Implementations described herein relate to features for an integrated aftertreatment system. In one implementation, an integrated aftertreatment system comprises a casing that includes a mating flange having a first constant diameter and a catalyst component configured to mate to the mating flange of the casing. The catalyst component includes a canned body including a first portion sized to a second constant diameter to mate with the first constant diameter of the mating flange. In another implementation, an integrated aftertreatment system comprises a casing, a catalyst component positioned within the casing, a particulate filter having an outer casing with an outlet, and a particulate filter joint coupled to the outer casing of the particulate filter at the outlet. An end of the particulate filter joint is aligned with an end of the particulate filter.

A method for operating a petrol engine, in which air is introduced into an exhaust tract through which exhaust gas from the petrol engine can flow, bypassing the petrol engine, includes introducing the air into the exhaust tract at a point arranged downstream of a first three-way catalytic converter arranged in the exhaust tract and upstream of a second three-way catalytic converter arranged in the exhaust tract downstream of the first three-way catalytic converter, while the petrol engine is operated with a sub-stoichiometric combustion air ratio, where a desulphurization of the second three-way catalytic converter is effected.

The presently claimed invention relates an automotive catalyst system which can be used to selectively reduce carbon monoxide. The system comprises a first close coupled three-way conversion catalytic article in fluid communication with an engine exhaust outlet, a catalytic article located downstream of and in fluid communication with the first close coupled three-way conversion catalytic article, a tail-pipe catalytic article arranged downstream in fluid communication and 1.0 to 10 feet away from the catalytic article at a position selected from before or behind a resonator, before or after a muffler, between the resonator and the muffler, inside the muffler, inside the resonator, and at a tail pipe end.

There is provided a structure including: a substrate including a first and a second ends, and a porous partition wall defining a first and a second cells extending between the first and the second ends; a first catalyst; and a second catalyst. In a first area, the first catalyst is disposed on a first surface of the partition wall, and the partition wall with the first catalyst disposed on the partition wall is impermeable to gas. In a second area, the first catalyst is not provided, the second catalyst is disposed in a region including at least a part inside the partition wall, the part facing the first cell, and the partition wall with the second catalyst disposed in the partition wall is permeable to gas. In a third area, any of the first catalyst or the second catalyst is not provided, and the partition wall is permeable to gas.

A heat recovery device includes: a honeycomb structure including an outer peripheral wall having at least one outer peripheral surface, and partition walls arranged on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells each extending from a first end face to a second end face to form a flow path for a first fluid; a thermoelectric conversion element arranged to face the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall; a cylindrical member that circumferentially covers the honeycomb structure in which the thermoelectric conversion element is arranged; a casing arranged at an interval so as to form a flow path for a second fluid, the casing being arrange on a radially outer side of the cylindrical member; and a pressing member being configured to press the cylindrical member against the thermoelectric conversion element. The cylindrical member has one or more slit portions.

A method of manufacturing a tubular member for an exhaust gas treatment device according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the tubular member including a tubular main body made of a metal and an insulating layer formed on at least an inner peripheral surface of the tubular main body, the insulating layer containing glass, includes steps of: forming a coating film by bringing a coating liquid for insulating layer formation supplied to the tubular main body into contact with a contact member; and firing the coating film to obtain the insulating layer.

A honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall defining a plurality of cells serving as fluid through channels extending from a first end face to a second end face, and having a circumferential wall disposed so as to encompass the circumference of the partition wall, wherein a thickness of the partition wall is 50 to 132 μm, a porosity of the partition wall is 40 to 55%, an open frontal area of pores on the surface of the partition wall per unit surface area of the partition wall is 10 to 15%, and a percentage (S.sub.0˜10/S.sub.all×100%) of the ratio of an opening area S.sub.0˜10 of the pores having an opening diameter of 10 μm or less to a total opening area S.sub.all of the pores opened to the surface of the partition wall is 90% or more.

Provided is an exhaust purification filter that is able to reduce pressure loss and that has high exhaust purification performance and particulate matter trapping performance. This exhaust purification filter comprises a filter substrate having a wall flow structure, and an exhaust purification catalyst supported on a partition wall of the filter substrate. The volume-based median pore diameter (D50) of the filter substrate is 18 μm or greater, the full width at half maximum of the pore distribution of the filter substrate is 7 μm to 15 μm, and the exhaust purification catalyst is supported in an unevenly distributed manner in a high-density layer in which the density of the exhaust purification catalyst is relatively high and a low-density layer in which the density of the exhaust purification catalyst is relatively low.

The disclosure relates to a gasoline engine comprising an exhaust gas line which can be connected to an exhaust manifold of the gasoline engine, an intake line which can be connected to an intake manifold of the gasoline engine, a charge air compressor which is arranged in the intake line, and a turbine which is arranged in the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas line has at least one bypass line with a bypass throttle valve, said line branching off from the exhaust gas line at a branch upstream of the turbine and branching back into the exhaust gas line at an opening downstream of the turbine. At least one exhaust gas recirculation line with an EGR throttle valve is provided, said line branching off from the exhaust gas line at a branch and opening into the intake line at an opening, wherein a coupling line with a first node point and a second node point is provided, the bypass line and the EGR line being combined in some sections in said coupling line; at least one particle filter is arranged in the coupling line; and the first node point is arranged downstream of the branch and downstream of the branch.

The present invention relates to a honeycomb catalytic converter including: a honeycomb structured body in which multiple through-holes are arranged longitudinally in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween; a noble metal supported on the honeycomb structured body; and an inlet-side end face and on outlet-side end face, wherein each partition wall includes a substrate portion in the form of an extrudate containing a ceria-zirconia complex oxide and alumina, and a coat layer formed on a surface of the substrate portion and containing the noble metal, and the inlet-side end face has a higher aperture ratio than the outlet-side end face.