In an internal combustion engine system having an emissions control system including an electrically heated catalyst (E-cat) and an E-compressor (either standalone or part of an E-turbocharger), a method for operating the emissions control system includes predicting that a cold start of the engine is imminent, activating the E-cat and the E-compressor in response to the prediction, and monitoring a characteristic parameter Pe of the E-cat as it changes. The E-compressor speed Nc is regulated to change in proportion to the changing Pe while the E-cat is activated. If no engine start occurs, the E-cat is deactivated, and speed Nc is regulated to track the changing Pe.

An exhaust control system of a vehicle includes a fuel injector configured to inject fuel into a combustion chamber of a burner of an exhaust system upstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst; an air pump configured to pump air into the combustion chamber of the burner; a spark plug configured to ignite an air/fuel mixture within the combustion chamber of the burner; a fuel control module configured to, while an engine is off before an engine startup, selectively actuate the fuel injector and begin fuel injection; a pump control module configured to, while the engine is off before the engine startup, selectively turn on the air pump; and a spark control module configured to, while the engine is off and before the engine startup, selectively apply power to the spark plug and begin providing spark.

An EHC line leakage diagnosis method can operate a heater of an oxygen detector when satisfying one or more conditions of an engine off time, a coolant temperature, and an outside air temperature by a diagnosis controller upon the key-on of the non-operation of an engine, and then, determine the normality or abnormality of a temperature drop using a change in a temperature value of a signal value and the temperature value detected by the oxygen detector after an air pump is driven, and then confirm the leakage of an exhaust line and a line on the rear end portion of an EHC valve of an air line using the number of times of the occurrence of the abnormality of the temperature drop, and can perform the failure diagnosis without generating the exhaust gas by not operating an engine.

A urea injection system comprises a fluid conveying apparatus used for extracting a urea solution from a urea tank, several nozzles indirectly connected to the fluid conveying apparatus, and a controller used for controlling the urea injection system. The urea injection system is adapted to process exhaust gas of a plurality of engines at the same time. The nozzles comprise a first nozzle used for injecting a urea solution to a first exhaust pipe of a first engine and a second nozzle used for injecting the urea solution to a second exhaust pipe of a second engine. A plurality of nozzles respectively corresponding to a plurality of engines is arranged in the urea injection system, so as to process exhaust gas of the plurality of engines at the same time by using only one urea injection system.

A device for adjusting and controlling the actual supplied amount of urea entering an exhaust system comprises an electronic control unit (1), a compressed air supply device (2), a urea storage device (3), a compressed air control device (4), a metering pump or a metering valve (5), a spray nozzle (6), a main pipeline (7), a urea pipeline (8), and a urea control device (9). The urea control device (9) is in communication with the electronic control unit (1) and controls the actual supplied amount of urea injected into the exhaust system from the spray nozzle according to the starting time point and the finishing time point. A method for adjusting and controlling the actual supplied amount of urea entering an exhaust system is also disclosed. The present device and method effectively prevent the excessive urea from being injected into the exhaust system, and enable the original exhaust system to match with stricter emission standards through a low cost improvement.

The present application provides a reductant dosing system for an SCR catalyst comprising an injector, a storage tank and a reductant pump arranged in a first fluid line between the storage tank and the injector for pumping reductant from the storage tank to the injector. The reductant dosing system comprises pressurizing means for pressurizing the storage tank.

An exhaust aftertreatment system may include a reductant supply and diluent supply conduits, an injector and a control module. The reductant supply conduit includes a first valve controlling a flow of reductant through the reductant supply conduit. The diluent supply conduit includes a second valve controlling a flow of diluent through the diluent supply conduit. The injector is in fluid communication with the reductant supply conduit and the diluent supply conduit and is configured to provide fluid to an exhaust stream. The control module may control the first valve to provide a targeted amount of reductant through the injector. The control module may control the second valve to maintain a fluid flow rate through the injector that is at or above a minimum flow rate threshold of the injector based on a difference between a flow rate through the reductant supply conduit and the minimum flow rate threshold.

A component carrier of a dosing system including a plurality of components for injecting a urea solution into the exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine comprises a base plate forming the component carrier, a plurality of inner flow channels integrated into the base plate, and an inlet port and an outlet port connecting the inner flow channels with the coolant circuit of the internal combustion engine. The component carrier is heated by flowing a fluid having an elevated temperature and circulating in the coolant circuit from the inlet port to the outlet port passing through the inner flow channels and transferring the heat from the fluid to the component carrier. The components of the dosing system mounted on the component carrier and in thermal contact with the component carrier are heated by heat transfer from the heated component carrier.

A vehicle exhaust system includes an upstream exhaust component comprising at least a first catalyst having a first outer dimension, a downstream exhaust component comprising at least a second catalyst having a second outer dimension, and a mixer that connects the upstream and downstream exhaust components. The mixer comprises a first portion associated with an outlet from the first catalyst and a second portion associated with an inlet to the second catalyst. The first portion includes a swirl component having a first length and the second portion includes an additional component having a second length. A connection interface between the first and second portions allows the upstream and downstream exhaust components to be arranged in different positions relative to each other. A combined length of the first and second lengths is adjusted relative to the first and second outer dimensions to achieve a desired position of the upstream and downstream exhaust components relative to each other.

The present disclosure relates to a hydrocarbon dosing system to control dosing of diesel fuel into an exhaust upstream of a vehicle's oxidation catalyst (VOC). The system 100 includes separate inlets (102,104) to allow inflow of a first fluid and the second fluid into the system, and an outlet 116. The first fluid configured to facilitate purging of the second fluid into the VOC through the outlet 116. The system 100 incorporates multiple valves (106, 108, 112) and pressure sensor 114 to control dosing and purging of the fluids. The system 100 provides an intrinsic non-return valve mechanism to restrict the flow of the first fluid into a fluid path of the second fluid, and vice versa. The system 100 provides intrinsic pressure relief mechanism for controlled release of pressure from system 100. The system 100 includes additional optional check valves 208 and filter screens 206 for redundancy purposes.