A method and a corresponding apparatus are provided for preconditioning an exhaust gas system (100) for discharging and purifying combustion exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine (1), in particular an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle (200). The method includes operating, air being heated by a heating element (8) in the exhaust gas system (100) to heat air in the exhaust gas system (100), operating a fan in the exhaust gas system (100) for producing a hot air stream with the heated air, using the hot air stream for heating a first catalytic converter (7) of the exhaust gas system (100) to a minimum operating temperature.

The present application relates to an arrangement for a marine vessel, comprising a combustion unit arranged in an engine room of the marine vessel, an exhaust gas cleaning system in flow connection with the combustion unit and being arranged for receiving and for cleaning the exhaust gas from the combustion unit to a cleaned exhaust gas, a cleaned gas exhaust pipe being in flow connection with the exhaust gas cleaning system and arranged for receiving the cleaned exhaust gas, a plume control system, comprising an air intake for taking in ambient air, a heater for heating the ambient air producing heated air, and a gas mixer placed in the cleaned gas exhaust pipe and arranged for mixing the cleaned exhaust gas in the cleaned gas exhaust pipe with the heated air resulting in an exhaust gas mixture that is blown out into the atmosphere via the one or more exhaust gas outlets. The application furthermore relates to a method for avoiding that exhaust gas that is created in a combustion unit in an engine room of a marine vessel and that is cleaned in an exhaust gas cleaning system that is in flow connection with an cleaned gas exhaust pipe which in its turn is in flow connection with one or more exhaust gas outlets, preferably arranged in a casing, and arranged for blowing out the exhaust gas into the atmosphere, descends and grounds on the marine vessel and/or other adjacent areas.

An apparatus of purifying exhaust gas of a hybrid vehicle includes an electric supercharger disposed on an air intake line, a post-treatment unit disposed on an exhaust gas line and including an electrically-heated catalyst, an exhaust gas recirculation unit including an exhaust gas recirculation cooler disposed on a recirculation line connecting the post-treatment unit and the intake line and an exhaust gas recirculation valve disposed on the recirculation line, a three-way valve disposed at a position at which the recirculation line diverges into a front end portion and a rear end portion of the intake line, and a controller electrically connected to the three-way valve and configured for controlling the three-way valve connecting the intake line and the recirculation line at the front end portion of the electric supercharger to be selectively opened or closed.

An internal-combustion-engine warm-up apparatus includes: a post-processing apparatus; a heater arranged upstream of the post-processing apparatus on the exhaust path; a circulation path where air having passed through the post-processing apparatus is fed back to an upstream side of the heater; an air pump that is a blower that feeds air heated by the heater to the post-processing apparatus; a coolant flow path; a heat exchanger; and a control apparatus that controls operation of the heater and the blower, and in a state where the engine is stopped, the control apparatus causes the heater and the air pump to operate, and causes the air heated by the heater to be supplied to the post-processing apparatus and the heat exchanger.

An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, especially for the internal combustion engine of a vehicle, includes an exhaust gas duct (12) carrying an exhaust gas stream (A) and a reactant release arrangement (18) for releasing a reactant into the exhaust gas stream (A). A bypass flow generation arrangement (25) generates a bypass flow (M) surrounding the reactant stream that is released from the reactant release arrangement (18).

A method for operating a drive device includes heating a hot air stream with a heating device integrated in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine of the drive device, wherein the internal combustion engine is connected with an exhaust gas system; mixing the hot air stream upstream of a catalytic converter with a cold fresh air stream for adjusting a defined temperature of the hot air stream; and supplying the hot air stream having the adjusted defined temperature to the catalytic converter in at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine so as to heat the catalytic converter.

An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust treatment catalyst (13) arranged in an engine exhaust passage and a heat and hydrogen generation device (50) able to feed only heat or heat and hydrogen to the exhaust treatment catalyst (13). When the warm-up operation of the heat and hydrogen generation device (50) is completed and a reforming action by a reformer catalyst (54) becomes possible, if the temperature of the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) is a preset activation temperature or more, a partial oxidation reaction is performed at the heat and hydrogen generation device (50) and the generated heat and hydrogen are fed to the exhaust treatment catalyst (50). At this time, if the temperature of the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) is less than the preset activation temperature, a complete oxidation reaction by a lean air-fuel ratio is continued and a heat is fed to the exhaust treatment catalyst (13).

Method and system for thermal regeneration of a catalyst by inlet turbine exhaust gas from a diesel engine, where a gas split stream (08) is led from the engine exhaust (02) through an eductor (04) and further to regeneration of a catalyst, wherein a cold air stream (09) is used to keep the regeneration gas stream at a desired constant temperature range.

A method and device for operating an internal combustion engine including a first air duct supplying air to a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, and a second air duct supplying air to a heater for heating an exhaust system. The first and the second air duct each have at least one control element for controlling the amount of air flowing through. The first and the second air ducts are connected by a third air duct to an air filter for providing filtered ambient air to the internal combustion engine. A mass flow sensor is arranged in the third air duct for measuring an amount of air flowing through the third air duct. The measured signal of the mass flow sensor is used to regulate the amount of air flowing through the first and second air ducts as a function of operating states of the internal combustion engine.

A method for operating a drive device includes heating a hot air stream with a heating device integrated in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine of the drive device, wherein the internal combustion engine is connected with an exhaust gas system; mixing the hot air stream upstream of a catalytic converter with a cold fresh air stream for adjusting a defined temperature of the hot air stream; and supplying the hot air stream having the adjusted defined temperature to the catalytic converter in at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine so as to heat the catalytic converter.