An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purification system including a first exhaust gas treatment section provided upstream in an exhaust pathway of an internal-combustion engine, a second exhaust gas treatment section provided upstream in the exhaust pathway of the internal-combustion engine, wherein the exhaust gas purification system allows rhodium element contained in a catalyst layer of the second exhaust gas treatment section to efficiently exhibit the catalytic activity, and the present invention provides an exhaust gas purification system (1) configured to purify exhaust gas emitted from an internal-combustion engine, the exhaust gas purification system (1) including an exhaust gas path (2) through which exhaust gas flows, a first exhaust gas treatment section (3) provided upstream in the exhaust gas path (2), and a second exhaust gas treatment section (4) provided downstream in the exhaust gas path (2); wherein first catalyst layers of the first exhaust gas treatment section (3) each contain cerium element; wherein a percentage of the mass of the cerium element contained in the first catalyst layers in terms of cerium oxide, to the mass of the first catalyst layers, is 5.0% by mass or more and 13.0% by mass or less; and wherein second catalyst layers of the second exhaust gas treatment section (4) each contain rhodium element.

A vehicle exhaust system component, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing defining an internal cavity to receive exhaust gases, at least one first catalyst received within the internal cavity, at least one filter positioned within the internal cavity downstream of the at least one first catalyst, and at least one second catalyst received within the internal cavity downstream of the at least one filter. A mixer has an inlet that receives exhaust gases exiting the at least one filter and an outlet that directs exhaust gases into the at least one second catalyst. One or more of the at least one first catalyst, the at least one second catalyst, and the at least one filter are serviceable.

Ceramic candle filter and use of the filter in the removal of particulate matter in form of soot, ash, metals and met-al compounds, together with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides being present in process off-gas or engine exhaust gas, the filter includes a combined SCR and oxidation catalyst being arranged on the dispersion side and within wall of the filter; and a palladium including catalyst arranged on the permeation side and within wall of the filter facing the permeation side.

An exhaust-gas purifying device purifies an exhaust gas exhausted from a gasoline engine of a vehicle and flowing in an exhaust pipe, and has a purifying function part disposed in the exhaust pipe and a detector located downstream of the purifying part in the exhaust pipe. The purifying function part has a three-way catalyst that oxidizes and reduces a toxic substance and a filter that collects a particular matter included in the exhaust gas. The detector detects an amount of the particular matter based on electrical conductivity between the electrodes of the detector. The detector is located at a position that is one meter distanced from a downstream end of the purifying function part in a path length of the exhaust pipe or a position at which a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing after a warm-up operation of the gasoline engine is lower than or equal to 450° C.

In an exhaust gas processing device, an air-fuel ratio sensor is provided such that a measuring portion is located in a region surrounded by a downstream-side end surface of a TWC, an upstream-side end surface of a GPF, and an inner wall surface of a case against which the exhaust gas G that has passed through the TWC flows, that is the region a region on the GPF side of the center of the TWC.

A quick purification device for smoke and exhaust gas discharged from a marine engine includes a vertical communicating tube, a necked portion, first flared portion, second flared portion and exhaust tail tube are formed on the top end of the communicating tube in sequence from bottom to top, and a plurality of straight-through ceramic filters are configured between the first and second flared portions; a waste water diversion pipe is connected to the lower end of the communicating tube; an air inlet is in communication with the communicating tube, being connected to the exhaust outlet of a marine engine; a first exhaust gas flushing device, second exhaust gas flushing device and a third exhaust gas flushing device are configured inside the communicating tube in sequence; the first, second and third exhaust gas flushing devices can spray fluid toward the inside of the communicating tube.

A heating system includes at least one electric heater disposed within a fluid flow system and a control device that is configured to determine a temperature of the at least one electric heater based on a model, at least one fluid flow system input, and at least one heater input. The at least one heater input includes at least one physical characteristic of the heating system, the at least one physical characteristic includes at least one of a resistance wire diameter, a heater insulation thickness, a heater sheath thickness, a conductivity, a specific heat and density of the material of the heater, an emissivity of the heater and the fluid flow pathway, and combinations thereof. The control device is configured to provide power to the at least one electric heater based on the temperature of the at least one electric heater.

A device for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine includes: a heating disk arranged in a housing; and a main catalytic converter arranged downstream of the heating disk in the flow direction in the housing. The flow can pass through the heating disk and the main catalytic converter in the flow direction along a plurality of flow channels. The heating disk is formed from a metallic honeycomb body and the main catalytic converter is formed from a ceramic honeycomb body fixed in relation to the housing by a fixing structure. The heating disk is electrically contacted by an electrical feedthrough guided through the housing from the outside to the inside.

The invention concerns a method for unblocking pores in a metal zeolite based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst. The method includes filling, at least partially, the SCR catalyst with a liquid, the liquid being preferably distilled water. The method includes letting said liquid inside the SCR catalyst enough time to allow said liquid to dissolve, at least partially, the obstructions and to penetrate into the pores. The method includes heating the SCR catalyst at a temperature above the ebullition temperature of the liquid so as to vaporize the part of the liquid remained into the pores, and generate steam flows through the obstructions, the steam flows removing the obstructions and unblocking the pores, wherein no hydrocarbons are injected during the step of heating.

An after treatment system (ATS) for a vehicle having an ATS module includes, fluidly connected in series, an inlet, a Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOC), a urea mixer and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly connected to an output of an engine of the vehicle and the outlet is fluidly connected to an outlet tube of the vehicle. The inlet, DOC, mixer, SCR and outlet are arranged to define a substantial rectangular path of a flow (F) of exhaust gases flowing in the ATS, with the inlet and the outlet being positioned at a same vertex of the substantial rectangular path of the flow (F).