An internal combustion engine emissions reduction system in which a emissions passing through a second catalyst element having a second catalyst function are mixed with emissions passing through a first catalyst element having a first catalyst function.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for adding a liquid reducing agent, preferably an aqueous urea solution, to the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises a dosing device arranged in an exhaust line of the internal combustion engine, which device is designed to generate a reducing agent spray by means of an injector. The apparatus furthermore comprises a swirl generator device, designed as a hollow body, preferably a hollow cylinder, about a longitudinal axis, which has a first end facing the injector and a second end facing away from the injector. The shell surface L of the swirl generator device, designed as a hollow body, furthermore comprises at least one exhaust inlet opening extending substantially in the longitudinal direction and a guide element, attached adjacent to the exhaust inlet opening and covering the exhaust inlet opening in the interior of the swirl generator device, at least in part at a distance, for deflecting an exhaust gas flow. According to the present disclosure, the guide element is closed in the direction of the first end of the swirl generator device, by means of a wall or connection to the shell surface, for example, and open in the direction of the second end of the swirl generator device. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a motor vehicle, preferably a utility vehicle, having a corresponding apparatus.

An exhaust aftertreatment arrangement for cleaning exhaust gases includes a fluid channel for providing a fluid pathway for the exhaust gases, a selective catalyst reduction, SCR, catalyst, arranged in or downstream the fluid channel, a heating arrangement for heating the exhaust gases, the heating arrangement being arranged upstream of the SCR catalyst and comprising an electrical heating element, a first fluid pathway for guiding the exhaust gases to the electrical heating element, and a second fluid pathway for guiding the exhaust gases to bypass the electrical heating element, wherein the heating arrangement is removably arranged relative the fluid channel.

An exhaust discharge system is disclosed. The exhaust discharge system comprises an exhaust stack including a first conduit and a second conduit. The first conduit defines a first flow passageway and arranged around a first longitudinal axis. The first conduit including a skirt portion and a body portion disposed downstream of the skirt portion, and the skirt portion is oriented to slope outward from the body portion. The second conduit is disposed downstream of the first conduit. The second conduit defines a second flow passageway and is arranged around a second longitudinal axis, the second conduit includes a sidewall and an exit port, the exit port having an exit-port cross-section, wherein the exit-port cross-section is oblong in shape. The second longitudinal axis is disposed at an intersection angle to the first longitudinal axis, the intersection angle in a range of 125° to 150°. The exhaust stack is configured to convey treated exhaust from the skirt portion to the exit port.

A device includes an exhaust gas turbocharger and an annular catalytic converter, which is mounted downstream of the turbocharger in the flow direction, wherein the annular catalytic converter has a first tubular flow section, a deflecting region, and a second annular flow section, wherein the tubular flow section is formed by an inner tube, and the annular flow section is formed between an outer tube, running substantially parallel to the inner tube, and the inner tube, and the deflecting region is designed to deflect the exhaust gas flow out of the tubular flow section into the annular flow section, wherein the tubular flow section of the annular catalytic converter comprises the same components as the gas outlet of the turbocharger mounted upstream in the flow direction.

A catalyst device includes a catalyst carrier serving as a heating element that generates heat when energized. The catalyst device includes a guide pipe that guides exhaust into the case. The catalyst device includes a connecting pipe that connects the guide pipe to the case. The case has an end that is an insulative portion and projects further upstream, in the direction in which exhaust flows, from an end surface of the catalyst carrier. A temperature difference inducing structure, which induces a state in which the connecting pipe is relatively lower in temperature than the end of the case, includes a heat shield, encompassing an outer circumferential surface of the connecting pipe and having an opening in part of a portion opposing the outer circumferential surface of the connecting pipe, and a stay fixing the outer circumferential surface of the connecting pipe to an internal combustion engine.

A dosing and mixing assembly for an exhaust aftertreatment device includes a conduit arrangement defining overlapping, coaxial flow paths that join at a common flow path. The conduit arrangement defines a mixing region upstream of the overlapping, coaxial flow paths, an impact region at the overlapping, coaxial flow paths, and a merge region where the coaxial flow paths join. The outer of the coaxial flow paths insulates the inner of the flow paths at least as the impact region. Reactant can be dispensed into the inner flow path along a spray path that intersects the impact region of the conduit arrangement. A spray protector can be provided at or upstream of the mixer to inhibit swirling of reactant at the doser nozzle.

A vehicle exhaust system includes an inner pipe in which exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine flows, and an outer pipe surrounding a part of the inner pipe. One end of the outer pipe is formed to have a diameter smaller than that of other portions of the outer pipe, and fixed to an outer surface of the inner pipe. A region of the outer pipe from the other end before the one end is a free region unattached to the outer surface of the inner pipe.

A novel sound absorbing sheet material with a unique combination of micro-louver slit parameters and patterns provides superior noise attenuation and a reduced perforation area (less than 3.5%) to better protect fiberglass insulation when used in a muffler assembly. A muffler assembly is disclosed incorporating the novel sound absorbing sheet as the inner exhaust conduit.

An aftertreatment system connected downstream an internal combustion engine arrangement for receiving exhaust gases conveyed from the internal combustion engine arrangement during operation thereof, wherein the aftertreatment system comprises first and second catalytic devices in series, wherein a gap is there between.