A tubular member for an exhaust gas treatment device according to at least one embodiment of the present invention includes: a tubular main body made of a metal; and an insulating layer formed at least on an inner peripheral surface of the tubular main body. The insulating layer contains glass containing a crystalline substance, and the insulating layer has a porosity of from 1% to 12%.

The invention relates to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine (10), in particular for an internal combustion engine (10) which is charged by means of a turbocharger (30) and spark-ignited by means of spark plugs (16). A particulate filter (24) and an electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter (26) downstream of the particulate filter (24) are arranged in a position close to the engine in an exhaust gas system (20) connected to an outlet (12) of the internal combustion engine (10). A further three-way catalytic converter (28) is arranged in the underbody position of the motor vehicle downstream of the electrically heatable catalytic converter (26). According to the invention, the electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter (26) is heated electrically after engine start, and the particulate filter (24), the electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter (26) and the further three-way catalytic converter are additionally heated by the exhaust gas flow from the internal combustion engine (10). The electric heating of the electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter (26) is switched off when the electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter (26) has reached its light-off temperature.

A sensor table mounting system includes an insulating blanket assembly and a senor table. The insulating blanket assembly is configured to surround an external housing surface of an exhaust aftertreatment component housing. The insulating blanket assembly includes an inner blanket surface, an outer blanket surface, and a first restraint. The outer blanket surface is opposite the inner blanket surface. The first restraint includes a first restraint first end that is fixed to the outer blanket surface. The sensor table includes a platform, a first standoff, a second standoff, a first footing, and a second footing. The first footing is offset from the platform by the first standoff and configured to be coupled to the first restraint. The second footing is offset from the platform by the second standoff and configured to be coupled to the first restraint.

A heating device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine; the heating device has: a first tubular body wherein a combustion chamber is obtained; a fuel injector to inject fuel into the combustion chamber; an inlet opening, which is obtained through the first tubular body and can be connected to a fan to receive an air flow, which is directed into the combustion chamber; a hot air outlet opening to let hot air out of the combustion chamber; an outlet duct, which originates from the outlet opening; a spark plug which is mounted through a side wall of the first tubular body to trigger the combustion of a mixture of air and fuel; and a labyrinth, which surrounds a side wall of the tubular body, starts from the inlet opening, ends in the combustion chamber, and the air must necessarily flow out of the inlet opening until reaching the combustion chamber.

An exhaust purification device has a catalytic converter provided with: an outer cylinder welded at the upstream end portion to an exhaust gas inlet of an inlet-side flange and welded at the downstream end portion to an exhaust gas outlet of the outlet-side flange. An inner cylinder has an upstream end portion held by the upstream side portion of the outer cylinder with no gap and has a downstream end portion disposed at the downstream side of the outer cylinder with a gap, the inner cylinder housing a catalyst support. An opening end is formed at the downstream end portion of the inner cylinder with a gap with respect to the outer cylinder, and a gas layer is formed by the exhaust gas having entered from the exhaust gas inlet and convected to an upstream side between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder.

The invention relates to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine comprising a first catalytic converter that has a first exhaust gas inlet to admit the exhaust gas into the first catalytic converter and has an exhaust gas outlet positioned on the opposite side, also comprising a second catalytic converter that is arranged downstream from the first catalytic converter and that is flow-connected to the first catalytic converter in order to allow the exhaust gas to pass from the first catalytic converter into the second catalytic converter and that likewise has a second exhaust gas inlet that is at a physical distance from the exhaust gas outlet of the first catalytic converter. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system also comprises a particulate filter that is arranged downstream from the second catalytic converter and that is flow-connected to the second catalytic converter in order to allow the exhaust gas to pass from the second catalytic converter into the particulate filter. A flow-around area is formed adjacent to an outer surface of the first catalytic converter in which the exhaust gas flows from the exhaust gas outlet to the second exhaust gas inlet into the second catalytic converter.

An after treatment system (ATS) for a vehicle includes, fluidly connected in series, an inlet, a urea mixer and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly connected to an output of an engine of the vehicle and the outlet is fluidly connected to an outlet tube of the vehicle. The urea mixer is provided with a dosing module, an inner element and an outer element. The inner element is configured such that a first flow of exhaust gas flow flowing from the inlet into the urea mixer flows into an first volume defined by the inner element. The outer element is configured such that a second flow flows in a volume defined between inner element and outer element, wherein the first and second flows rejoin together in a mixing chamber fluidly connected to the volume and to the first volume downstream with respect inner and outer elements.

A pipe structure includes a pipe disposed in a state of contact with the air, a fluid with a temperature of at least 100° C. flowing inside the pipe; and a coating material containing nickel oxide and coated onto an outer periphery portion of the pipe.

A two-stroke engine exhaust resonator with an exhaust gas catalytic converter comprising an inlet opening, wherein the inlet opening is followed by the first end of a stabilizing tube with a catalytic converter mounted thereon, characterized in that the other end of the stabilizing tube is directed towards the primary reflective surface, the primary reflective surface is followed by the first end of a resonator casing, which is surrounding the stabilizing tube, wherein the resonator casing exceeds at least over a part of the catalytic converter on the stabilizing tube, wherein a resonator outlet opening is arranged in the resonator casing between its first and second end or in the primary reflective surface, and at least a part of the resonator casing surrounding the stabilizing tube is surrounded by a cooler.

A exhaust-gas heat management system includes a catalytic converter in the exhaust-gas train of an internal-combustion engine, a cover enclosing the catalytic converter, and thereby realizing a cavity for holding a latent-heat storage PCM, at least two fluid connections between the cavity and the collecting vessel, and a pump device for activating and deactivating a PCM circuit between the cavity and the collecting vessel by means of the fluid connections. A method comprises determining an operating state of the internal combustion engine, determining the catalytic converter temperature, determining the PCM temperature, activating the PCM circuit if the PCM temperature is above a phase transition temperature of the PCM, and the internal combustion engine is in a switched-on operating state or the internal combustion engine is in a switched-off operating state and the catalytic converter temperature is below a light-off temperature of the catalytic converter.