The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a synthetic crystalline material, designated as JMZ-12, with a framework built up by the disorder AEI and CHA structures, substantially free of framework phosphorous and prepared preferably in the absence of halides such as fluoride ions. Such method comprises the step of heating a reaction mixture under crystallization conditions for a sufficient period to form a disordered zeolite having both CHA and AEI topologies, wherein the reaction mixture comprises at least one source of aluminum, at least one source of silicon, a source of alkaline or alkaline-earth cations, and a structure directing agent containing at least one source of quaternary ammonium cations and at least one source of alkyl-substituted piperidinium cations in a molar ratio of 0.20 to about 1.4. The resulting zeolites are useful as catalysts, particularly when used in combination with exchanged transition metal(s) and, optionally, rare earth metal(s).

An exhaust purification system includes an electrochemical reactor provided in an engine exhaust passage; a bypass passage bypassing the electrochemical reactor; a flow control valve controlling an amount of exhaust gas, discharged from an engine body, flowing into the electrochemical reactor and the bypass passage; and a control device controlling the flow control valve. The electrochemical reactor includes a holding material holding NO.sub.X or HC and is configured so as to purify NO.sub.X or HC held at the holding material if energized. The control device controls the flow control valve so as to control the amount of exhaust gas flowing into the electrochemical reactor so that a temperature of the electrochemical reactor is maintained at less than a desorption start temperature where NO.sub.X or HC starts to be desorbed from the holding material.

A diesel exhaust treatment system for treating exhaust gas from a diesel engine comprising at least one diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), at least one diesel particulate filter (DPF), at least one diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber and at least one selective catalytic reduction converter (SCR). In one desirable embodiment, two DOCs, two DPFs, two SCRs, and two diesel exhaust fluid mixing chambers are arranged in parallel. The disclosed system is configured to reduce back pressure and increase urea vaporization while effectively using available space and providing improved access to components. The system can be coupled to a vehicle frame rail, such as the frame rail of a heavy duty truck.

A diesel exhaust treatment system for treating exhaust gas from a diesel engine comprising at least one diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), at least one diesel particulate filter (DPF), at least one diesel exhaust fluid mixing chamber and at least one selective catalytic reduction converter (SCR). In one desirable embodiment, two DOCs, two DPFs, two SCRs, and two diesel exhaust fluid mixing chambers are arranged in parallel. The disclosed system is configured to reduce back pressure and increase urea vaporization while effectively using available space and providing improved access to components. The system can be coupled to a vehicle frame rail, such as the frame rail of a heavy duty truck.

A method for adapting modeled reaction kinetics of a reaction taking place in a catalytic converter, with model-based fill level feedback control. The method includes specifying a setpoint value for at least one fill level of at least one exhaust-gas component that can be stored in the catalytic converter; calculating at least one fill level of the catalytic converter using a signal of an exhaust-gas sensor upstream of the catalytic converter and using a catalytic converter model with at least one storage capacity and reaction kinetics of the at least one reaction taking place in the catalytic converter; setting an air-fuel mixture such that the calculated fill level approximates the specified setpoint value; ascertaining a difference between a signal of the exhaust-gas sensor upstream of the catalytic converter and a signal of an exhaust-gas sensor downstream of the catalytic converter; and deactivating the fill-level-dependent setting of the air-fuel mixture.

Controlling exhaust after-treatment in a heavy-duty motor vehicle includes operating a diesel engine of a heavy-duty truck such that the diesel engine generates an exhaust gas flow that enters an exhaust after-treatment system of the heavy-duty truck, the exhaust after-treatment system including a selective catalytic reduction system, measuring a level of NO.sub.x gases in the exhaust gas flow downstream of the selective catalytic reduction system, and controlling a diesel exhaust fluid injector upstream of the selective catalytic reduction system to inject diesel exhaust fluid into the exhaust gas flow upstream of the selective catalytic reduction system at an injection rate that is based on the measured level of NO.sub.x gases.

An exhaust dust removal system includes an electric field device (1021) and a cooling device. The electric field device (1021) has an electric field device inlet, an electric field device outlet, a dust removal electric field cathode (10212), and a dust removal electric field anode (10211). The dust removal electric field cathode (10212) and the dust removal electric field anode (10211) are used to generate an ionizing dust removal electric field. The cooling device is used to reduce the exhaust temperature before the electric field device inlet. The exhaust dust removal system may help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and may also help reduce emissions of harmful gases and pollutants, which thereby makes the gas emissions more environmentally friendly.

The present invention is applied to an exhaust system provided with a three-way catalyst and a NOx catalyst which are provided in an exhaust passage of an engine and to which sulfur components in exhaust adhere and release the attached sulfur components by rich components in exhaust, and NOx sensors provided downstream of the catalysts. The NOx sensor is a limiting current type sensor. It is determined whether a sulfur release state is present in which a sulfur component is released from the three-way catalyst and the NOx catalyst. When it is determined that it is in the state of sulfur release, reaction suppression processing for suppressing the reaction between oxygen and sulfur components in the pump cell electrodes and the monitor cell electrodes of the NOx sensors is performed.

Disclosed is a method for selective catalytic reduction operating by desorbing ammonia from at least one storage cartridge in an exhaust line at the output of a motor vehicle engine, the cartridge being arranged in at least one bypass branch of a main line of the exhaust line. The exhaust gas flow rate in the bypass branch is controlled according to an estimated or measured temperature in the bypass branch and a desired amount of ammonia to be injected by desorption estimated in the exhaust line to provide a catalytic reduction of the nitrogen oxides present in the exhaust gas, a temperature of the cartridge being estimated according to the gas flow rate at the temperature estimated or measured during a given time interval and corresponding to an amount of desorbed ammonia equal to the desired amount of ammonia.

An exhaust gas dust removal system, comprising a dust removal system inlet, a dust removal system outlet and an electric field apparatus, the electric field apparatus comprising an electric field apparatus inlet, an electric field apparatus outlet, a dust removal electric field cathode and a dust removal electric field anode, the dust removal electric field cathode and the dust removal electric field anode being used for producing an ionising dust removal electric field. A dust collection area of the dust removal electric field anode is larger than a discharge area of the dust removal electric field cathode, so that an asymmetric electrode attraction force is produced between the electrodes, to reduce electric field couplings.