An integrated heater assembly (190) is operable to provide a supply of solution from a tank (200). The assembly (190) includes a head arrangement (290) for mounting onto a hole of the tank (200), and a heating element (210) for selectively warming the solution in the tank (200), wherein the heating element (210) includes a duct through which fluid for heating the solution is operable to flow, and wherein the head arrangement (290) includes a valve (220) for controlling flow of the fluid within the duct. The valve (220) is optionally retained in a snap-fit manner within a plastics material moulding of the head arrangement (290). Moreover, the valve (220) is optionally an electromagnetic solenoid valve. The assembly (109) is beneficially adapted for coping with urea solution in the tank (200).

A method for operating a device that conveys a fluid includes: A) detecting activation of the device; B) filling a conveying line with the fluid by operating at least one pump in a conveying direction from at least one tank to at least one injector, and detecting complete filling of the conveying line based on at least one sudden pressure increase at at least one pressure sensor; C) operating the pump and making available fluid at the injector; D) detecting deactivation of the device; and E) partially emptying the conveying line by sucking back the fluid by operation of the at least one pump in a direction counter to the conveying direction. The emptying is stopped if pressure measured at the at least one pressure sensor corresponds to an ambient pressure.

The control method for reducing agent supply apparatuses, when a liquid reducing agent is frozen, unfreezes the frozen liquid reducing agent using a heating device and enables the injection control of the liquid reducing agent in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The control method includes determining the necessity of unfreezing of the liquid reducing agent and calculating the necessary time required for the unfreezing when the speed of the internal combustion engine exceeds a predetermined threshold during startup of the internal combustion engine and permitting the injection control of the liquid reducing agent when the unfreezing is not necessary or the unfreezing is completed.

A connection head for being arranged in an orifice of a fluid tank with a return cavity in the form of a radial duct is provided. The return cavity overcomes the problems of the formation of air bubbles in the tank and enhances the functioning of the sensor in the tank.

A method for operating a device for providing a liquid additive, the device having a delivery path running from a tank to an additive dispensing device, at least one section of the delivery path forming a jacket, includes: delivering the liquid additive from the tank to the additive dispensing device along the delivery path in a delivery direction; stopping the delivery of the liquid additive; at least partially evacuating the section of the delivery path; and forming a thermal insulator in the jacket by the evacuated delivery path.

An automotive exhaust aftertreatment system includes a doser. The doser includes a doser body and a valve system that opens to discharge a reagent into exhaust gas. The doser includes a heater to heat the reagent prior to releasing the reagent into the exhaust gas.

A fluid system of an internal combustion engine is provided with a heating device in a heating chamber. An electric heating element of the heating device is arranged between two holding bodies such that the heating element electrically and thermally contacts a contact section of at least one of the holding bodies. The heating chamber has an inner volume region between the holding bodies and at least one outer volume region arranged on an outer side of the holding bodies. The inner and outer volume regions allow fluid to flow through. The inner volume region has an enlarged section with a first spacing measured between the holding bodies. The holding bodies have a second spacing measured in a region of the contact section. The first spacing is greater than the second spacing at least at a circumferential side of the contact section facing the enlarged section.

An operating material supply system for a motor vehicle includes: i) at least one operating material container for storing operating material at risk of freezing; ii) at least one conveying device, which is designed to convey the operating material stored in the operating material container upstream in the direction of at least one injector, or in the opposite direction downstream, iii) at least one air separator, which is connected to the operating material container via a feed line; iv) at least one first injector line, which connects the air separator to at least one first injector. When the air separator is installed in the motor vehicle, a connector for the first injector line is distanced further from the roadway surface than a connector for the feed line.

The invention relates to a tank assembly (5) having a tank container (10), a swirl pot (20) and an eductor pump (30), wherein a nozzle (32) of the eductor pump (30) is arranged on an upper side (16) of the tank container (10) at a distance above a swirl pot opening (22) of the swirl pot (20).

Tank for a liquid solution based on water and urea which is suitable for being combined with a selective catalytic reduction system. The tank comprises: a container including an upper wall; a filling pipe union which is positioned on the upper wall of the container and which is suitable for introducing the liquid solution; a lower opening, from which the liquid solution being introduced passes into the container and which protrudes with respect to the upper wall towards the interior of the container; a closure float which is positioned in the container and which is connected to the lower opening and which is configured so as to raise and close the lower opening once the liquid solution in the container reaches a predetermined level.