F01N2570/14

SELECTIVE AMMONIA OXIDATION CATALYST

The invention relates to a selective ammonia oxidation catalysts comprising a platinum group metal and a support comprising TiO2 doped with 0-10% by weight of SiO.sub.2, WO.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2, Y.sub.2O.sub.3, La.sub.2O.sub.3, or a mixture thereof. The invention further comprises methods for the manufacture of the selective ammonia oxidation catalysts, and integrated catalyst systems comprising the selective ammonia oxidation catalysts for treating an exhaust gas stream.

System, apparatus, and method for diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) dosing

Systems, apparatuses, assemblies, and methods for diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) dosing can include a body defining an injector adaptor inlet and an injector adaptor outlet; and an injector mount or interface extending from the body. The injector mount can be between the first and second ends of the injector adaptor. The injector adaptor outlet can define an area greater than an area of the injector adaptor inlet. In a side view of the injector adaptor, at a bottom side of the body, a first straight line can extend along the body from the injector adaptor inlet to the injector adaptor outlet, and at a top side of the body opposite the bottom side, a second straight line can extend along the body from the injector adaptor inlet to the injector adaptor outlet. The second straight line can be at an acute angle relative to the first straight line.

Systems and methods for determining an efficiency value associated with a catalyst member

A system comprising an aftertreatment system comprising: a catalyst member, and a first exhaust conduit upstream of the catalyst member; a first temperature sensor operatively coupled to the catalyst member; a flow sensor coupled to the first exhaust conduit; and a controller. The controller determines a temperature of the catalyst member, a flow rate of exhaust within the first exhaust conduit, and a space velocity of the exhaust within the catalyst member. The controller determines a first degradation value indicative of a degradation of the catalyst member. The controller determines a first difference between the first degradation value and a first degradation reference value and a second difference between the first degradation value and a second degradation reference value. After determining that the first difference is less than the second difference, the controller selects a first calibration metric. The controller determines a first efficiency value associated with the catalyst member.

AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING PREHEATING OXIDATION AND CATALYST

A system includes: an engine; and an aftertreatment system for treating exhaust gas produced by the engine, the aftertreatment system including: an exhaust conduit configured to receive the exhaust gas and hydrocarbons from the engine; a preheating oxidation catalyst; a primary oxidation catalyst disposed downstream of the preheating oxidation catalyst; a selective catalytic reduction system disposed in the exhaust conduit downstream of the primary oxidation catalyst. The aftertreatment system includes: a controller configured to: determine a temperature of the exhaust gas at an inlet of the selective catalytic reduction system, and in response to the temperature of the exhaust gas at the inlet of the selective catalytic reduction system being below a threshold temperature, cause the engine to provide the hydrocarbons to the exhaust conduit. The preheating oxidation catalyst is configured to catalyze combustion of the hydrocarbons so as to increase the temperature of the exhaust gas to above the threshold temperature.

Exhaust gas energy recovery converter
11326497 · 2022-05-10 · ·

An energy recovery converter for exhaust gases or waste heat is provided. The converter includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), an exhaust gas having a first molecular oxygen content, and an external electrical load. The MEA includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an oxygen ion conductive membrane sandwiched between the first and second electrodes. Each of the first and second electrodes includes at least one oxidation catalyst configured to promote an electrochemical reaction. The second electrode of the MEA is exposed to the exhaust gas and the first electrode of the MEA is exposed to a gas having a second molecular oxygen content. The second molecular oxygen content is higher than the first molecular oxygen content. The external electrical load is connected between the first and second electrodes of the MEA.

EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND VEHICLE
20220136419 · 2022-05-05 · ·

Provided is an exhaust gas purification apparatus having a control device that monitors the transition of a detection value of each of an upstream NOx sensor and a downstream NOx sensor, and when the NOx purification rate of the SCR catalyst falls to a value of a first threshold or lower, generates an abnormality detection signal indicating that an over storage state has occurred in an SCR catalyst if the amount of change in the detection value of the upstream NOx sensor per unit time is at least a second threshold and the amount of change in the detection value of the downstream NOx sensor per unit time is at most a third threshold.

TWC CATALYSTS FOR GASOLINE ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TREATMENTS
20220136417 · 2022-05-05 ·

A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprising: a substrate comprising an inlet end and an outlet end with an axial length L; a first catalytic region comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM) component supported on a first PGM support material, wherein the first PGM component comprises rhodium (Rh) and platinum (Pt); and wherein Pt and Rh has a weight ratio of at least 1:10.

Heater control in heavy-duty motor vehicle engines

A heavy duty truck includes a diesel engine that generates an exhaust gas flow and an exhaust after-treatment system for treatment of the exhaust gas flow. The exhaust after-treatment system includes at least one heater and at least one selective catalytic reduction system downstream of the heater. The heater is operated to inject supplemental heat energy into the exhaust gas flow at a rate based on a difference between a target rate of heat energy in the exhaust gas flow at an inlet to the selective catalytic reduction system and a rate of heat energy supplied to the exhaust gas flow from the diesel engine.

Mixer, exhaust aftertreatment component, exhaust aftertreatment system and vehicle

A mixer, an exhaust aftertreatment component, an exhaust aftertreatment system and a vehicle in which the mixer comprises: an inlet cover, providing an inlet space; an outlet cover, providing an outlet space; and a connecting pipe part, comprising a gas inlet inside the inlet space, a gas outlet inside the outlet space, and an injection inlet; wherein the connecting pipe part comprises a conical section and a pipe section connected downstream to the conical section, the conical section is located inside the inlet space, a side wall of the conical section comprises a plurality of openings distributed along a circumferential direction, the gas inlet comprises the plurality of openings, and a swirling structure is provided on the plurality of openings.

Method and system for diagnosing an aftertreatment system

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing aftertreatment of exhaust gases resulting from combustion, wherein at least a first substance resulting from said combustion is reduced by supplying additive to an exhaust gas stream resulting from said combustion and use of a first reduction catalytic converter. The method includes: estimating an accumulated expected reduction of said first substance during a first period of time, determining an accumulated actual reduction of said first substance during a period of time at least substantially overlapping said first period of time, and generating a signal indicating a fault in said reduction of said first substance when said accumulated actual reduction differs from said accumulated expected reduction by a predetermined difference in occurrence of said first substance. The invention also relates to a corresponding system.