least one metallic layer. The metallic connecting strip is shorter than the length of the honeycomb body and forms a brazed connection or welded connection to the adjacent regions. A method for producing such a honeycomb body and a motor vehicle having the honeycomb body are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: PETER HIRTH, HOLGER STOCK, ROLF BRUECK
  • Patent number: 8915070
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media are described in which exhaust gas is routed to a hydrocarbon retaining device during starting, and purged to the engine intake manifold. Various alternative approaches are described for controlling operation and diagnosing degradation. Further, various interrelated configurations are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael James Uhrich, Shane Elwart, James Michael Kerns, Jason Aaron Lupescu
  • Patent number: 8915065
    Abstract: In one example, a method of operating an engine having a diesel particulate filter in a vehicle, the particulate filter having a length and depth, includes performing particulate filter regeneration in response to temperature variation across the length and/or depth of the particulate filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Avra Brahma, Michiel van Nieuwstadt
  • Publication number: 20140366514
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system is disclosed. The exhaust aftertreatment system includes a premixer conduit that defines an exhaust flow path, a baffle disposed in the exhaust flow path, and a reductant injector in fluid communication with the exhaust flow path. The baffle is positioned in the premixer conduit, which includes a premixer inlet, a transition section, and a premixer outlet. The transition section is disposed between the premixer inlet and the premixer outlet. The premixer inlet is in fluid communication with the engine. The reductant injector is positioned downstream of the baffle and upstream of the premixer outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Lewis, Yong Yi, Arvind Jujare, Muheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140360171
    Abstract: A catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions is disclosed. The catalyst can comprise ceria-alumina particles having a ceria phase present in a weight percent of the composite in the range of about 20% to about 80% on an oxide basis, an alkaline earth metal component supported on the ceria-alumina particles, wherein the CeO2 is present in the form of crystallites that are hydrothermally stable and have an average crystallite size less than 160 ? after aging at 950° C. for 5 hours in 2% O2 and 10% steam in N2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Wen-Mei Xue, Xinyi Wei, Marcus Hilgendorff, Patrick Burk
  • Patent number: 8904767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for achieving reduced emissions at cold start of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas after treatment system comprising at least one Diesel Oxygen Catalyst (DOC), at least one Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit, comprising the steps of: heating the DOC prior to cold starting said internal combustion engine, starting and controlling the internal combustion engine towards low NOx emission when said DOC has reached a predetermined temperature, optimizing the fuel consumption at a given total emission level when said DPF and SCR has reached a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Lastvagnar AB
    Inventors: Lennart Andersson, Bert-Inge Bertilsson
  • Patent number: 8904756
    Abstract: An exhaust emission control system of an internal combustion engine includes: a bypass passage (22) provided in an exhaust passage (14) of the engine and arranged to bypass a main passage (16) as a part of the exhaust passage, a NOx adsorbent (28) provided in the bypass passage and adapted to adsorb at least NOx as one of components contained in exhaust gas, a channel switching device (30) that switches a channel of the exhaust gas between the main passage and the bypass passage, an adsorption control device (50) that controls the channel switching device, based on operating conditions of the engine, so as to cause the exhaust gas to flow through the bypass passage, and an adsorbing capability determining device (50) that determines, when the adsorbing capability of the NOx adsorbent degrades, whether the degradation in the adsorbing capability is a surmountable degradation from which the NOx adsorbent can recover, or an insurmountable degradation from which the NOx adsorbent cannot recover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kimikazu Yoda, Takaaki Itou, Keisuke Sano, Kazuhiro Wakao
  • Patent number: 8899023
    Abstract: Provided is an emission treatment system and method for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The emission treatment system has an oxidation catalyst upstream of a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia. Also provided is a method for disposing an SCR catalyst composition on a wall flow monolith that provides adequate catalyst loading, but does not result in unsuitable back pressures in the exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Elizabeth A. Przybylski
  • Patent number: 8899021
    Abstract: A method of dosing a reagent into an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine having an SCR catalyst, the method comprising injecting reagent from a reagent tank into the exhaust gas stream at a position upstream of the SCR catalyst using a reagent injector in accordance with a first dosing schedule in order to remediate a predetermined proportion of NOx in the exhaust gas stream, the first dosing schedule being associated with a first range of engine operating conditions; and injecting reagent from the reagent tank into the exhaust gas stream at a position upstream of the SCR catalyst using a reagent injector in accordance with a second dosing schedule in order to enable heat transfer between the reagent injector and said injected reagent, the second dosing schedule being associated with a second range of engine operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Philip J. G. Dingle, Martin Paul Hardy, Roman Stefan Zuelch
  • Patent number: 8899027
    Abstract: A method is applied to regenerate particulate matter in a particulate filter of a hybrid electric vehicle having a combination of a combustion engine and an electric motor for propelling the vehicle, the hybrid electric vehicle having an electrically heated catalyst disposed in flow communication with the particulate filter in an exhaust system of the vehicle. The method determines whether the combustion engine is or is not combusting fuel, and under a condition where the combustion engine is not combusting fuel, the catalyst is electrically heated until it has reached a temperature suitable to cause ignition of the particulate matter. The electric motor is used to facilitate rotation of the combustion engine at a rotational speed suitable to draw air into and be exhausted out of the combustion engine into the exhaust system, across the catalyst, and into the particulate filter to facilitate ignition of the particulate in the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bryan N. Roos, Eugene V. Gonze, Michael J. Paratore, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8893474
    Abstract: A DPF target temperature setting unit has a temperature increase rate setting portion which sets a temperature increase change rate such that, until a target set temperature at which PM is burnt is reached after the start of late post injection, the temperature increase change rate is reduced in accordance with an increase in temperature or a period of time elapsed since the start of the late post injection, a stepwise temperature increase change rate in the temperature increase rate setting portion includes two stages of a first-stage change rate A and a second-stage change rate B lower than the first-stage change rate, and a target temperature of the DPF temperature is calculated by using the temperature increase rate of the temperature increase rate setting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Ikawa, Hiroyuki Endo, Kazunari Ide, Ko Takayanagi
  • Patent number: 8893482
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine for determining a total amount of sulfur that is stored on at least one aftertreatment device is provided. The exhaust gas treatment system includes a control module that monitors operation of the internal combustion engine for an amount of fuel consumed and an amount of oil consumed by the internal combustion engine. The control module includes a sulfur adsorption module and a total sulfur storage module. The sulfur adsorption module determines a rate of sulfur adsorption in at least one aftertreatment device. The rate of sulfur adsorption is based on the amount of fuel consumed and the amount of oil consumed. The total sulfur storage module is in communication with the sulfur adsorption module. The total sulfur storage module determines the total amount of sulfur stored based on the rate of sulfur adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Funk, Rebecca J. Darr, Paul Jasinkiewicz, Amr Radwan
  • Patent number: 8893479
    Abstract: In order to relief a sudden change of engine sound during the transition to recovery control of a particulate removing filter or during returning from the recovery control, a system of treating exhaust gas of an engine includes an exhaust-gas particulate removing filter in an exhaust path, closes down the opening of an inlet throttle valve or an exhaust throttle valve to a recovery opening smaller than a normal opening during recovery of the particulate removing filter, and returns the opening from the recovery opening to the normal opening after the recovery of the particulate removing filter. The opening of the inlet throttle valve or the exhaust throttle valve during the closing process from the normal opening to the recovery opening and during the returning process from the recovery opening to the normal opening is changed at a gradually decreasing or gradually increasing rate of change of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi Togashi, Atsushi Ohta
  • Publication number: 20140338638
    Abstract: A propulsion device for vehicles includes a device for the partial oxidation of fuel, a fuel tank and a diesel internal combustion engine. The device for the partial oxidation of fuel is in fluid connection with the fuel tank and the diesel internal combustion engine, with the result that at least some of the fuel carried in the vehicle is taken for partial oxidation before combustion in the diesel internal combustion engine. A method for operating such propulsion devices using partially oxidized fuel in the propulsion devices reduces soot emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Man Truck & Bus AG
    Inventor: Dieter ROTHE
  • Patent number: 8887492
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine, there is provided a technique capable of suppressing a reduction in exhaust gas purification performance. The apparatus includes: an exhaust gas purification catalyst (6) that is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine for purifying an exhaust gas; an adsorption device (5) that is arranged at an upstream side of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, rises in temperature up to an upper limit temperature due to heat generated by adsorption thereto of an incoming first component, and falls in temperature after its temperature has reached said upper limit temperature; and a heat generating component supply unit (10) that supplies a second component which generates reaction heat in the exhaust gas purification catalyst, before the temperature of the adsorption device begins to fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuka Nakata, Hiromasa Nishioka, Hiroshi Otsuki, Kohei Yoshida, Takamitsu Asanuma
  • Patent number: 8887495
    Abstract: An ash filter for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is disclosed. The ash filter includes a substrate, such as a honeycomb monolith substrate or a plurality of particulate substrates, and a matrix of a zeolite material disposed on the respective substrate or substrates, the matrix of the zeolite material configured to remove ash from an exhaust gas flow from a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. An exhaust treatment system for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is disclosed. The exhaust treatment system includes an ash filter comprising a matrix of a first zeolite and configured to receive an exhaust gas flow from an engine; and an exhaust treatment device, the exhaust treatment device comprising a matrix of a second zeolite and configured to receive the exhaust gas flow from the ash filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Shouxian Ren, David B. Brown, Michael Christopher Luckham
  • Publication number: 20140331656
    Abstract: An opposed-piston engine has an air handling system equipped with a turbo-compound system that includes a power turbine for producing a rotary output in response to a flow of exhaust gas flowing into the turbine. The rotary output is connected to a crankshaft or other rotating element of the opposed-piston engine for converting some of the exhaust gas energy into mechanical energy supplied to the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: ACHATES POWER, INC.
    Inventor: ACHATES POWER, INC.
  • Publication number: 20140331644
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus for an exhaust aftertreatment system includes a first aftertreatment component poison module that is configured to generate a first component poison regeneration request based on an estimated accumulation of a first poison on the first aftertreatment component. The accumulation of the first poison on the first aftertreatment component is based on an estimated amount of the first poison being released from the first aftertreatment component. The apparatus also includes a second aftertreatment component poison module that is configured to generate a second component poison regeneration request based on an estimated accumulation of the first poison on the second aftertreatment component. The accumulation of the first poison on the second aftertreatment component is based on the estimated amount of the first poison being released from the first aftertreatment component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Cummins IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Kumar, Krishna Kamasamudram
  • Patent number: 8881509
    Abstract: A system for purifying an exhaust gas and an exhaust system having the same while preventing degradation of a selective reduction catalyst may include an exhaust pipe connected to an engine, the exhaust gas generated at the engine passing through the exhaust pipe, a particulate filter mounted on the exhaust pipe, coated with a selective reduction catalyst adapted to reduce nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas by an injection of a reducing agent, and adapted to trap particulate matters contained in the exhaust gas, and one or more injectors adapted to inject the reducing agent and/or oxygen storage capacity material together or separately into the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Mototrs Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 8875496
    Abstract: A regeneration control system for an exhaust filter in an internal combustion engine system includes a first sensing mechanism for monitoring an exhaust flow resistance of the exhaust filter, and a second sensing mechanism for monitoring an attenuation of electromagnetic energy transmitted through the exhaust filter. The regeneration control system further includes an electronic controller coupled with the sensing mechanisms and configured to output a filter regeneration command responsive to an amount of particulate matter trapped within the exhaust filter. The electronic controller is further configured to weight data from the first and second sensing mechanisms in determining the amount of particulate matter. Weighting of the data may be responsive to an operating state of the internal combustion engine system. Related methodology is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh N. Nair, Michael A. Snopko
  • Patent number: 8875489
    Abstract: A method for controlling emissions from an engine includes reducing trapped nitrogen oxides to ammonia on an LNT catalyst while concurrently oxidizing soot accumulated on the LNT catalyst, and, flowing the ammonia so formed to an SCR catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karen Marie Adams, Yisun Cheng, Giovanni Cavataio