With Means Cooling Reactor Or Reactor Feed Patents (Class 60/298)
  • Patent number: 8327634
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery system (10) includes: an exhaust heat exchanger (18) that is communicated with a catalytic converter (16) through an exhaust gas pipe (14A), and that recovers exhaust heat into a coolant; and heat transfer restriction means (50) provided between the catalytic converter (16) and the exhaust heat exchanger (18). The heat transfer restriction means (50) includes a heat insulator (56) disposed between a first exhaust gas pipe (52) and a second exhaust gas pipe (54) that constitute the exhaust gas pipe (14A), and. restrains a released heat from the catalytic converter (16) from reaching the exhaust heat exchanger (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Orihashi, Tadashi Nakagawa, Yoshio Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Kaya
  • Patent number: 8316638
    Abstract: A method comprises determining a temperature of a particulate matter (PM) filter in communication with an exhaust gas from an engine; and reducing a power output of the engine when the PM filter is not being regenerated and the temperature exceeds a first predetermined temperature. A control module comprises a PM filter temperature determination module that determines the temperature of a PM filter in communication with an exhaust gas from an engine; and a reduced engine power module in communication with the PM filter temperature determination module that reduces the power output of the engine when the PM filter is not being regenerated and the temperature exceeds a first predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventor: Frank Tornambe
  • Patent number: 8312714
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of a heat recovery silencer are provided herein. The heat recovery silencer can include a heat recovery outer housing disposed about an inner housing. The inner housing can have a first silencing chamber having an inlet at one end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Maxim Silencers, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Cone, Mitzi Jones Gass, Matt Wishert
  • Patent number: 8302388
    Abstract: After adjusting an exhaust gas temperature at an exit of a heat recovery unit (11) of an exhaust gas treating apparatus to not more than a dew point temperature of sulfur trioxide (SO3), a heavy metal adsorbent is supplied from a heavy metal adsorbent supply unit (16) disposed in an exhaust gas at an entrance of a precipitator (4) or an intermediate position within the precipitator (4), and the exhaust gas containing the heavy metal adsorbent is supplied into the precipitator (4). Preferably at this stage, the heavy metal adsorbent is supplied into the exhaust gas at the entrance of the precipitator (4) 0.1 seconds after the exhaust gas temperature at the exit of the heat recovery unit (11) has been adjusted to not more than the dew point temperature of SO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Hirofumi Kikkawa, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Hiroshi Takezaki, Hiroyuki Nosaka
  • Patent number: 8297045
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treating apparatus includes an adsorption tower (20) that has an adsorption layer filled with an adsorbent and a heat transfer path through which heat is transferred to the adsorption layer. The apparatus performs switching among the following processes: an adsorption process of introducing an exhaust gas from an engine (10) into the adsorption layer of the adsorption tower so that target components to be treated, including NOX, in the exhaust gas are adsorbed by the adsorbent; a desorption process of introducing the exhaust gas into the heat transfer path of the adsorption tower to heat the adsorption layer and introducing a desorption gas into the heated adsorption layer so that the target components are desorbed from the adsorbent, and a cooling process of introducing a cooling gas into the adsorption layer of the adsorption tower to cool the adsorption layer and introducing the cooling gas that has passed through the adsorption layer into an inlet of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Osaka Prefecture University Public Corporation, Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Keiichiro Yoshida, Masaaki Okubo
  • Patent number: 8291699
    Abstract: Exhaust manifold of a turbo-supercharged reciprocating engine with any number of cylinders ranging from 2 to 6 and equipped with an EGR system which comprises: a) an outer casing (21) which includes flanges (23, 25) for effecting joining, respectively, to the cylinder head (13) of the engine and the turbine (15) and an opening towards an EGR outlet duct (27) and an inner wall (31) with low thermal inertia defining a regulating chamber (33) for the exhaust gases introduced into it, after passing through a particle filter (45), via a plurality of orifices (35) located in the inner wall (31); b) inner branches (41) for entry of the exhaust gases, situated opposite the exhaust pipes (17); c) an outlet duct (59) for conveying the exhaust gases to the turbine (15), designed as an extension of the inner wall (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
    Inventors: Francisco Payri González, José Maria Desantes Fernández, José Galindo Lucas, José Ramón Serrano Cruz
  • Patent number: 8286424
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes a thermoelectric generator and an exhaust gas system operatively connected to the thermoelectric generator to heat a portion of the thermoelectric generator with exhaust gas flow through the thermoelectric generator. A coolant system is operatively connected to the thermoelectric generator to cool another portion of the thermoelectric generator with coolant flow through the thermoelectric generator. At least one valve is controllable to cause the coolant flow through the thermoelectric generator in a direction that opposes a direction of the exhaust gas flow under a first set of operating conditions and to cause the coolant flow through the thermoelectric generator in the direction of exhaust gas flow under a second set of operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Gregory P. Prior, Gregory P. Meisner, Daniel B. Glassford
  • Patent number: 8286422
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling overheated gas generated from a diesel particulate filter which is connected between a diesel engine and an exhaust pipe of the diesel engine is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tail pipe for discharging outwardly the overheated gas discharged from the diesel particulate filter, a cooling fan, provided at one side of an engine room, for generating an air stream by sucking ambient air, and a diffuser enclosing an outer circumference of the tail pipe in such a way a space is formed between the diffuser and the tail pipe to prevent the diffuser from directly contacting the tail pipe. The engine room is provided with a through-hole penetrating one side of the engine room, and the tail pipe has one end connected to the diesel particulate filter, and the other end extended outwardly from the engine room through the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment Holding Sweden AB
    Inventors: Hak Yong Yang, Syeong Ho Choi, Su Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 8266897
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed. The exhaust system may have a NOx reducer located to receive exhaust from the engine, and a bypass circuit configured to selectively pass supercharged air to the NOx reducer. The exhaust system may also have a valve disposed within the bypass circuit to regulate the flow of supercharged air, and a controller in communication with the valve. The controller may be configured to move the valve to pass the supercharged air and cool the exhaust received by the NOx reducer. The controller may also be configured to move the valve to reduce the passing of the supercharged air and remove sulfur compounds from the NOx reducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: James Joshua Driscoll, Michael Steven Bond, Maarten Verkiel, Michael Anthony Haughney
  • Patent number: 8261537
    Abstract: A mounting device for an injector in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine; the mounting device is provided with a tubular support body, which is made of a thermally conductive material, houses the injector therein, and is adapted to be coupled to a connection tube laterally extending outwards from an exhaust conduit of the exhaust system at a lower end thereof; an upper portion of the support body is thermally coupled to an upper portion of a nose of the injector so that a high thermal exchange occurs by conduction between the upper portion of the nose of the injector and the upper portion of the support body; and a lower portion of the support body is thermally insulated from a lower portion of the nose of the injector so that a reduced thermal exchange occurs by conduction between the upper portion of the nose of the injector and the upper portion of the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Osbat, Carlo Nazareno Grimaldi, Paolo Cominetti, Alessandro Mariani
  • Patent number: 8261542
    Abstract: A method of heating an engine exhaust gas of an engine, including flowing a first exhaust gas at a first temperature within and along internal flow channels of a catalyst brick, and flowing a second exhaust gas at a second, different, temperature around an exterior of the catalyst brick. Heat may be transferred between the gases and the catalyst brick to achieve various operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James Henry Yager
  • Patent number: 8256212
    Abstract: The exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a duct having an input end coupled to the engine for passing and processing the exhaust gases and fumes emitted by the engine such that the duct functions as an anti-explosion and fire arrester device. The duct includes a reinforced filter structure securely and firmly mounted within and across the duct opening. The filter structure is coated with a noble metal to enhance oxidation of the gases and fumes passing through the duct. An insulator layer is attached about and along the outer surface of the duct and a jacket for carrying a coolant is mounted above and about the insulator layer. The insulator layer isolates the coolant from the duct to ensure that the temperature on the external side of the jacket is less than a predetermined value. Simultaneously, the insulator layer isolates the duct from the coolant to enable the temperature within the duct to have a sufficiently high value to sustain oxidation of the gases and fumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventor: Angelo B. Miretti
  • Patent number: 8240134
    Abstract: An engine arrangement includes an engine, an exhaust line downstream of the engine, an aftertreatment device in the exhaust line, and a conduit between a source of fluid and a point in the exhaust line upstream of the aftertreatment device. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mack Trucks, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Geyer
  • Patent number: 8230675
    Abstract: A method for controlling an engine with exhaust gas recirculation is provided. The method comprises directing EGR from exhaust downstream of an exhaust-aftertreatment catalyst to mix with fresh air upstream of an intake compressor and upstream of a throttle valve, and, in response to increased throttling by the throttle valve, discharging the mixed EGR and fresh air from downstream of the intake compressor to the exhaust downstream of the exhaust-aftertreatment catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Allan J. Lippa
  • Patent number: 8209957
    Abstract: A heatable hose conduit system is provided for an arrangement for the aftertreatment of exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine. The arrangement introduces a liquid reduction agent into the exhaust gas of the engine. The heatable hose conduit system has hose conduits that conduct the liquid reduction agent and are arranged in pairs in close proximity to hose conduits that conduct heating water. At least one end of at least one pair of hose conduits (6, 7 or 8, 9) terminates at a common connecting block that has a plug member of a plug-and-socket connector. The liquid reduction agent is conducted via the connecting block into the interior of the unit (11) to be connected and the heating water is conducted through a throughflow channel (20) which has an outlet outside the unit (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: ContiTech Techno-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Behrendt, Christof Kirsch
  • Patent number: 8205443
    Abstract: A heat exchanging system suitable for use in an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) circuit comprises a split EGR heat exchanger arrangement. Exhaust gas is used to warm engine oil via a first heat exchanger during initial stages of an engine operating cycle. In the later stages of the operating cycle, recirculated exhaust gases are diverted to flow through the second heat exchanger where they are cooled by the engine coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ian Graham Pegg, Roland Stark
  • Patent number: 8201393
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device, comprising a control unit (4) for controlling a diaphragm pump (2) that draws a urea/water solution out of a circuit and pumps it, via a pressure filter (3), to a metering unit comprising an atomizing nozzle for atomizing the urea/water solution into an exhaust-gas stream. In advantageous developments, the metering unit comprises a metering valve, including an atomizing nozzle, a pressure and temperature sensor, a heating means and a return baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hilite Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Heico Stegmann, Andreas Lannig, Klaus Lang, Christian Schmidt, Alexandre Branco
  • Publication number: 20120144810
    Abstract: An exhaust gas post processing system may include an exhaust pipe in which an exhaust gas from an engine passes, a catalyst that may be disposed at the exhaust pipe so as to decrease a harmful material of the exhaust gas, and a water jacket that may be formed around an exhaust pipe that may be disposed at an upstream side of the catalyst of the exhaust pipe, wherein a coolant may be selectively supplied into the water jacket such that the water jacket cools down the exhaust gas passing the exhaust pipe and thus the catalyst does not be over heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Sangmin Lee
  • Patent number: 8186153
    Abstract: An engine compartment arrangement for an agricultural harvester comprises an engine (10), a diesel particulate filter (12) coupled to the engine (10) to receive and filter hot exhaust gases therefrom, a fan (14), a radiator (16) disposed in a cooling airflow path in front of the fan (14) and coupled to the engine (10) to cool said engine (10), a cleaning air duct (18) having a first end (20) disposed immediately behind the fan (14) to receive a portion of the air ejected from the fan (14), and having a second end (22) disposed adjacent to the top of the diesel particulate filter (12) to exhaust a jet of the ejected air at a sufficient speed and in sufficient volume across the top surface (24) of the diesel particular filter (12) to prevent an accumulation of agricultural debris on top of the diesel particulate filter (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Rodney Allen Schindler, Alan David Sheidler, Kyle Jacob Brenner
  • Patent number: 8146344
    Abstract: An ECU executes a program including the steps of: when a switching valve is controlled to be closed, comparing exhaust gas's temperature, as detected, with a map value; if the exhaust gas's temperature is larger than the map value, determining that the switching valve normally operates; and if the exhaust gas's temperature is smaller than the map value, determining that the switching valve has abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Harada, Toshitake Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8091354
    Abstract: An exhaust assembly includes a water trap blocking upstream water flow at a plurality of angular positions enabling universal application and flexibility of orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris M. Cremeens, David M. Grimm, Ashish S. Waknis, Michael J. Lamps
  • Patent number: 8087239
    Abstract: A reductant delivery unit (16) is provided unit for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) after-treatment for vehicles. The unit includes a solenoid fluid injector (18) associated with an exhaust gas flow path (13). The injector has a fluid inlet (28) and a fluid outlet (30) with the fluid inlet receiving a source of urea solution and the fluid outlet communicating directly with the exhaust flow path so as to control injection of urea solution into the exhaust gas flow path. Supply structure (32) defines the fluid inlet and includes a cup (37) coupled to a body (18) of the injector and a supply tube (29) integral with the cup to define a single member. The supply tube is coupled with the source (27) of urea solution to deliver urea solution to the fluid inlet. The supply tube is heated by a heat source (33) so that an entire volume of the urea solution delivered to the fluid inlet is heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Bugos, Willem Nicolaas van Vuuren
  • Patent number: 8056327
    Abstract: An exhaust gas-cooling device for use on an exhaust gas conveyance system of a vehicle having an exhaust gas passageway to emit exhaust gases from an engine to an outlet includes an exhaust passageway pipe in fluid communication with the engine, and a micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe in fluid communication with and located downstream of the exhaust passageway pipe. The micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe defines the outlet of the exhaust gas-cooling device and has at least one aperture disposed on a pipe body of the micro-venturi mixing chamber for introducing ambient air into the micro-venturi mixing chamber pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Andrea C. Brown, Jeffrey R. Kelso, Michael J. Eifert, Timothy Juan, Mark A. Schmale, Daniel C. Dew, Roger W. Byers, Ronald E. Schoon, Brent Koontz
  • Publication number: 20110265451
    Abstract: An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons in exhausts of internal combustion engines, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter. A first portion of the first stage catalytic converter output is cooled and a second portion of the catalytic converter output is not cooled. The cooled and not cooled exhausts are united and directed to a second stage catalytic converter. Air is injected into a selected one of (1) the not cooled exhaust prior to the juncture thereof with the cooled exhaust, and (2) the combined cooled and not cooled exhausts after the juncture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph B. Gehret, Robert A. Panora, Ranson Roser
  • Patent number: 8042335
    Abstract: Intake air heating and exhaust cooling is provided by a double wall exhaust system serving as an exhaust-to-air heat exchanger, sourcing hot air to the intake manifold for intake stroke pumping benefit and cooling the exhaust system during high load operation by routing excess boost air through an interstitial space of the double wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Thomas G. Leone
  • Publication number: 20110254269
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a high efficiency cogeneration system capable of creating electricity and usable heat. The invention includes a fuel source, which can be a reservoir filled with a fossil fuel. The fuel source feeds a modified combustion engine that can turn a shaft to power an alternator to create electricity. The combustion engine creates hot gases that are treated by a catalytic converter. The byproduct and hot gases are then fed into one or more cooling manifolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Steward Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20110251743
    Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated engine system; said integrated engine system includes an air-compression means, an air-buffer-system, a power-management-unit, and at least two cold-expansion-chambers; wherein each of said at least two cold-expansion-chamber includes a spark-ignition means, a fuel-supplying means, a cold-air-injection means, and a reenergize-air-injection means; each cold-expansion-chamber operates in a Mackay Cold-Expansion Cycle, which includes a first-intake-process, a hot-combustion-process, a fuel-cooling-process, a second-intake-process, a cold-expansion-process, and an active-exhaust-process; wherein the fuel-cooling-process may be disabled according to the operation condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Lung-Tan Hu, Gordon Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 8006482
    Abstract: A fluid injector for use in an exhaust treatment system is disclosed. The fluid injector may have a nozzle portion, a heater associated with the nozzle portion, and a controller in communication with the heater. The controller may be configured to recognize a condition triggering a purge event of the fluid injector. The controller may also be configured to activate the heater to purge the fluid injector in response to the recognized condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Brian Cox, James Richard Weber, Orhan Altin, Roger Leroy Urven, Jr., Andrew John Kieser, Justin Werner McMenamy
  • Patent number: 8001775
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, an exhaust dilution and dispersion device for a vehicle can include a generally elongate tailpipe including an inlet section capable of being in exhaust receiving communication with an exhaust system of a vehicle. The tailpipe further includes an outlet section in exhaust receiving communication with the inlet section. The outlet section can also include a downwardly directed exhaust deflection portion and an exhaust outlet in exhaust dispersing communication with the surroundings external to the device. The exhaust outlet can include a generally elongate exhaust dispersion opening extending in a lengthwise direction along the tailpipe. At least a portion of the exhaust outlet can be coextensive with the downwardly directed exhaust deflecting portion and a major portion of the exhaust dispersed from the outlet can have a transverse component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Daimler Trucks North America LLC
    Inventors: Jason T. Krajewski, Bhaskar Keshav Bhatnagar
  • Patent number: 7987666
    Abstract: Temperature control devices have become common to cool the exhaust stream from a diesel particulate filter before release into the environment. To further cool the filtered exhaust stream and to protect the temperature control device, a duct can be used to surround the inlets of the temperature control device. The duct has a head section surrounding the inlets at one end and a base section extending from the head section with a vent at the other end. Ambient air is drawn through the vent into the duct and into the inlets of the temperature control device to further cool the filtered exhaust stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Isaac D. Branning, Brad D. Singer, Donald J. Kortenber
  • Patent number: 7980070
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cooling system for an engine includes an exhaust gas conduit having an inner tube defining an exhaust gas passage and an exhaust coupler surrounding the inner tube and defining a cooling water passage together with the inner tube therebetween, and a water-lock coupled with a downstream end of the exhaust gas conduit through an exhaust gas conduit coupling section which extends from an upstream end of the water-lock. The exhaust gas conduit coupling section and the exhaust coupler are coupled with each other and the inner tube extends into the interior of the water-lock. A downstream end part of the inner tube can be formed to be a wide portion having a bell mouth configuration. A diameter of the downstream end part becomes larger as a portion thereof exists closer to the end of the downstream end part. The exhaust gas cooling system for the engine can be provided for a water vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mashiko, Tetsuya Ishino
  • Patent number: 7950223
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for controlling the reducing agent in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas duct in which an SCR catalyst is provided in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas. A reducing agent-generating system (RGS) comprising an NOx and CO/H2 production unit as well as a combined NOx storage/ammonia production unit in the standard gas path of the reducing agent-generating system. Ammonia is delivered upstream from the SCR catalyst to reduce nitrogen oxides, starting materials for producing the ammonia being fed at least in part to the NOx and CO/H2 production unit via a fuel inlet and an air inlet. An AGC matrix of the combined NOx storage/ammonia production unit is cooled at least intermittently by means of an inner and/or outer cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Breuer, Markus Gloeckle, Buenyamin Duru, Martin Bohnet
  • Patent number: 7921640
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery heat exchanger assembly for use along a main exhaust flow path of an exhaust system for an engine, and a method of operation, is disclosed. The exhaust heat recovery heat exchanger includes a sealed vacuum chamber, including a hydride pellet mounted in the chamber, and electrical leads extending from the hydride pellet. An exhaust chamber along the main exhaust flow path is located along an inner wall of the vacuum chamber. A housing surrounds the vacuum chamber and defines a heat receiving medium chamber. A heat receiving medium flows through the heat receiving medium chamber and absorbs heat from the exhaust flowing through the exhaust chamber when an electric current is applied to the hydride pellet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Gregory A. Major
  • Patent number: 7895829
    Abstract: A DPF and a SCR catalyst are provided in an exhaust pipe, and a urea solution addition valve is provided between the DPF and the SCR catalyst for performing addition supply of urea solution into the exhaust pipe. In a urea solution supply system, the urea solution of prescribed concentration is stored in a urea solution tank, and a urea solution pump is provided in the tank. A urea solution supply pipe is connected to the urea solution pump. A part of the urea solution supply pipe is structured as a compound pipe structure defining two passages. One of the two passages serves as a urea solution passage, and the other one serves as an engine coolant passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Suzuki, Masatoshi Kuroyanagi, Yoshiaki Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20110036079
    Abstract: A vehicle engine exhaust gas treatment system (10) for use on a tractor comprising storage means (11) for storing urea, injector means (13) for injecting urea into a catalytic converter (21) located in an exhaust (22) of an engine (23), an air duct (29;30) via which air is drawn into the engine, and cooling means for cooling the urea on its passage from the storage means to the injector means, the cooling means comprising a heat exchanger which includes an inner pipe (15; 17) through which the urea flows on its way to the injector means, the inner pipe extending within the air duct (29;30) to cool the urea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: AGCO GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Capelle, Georg Frank
  • Patent number: 7856810
    Abstract: An exhaust cooling system of an amphibious vehicle operable in land and marine modes comprises an exhaust system to be cooled, at least one air-liquid heat exchanger, and coolant liquid in thermal communication with the exhaust system to be cooled and the air-liquid heat exchanger(s) and heated by the exhaust system. When the amphibious vehicle is operated, the coolant liquid is cooled by the air-liquid heat exchanger(s). Optionally, at least one liquid-liquid heat exchanger may be provided and the coolant liquid cooled by the liquid-liquid heat exchanger(s). The vehicle may plane, and have retractable road wheels. The air-liquid heat exchanger(s) may be mounted at the front or rear of the vehicle, or elsewhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Gibbs Technologies Ltd
    Inventors: Simon James Longdill, Hans Weekers, Stephen John Briggs
  • Patent number: 7856811
    Abstract: A shielding component, a heat shield in particular, has at least two shield components (10, 12) detachably connected to each other by a connection unit. The connection unit has at least one snap fastener (16), with the stud element (18) connected to one shield component (10) and with the eyelet element (22) connected to the other shield component (12). The shield components may be reliably separated from each other and reconnected to each other with exertion of little manual effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: ElringKlinger AG
    Inventor: Bernd Ell
  • Patent number: 7849682
    Abstract: An aftertreatment burner for an exhaust treatment device is disclosed. The aftertreatment burner may have a mounting member, and a canister connected to the mounting member to form a combustion chamber. The aftertreatment burner may also have a fuel injector disposed within the mounting member to selectively inject fuel into combustion chamber, and an air supply line configured to supply air to the combustion chamber. The aftertreatment burner may further have an igniter disposed within the mounting member to ignite the fuel/air mixture, and a thermal couple configured to detect the ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Robert L. Miller, Thomas Randall McClure, Kevin James Karkkainen
  • Patent number: 7845167
    Abstract: In an exhaust heat recovery system for an internal combustion engine, a heat pipe includes an evaporation portion in which a working fluid is heated and evaporated by heat exchange with exhaust heat from the internal combustion engine, a plurality of condensing portions in which the working fluid from the evaporation portion is cooled and condensed by heat exchange with respective subjects to be heated, and connection piping through which the condensing portions are connected to the evaporation portion in parallel with respect to the evaporation portion so as to form a closed circuit. Furthermore, a switching portion is located to switch a flow of the working fluid from the evaporation portion to any one between the condensing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Miyagawa, Yasutoshi Yamanaka, Takahisa Suzuki, Koichi Ban
  • Patent number: 7841173
    Abstract: A marine engine control system comprising a water jacket, an outlet sensor, and a control module. The water jacket directs a flow of water across a catalytic converter to cool the catalytic converter. The outlet sensor module measures an actual temperature of the water. The control module determines an expected temperature of the water when the catalytic converter is functional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Tim J. Clever
  • Patent number: 7832204
    Abstract: An engine system for a vehicle includes a first heat pipe in contact with the exhaust and a first fluid of the engine system; a second heat pipe in contact with the exhaust and a second fluid of the engine system. In one example, the first heat pipe provides increased heat transfer during a first temperature condition and the second heat pipe provides increased heat transfer during a second temperature condition different than the first temperature condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Bidner, Shane Elwart, Gopichandra Surnilla
  • Patent number: 7823378
    Abstract: A method (1) of controlling an exhaust gas purification system has a DPF device (12), where a regeneration control means (35C) has a forced regeneration mode and an arbitrary regeneration mode. In the forced regeneration mode, when it is determined by a regeneration time determination means (34C) that it is time to regenerate a filter (12b) and the temperature of exhaust gas is low, the exhaust gas temperature is raised by an exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C) to forcibly regenerate the filter (12b). In the arbitrary regeneration mode, the filter is arbitrary regenerated based on the result of detection by a collection amount detection means (32C). While the temperature of exhaust gas is raised in the arbitrary regeneration mode by the exhaust gas temperature raising means (351C), operation of a compressor (41) of a vehicle air conditioner is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Akira Iizuka, Naomi Uchida, Minoru Tsuchida, Tatsuo Mashiko
  • Patent number: 7805930
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to defrost a reducing agent with cooling water of an engine and to prevent water scale from being deposited and accumulated on a cooling water pipe for circulating the cooling water. A frozen reducing agent is defrosted by being heated with cooling water of an engine. A cooling water pipe for guiding the cooling water to a reducing agent tank is provided with a cutoff valve. To defrost the reducing agent, the cutoff valve is opened. Even in the case where the reducing agent is not frozen, the cutoff valve is opened for a predetermined period after start of the cutoff valve to circulate the cooling water in the cooling water pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Satou, Mitsuhiro Nishina
  • Patent number: 7797938
    Abstract: An energy recovery system is provided having a fluid configured to absorb and convey thermal energy. The system also has an exhaust treatment device cooling system configured to transmit thermal energy from an exhaust treatment device to the fluid. In addition, the system has a turbine that is driven by the fluid configured to convert at least a portion of the thermal energy to mechanical energy. The system further has a generator that is powered by the turbine configured to convert at least a portion of the mechanical energy to electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventor: Victoriano Ruiz
  • Patent number: 7797928
    Abstract: In a method for purifying exhaust gases in particular from lean-burn internal combustion engines having an exhaust-gas converter with a heat exchanger and catalysts arranged in inflow and/or outflow passages, the heat exchanger exhaust gas which flows in is heated by heat exchange with exhaust gas which flows. The incoming exhaust gas enters the inflow passages without encountering any obstacle susceptible to blockages, and flows through the inflow passages to a diversion region. Heat is fed to the exhaust gas by means of a burner. The burner is operated with fuel, air and engine exhaust gas in such a way that it supplies either an oxidizing or a reducing exhaust gas. Burner exhaust gas is admixed to the gas which emerges from the inflow passages and, together with this gas, enters the outflow passages, where nitrogen oxides are removed from it by a deNOxing catalyst present in the outflow passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Univeritaet Stuttgart
    Inventors: Gerhard Friedrich, Grigorios Kolios, Volker Schmeisser, Ute Tuttlies, Frank Opferkuch, Gerhart Eigenberger
  • Publication number: 20100229540
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a marine engine comprising liquid cooled manifold and catalytic converter assemblies. Each assembly uses a separate cooling system to cool either the exhaust manifold or a shell inside which resides the catalytic converter. The housing or shell containing the catalytic converter uses water to cool an exterior surface of a water jacket to an acceptable temperature conforming to federal regulations. The liquid-cooled manifold assembly may use either water or glycol to cool a jacket surrounding tubes extending from the engine block to the catalytic converter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: INDMAR PRODUCTS COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: Richard J. Waggoner, Joerg Berger, Travis Stevens
  • Publication number: 20100205946
    Abstract: [Problems] Provided is a configuration in which a member is not interposed between exhaust gas and a partition wall of an engine coolant passage, and the exhaust gas is caused to directly collide with the partition wall of the engine coolant passage, thus raising the gas flow velocity in a heat exchange part, which enables further improving the exhaust heat recovery rate. [Means for Solving Problems] An engine exhaust gas heat recovery device (1) recovers heat from engine exhaust gas by performing heat exchange between the engine exhaust gas and engine coolant. A plurality of spray holes (20) facing an inner cylinder tube (31) of a coolant passage (3) have been provided in an outer tube (22) of an exhaust gas inflow tube (2), and the exhaust gas is caused to directly collide with the inner cylinder tube (31) of the coolant passage (3). A minimum distance from each of the spray holes (20) to the inner cylinder tube (31) of the coolant passage (3) is in a range of 1.5 to 7 times the diameter of the spray holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Fukudome, Masataka Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7765802
    Abstract: A device for the treatment of an exhaust gas flow includes at least one inflow channel with a front region and a rear region and at least one return flow channel. A first coating is provided in the rear region of the at least one inflow channel. The coating assists an exothermal reaction of the exhaust gas flow. A device is formed in the front region of the inflow channel for the transfer of heat from a return flow channel. A method for operating a device for the treatment of an exhaust gas flow, a vehicle having the device and an operating method for an exhaust gas system of a vehicle having the device, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Emitec Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventor: Rolf Brück
  • Patent number: 7765794
    Abstract: A method and system of providing compressed low NOx exhaust gas for industrial purposes including for use in augmenting crude oil production including the steps of extracting exhaust gas from an engine consuming a controllable mixture of hydrocarbon fuel and air, compressing and cooling the exhaust gas to condense water therefrom, measuring the pH of the condensed water, employing the measured pH to adjust the ratio of the hydrocarbon fuel and air supplied to the engine to achieve a substantially neutral pH measurement and thereby obtain compressed exhaust gas having a low NOx content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: NCO2 Company LLC
    Inventor: Wade J. Alexander
  • Patent number: 7762064
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine, comprising of a first exhaust passage providing a first flow area, a second exhaust passage communicatively coupled to the first exhaust passage, the second exhaust passage providing a second flow area greater than the first flow area, wherein the second exhaust passage is arranged downstream of the first exhaust passage, wherein a first wall surface of the first exhaust passage defines at least a first opening for transferring air external the first exhaust passage to within the first exhaust passage and a second wall surface of the second exhaust passage defines at least a second opening for transferring air external the second exhaust passage to within the second exhaust passage, a first protrusion disposed within the first exhaust passage upstream of the first opening, and a second protrusion disposed within the second exhaust passage upstream of the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Tennison