An exhaust treatment system is provided, which comprises: a first oxidation catalyst, to oxidize compounds comprising one or more of nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen; a first dosage device to supply a first additive into an exhaust stream; a catalytic filter, consisting of a particulate filter with an at least partly catalytic coating with reduction characteristics, for catching and oxidizing soot particles and for a first reduction of an amount of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust stream using the first additive; a second oxidation catalyst, to oxidize one or more of nitrogen oxide and incompletely oxidized carbon compounds in the exhaust stream; a second dosage device to supply a second additive into the exhaust stream; and a reduction catalyst device, arranged for a second reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust stream using at least one of the first or second additives.

A composite oxidation catalyst (18, 20) for use in an exhaust system for treating an exhaust gas produced by a vehicular compression ignition internal combustion engine (30) and upstream of a particulate matter filter (44, 50) in the exhaust system comprises a substrate (5) having a total length L and a longitudinal axis and having a substrate surface extending axially between a first substrate end (I) and a second substrate end (O); and three or more catalyst washcoat zones (1, 2, 3; or 1, 2, 3, 4) arranged axially in series on and along the substrate surface, wherein a first catalyst washcoat zone (1) having a length L.sub.1, wherein L.sub.1<L, is defined at one end by the first substrate end (I) and at a second end by a first end (19, 21) of a second catalyst washcoat zone (2) having a length L.sub.2, wherein L.sub.2<L, wherein the first catalyst washcoat zone (1) comprises a first refractory metal oxide support material and two or more platinum group metal components supported thereon comprising both platinum and palladium at a weight ratio of platinum to palladium of ≥1; the second catalyst washcoat zone (2) comprises a second refractory metal oxide support material and one or more platinum group metal components supported thereon; and a third catalyst washcoat zone (3) comprising a third refractory metal oxide support material and one or more platinum group metal components supported thereon is defined at a second end thereof by the second substrate end (O), wherein a total platinum group metal loading in the first catalyst washcoat zone (1) defined in grams of platinum group metal per cubic foot of substrate volume (g/l) (g/ft.sup.3) is greater than a total platinum group metal loading in the second catalyst washcoat zone (2), wherein a total platinum group metal loading in the third catalyst washcoat zone (3) defined in grams of platinum group metal per cubic foot of substrate volume (g/l) (g/ft.sup.3) is less than the total platinum group metal loading in the second catalyst washcoat zone (2) and wherein the first catalyst washcoat zone (1) comprises one or more first alkaline earth metal components supported on the first refractory metal oxide support 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 method and an exhaust treatment system are provided for treatment of an exhaust stream comprising nitrogen oxides. The method comprises a first oxidation of compounds comprising one or more of nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen in the exhaust stream; a determination of a value for a ratio between a first amount of nitrogen dioxide and a first amount of nitrogen oxides after the first oxidation; and a first supply of a first additive into the exhaust stream, which is actively controlled based on the determined value for the ratio. Subsequently, a first reduction of at least the first amount of nitrogen oxides is carried out through a catalytic reaction in a catalytic filter, which consists of a particulate filter with an at least partly catalytic coating with reduction characteristics, and is arranged to catch and oxidize soot particles, and to carry out the first reduction of the first amount of nitrogen oxides.

The present invention relates to a method for correcting a supply of additive to an exhaust gas stream resulting from combustion in an internal combustion engine. A first aftertreatment component being arranged for oxidation of nitric oxide into nitrogen dioxide, and a reduction catalytic converter being arranged downstream said first aftertreatment component. Additive is supplied to said exhaust gas stream for reduction of nitrogen oxides in said reduction catalytic converter, the additive being supplied in proportion to an occurrence of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust gas stream, said proportion being subject to correction. The method includes: supplying unburned fuel to said exhaust gas stream upstream said first aftertreatment component to reduce oxidation of nitric oxide into nitrogen dioxide in said first aftertreatment component, and correcting said supply of additive to said exhaust gas stream when supplying unburned fuel to said exhaust gas stream.

A filter regeneration system for an internal combustion engine, the filter regeneration system including: a calculation unit configured to calculate a minimum oxygen concentration and a minimum nitrogen dioxide concentration at which a passive regeneration reaction, in which carbon in PM accumulated on a filter arranged in an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine reacts with nitrogen dioxide and oxygen to generate carbon dioxide and nitrogen monoxide, occurs based on an amount of the PM accumulated on the filter; and an exhaust gas temperature control unit configured to, in a case where an oxygen concentration and a nitrogen dioxide concentration in exhaust gas on an upstream of the filter are equal to or higher than the minimum oxygen concentration and the minimum nitrogen dioxide concentration, respectively, control a temperature of exhaust gas flowing into the filter within a temperature range in which the passive regeneration reaction occurs preferentially.

Methods and systems are provided for adjusting engine operating parameters in response to an emission output from vehicles within a region. In one example, a method comprises adjusting engine operating parameters in a portion of the vehicles to decrease an emission output therefrom.

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).

The present invention relates to a method for correcting a supply of additive to an exhaust gas stream resulting from combustion in an internal combustion engine. A first aftertreatment component being arranged for oxidation of nitric oxide into nitrogen dioxide, and a reduction catalytic converter being arranged downstream said first aftertreatment component. Additive is supplied to said exhaust gas stream for reduction of nitrogen oxides in said reduction catalytic converter, the additive being supplied in proportion to an occurrence of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust gas stream, said proportion being subject to correction. The method includes: supplying unburned fuel to said exhaust gas stream upstream said first aftertreatment component to reduce oxidation of nitric oxide into nitrogen dioxide in said first aftertreatment component, and correcting said supply of additive to said exhaust gas stream when supplying unburned fuel to said exhaust gas stream.

Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.