A method is disclosed to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system with at least one catalytic converter arranged along an exhaust duct and a burner, which is suited to introduce exhaust gases into the exhaust duct, wherein inside the burner there is defined a combustion chamber, which receives fresh air through an air feeding circuit and fuel from an injector; the method comprises housing a temperature and pressure sensor interposed between a pumping device and the burner or leaving the burner; acquiring the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside the combustion chamber and detected by said temperature and pressure sensor; and controlling the combustion inside the combustion chamber as a function of said pressure signal.

An exhaust-gas burner for an exhaust-gas system of a motor vehicle includes a combustion chamber, which is surrounded by an outer wall, for a channel section in an exhaust-gas system. A dosing unit is provided for the controlled feed of a fuel into the combustion chamber. An ignition unit is provided for the ignition of a combustible mixture in the combustion chamber. A cooling circuit is provided for the exchange of heat with the dosing unit, and is arranged within the outer wall of the exhaust-gas burner.

A diesel fuel and DEF combination tank provides a supplemental storage of diesel fuel and DEF for a vehicle. In particular, the combination tank comprises a first compartment for diesel fuel and a second compartment for DEF. Each compartment is provided with a respective outlet port for dispensing the fuel from the combination tank. Dispensing of fluid to the vehicle's fuel system is conducted by gravity feed or alternatively by pumping.

A controller for removing deposits in a vehicle is disclosed. The controller includes at least one processor and a memory storing instructions therein that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: determine an amount of deposits accumulated in the vehicle based on an amount of time; determine a combustion target for the vehicle in response to determining that the amount of deposits exceeds a deposit threshold; and modulate a fluid flow of the vehicle based on the determined combustion target.

An exhaust gas cleaning component, having a housing with an inflow port and an outflow port, a first honeycomb structure in the housing with a casing, the casing having an outer surface over which exhaust gas can flow, and also having an applicator device by which an exhaust gas cleaning additive can be applied to the outer surface of the casing.

An exhaust gas control system includes an upstream purification device disposed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, a downstream purification device disposed in a portion of the exhaust passage downstream from the upstream purification device, a fuel addition valve disposed in a portion of the exhaust passage upstream from the upstream purification device, and a urea addition valve disposed in a portion of the exhaust passage between the upstream purification device and the downstream purification device, and a cooling device. The cooling device is configured such that refrigerant cools the fuel addition valve first and then cools the urea addition valve subsequent to the fuel addition valve.

A controller for controlling operation of an aftertreatment system that is configured to treat constituents of an exhaust gas produced by an engine, the aftertreatment system including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, the controller configured to: generate a short-term cumulative degradation estimate of the SCR catalyst corresponding to reversible degradation of the SCR catalyst due to sulfur and/or hydrocarbons based on a SCR catalyst temperature parameter; generate a long-term cumulative degradation estimate of the SCR catalyst corresponding to thermal aging of the SCR catalyst based on the SCR catalyst temperature parameter; generate a combined degradation estimate of the SCR catalyst based on the short-term cumulative degradation estimate and the long-term cumulative degradation estimate; and adjust an amount of reductant and/or an amount of hydrocarbons inserted into the aftertreatment system based on the combined degradation estimate of the SCR catalyst.

A method to control an internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust system for the exhaust gases of a vehicle having an exhaust duct and an exhaust gas after-treatment system comprising at least one catalytic converter arranged along the exhaust duct; a burner suited to introduce the exhaust gases into the exhaust duct to speed up the heating of said at least one catalytic converter, wherein a combustion chamber is defined inside the burner which receives fuel from an injector, designed to inject the fuel inside the combustion chamber and the fresh air by means of an air feeding circuit provided with a pumping device that feeds the air, a shut-off valve arranged upstream of the burner and a mass air flow sensor interposed between the pumping device and the shut-off valve; the method provides the following steps: calculating the thermal power required to reach the nominal operating temperature of said at least one catalytic converter; determining the objective air flow rate to be fed to the burner to obtain said thermal power required to reach the nominal operating temperature of said at least one catalytic converter; determining the nominal number of revolutions with which to operate the pumping device by means of a map depending on the objective air flow rate, on the ambient pressure, on the ambient temperature and on the pressure of the air entering the burner; determining a closed-loop contribution of the number of revolutions with which to operate the pumping device by means of a PID controller which tries to zero a difference between the objective air flow rate and the air flow rate detected by the mass air flow sensor; determining a further contribution of the number of revolutions with which to operate the pumping device depending on the integral action of the PID controller under stationary conditions; and determining the actual number of revolutions with which to operate the pumping device by the sum of the nominal number of revolutions, the closed-loop contribution of the number of revolutions with which to operate the pumping device and the further contribution of the number of revolutions with which to operate the pumping device.

A method to control an internal combustion engine having an exhaust duct and an exhaust gas after-treatment system comprising at least one catalytic converter arranged along the exhaust duct; an oxygen sensor housed along the exhaust duct and arranged upstream of said at least one catalytic converter; and a burner suited to introduce the exhaust gases into the exhaust duct upstream of the oxygen sensor the method provides the steps of identifying the operation phases in which the internal combustion engine is turned off and the burner is turned on so that the oxygen sensor is exclusively hit by the exhaust gases produced by the burner; acquiring the signal generated by the oxygen sensor; and using the signal generated by the oxygen sensor to determine the objective fuel flow rate and the objective air flow rate to be fed to the burner.

The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment system for treating exhaust gas from a lean burn combustion engine, wherein said exhaust gas comprises hydrocarbons and NOx, the exhaust gas treatment system comprising: (i) a means for injecting hydrocarbons into an exhaust gas stream; (ii) a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) comprising a substrate and a catalyst coating provided on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coating comprises one or more platinum group metals, wherein the one or more platinum group metals comprise platinum; (iii) a means for injecting a nitrogenous reducing agent into an exhaust gas stream; and (iv) a multifunctional catalyst (MFC) comprising an oxidation catalyst, and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, wherein the MFC comprises a substrate and a catalyst coating provided on the substrate, wherein the catalyst coating comprises the oxidation catalyst and the SCR catalyst, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises one or more platinum group metals, wherein the one or more platinum group metals comprise palladium and/or platinum, and wherein the SCR catalyst comprises a zeolitic material loaded with copper and/or iron; wherein the means for injecting hydrocarbons, the DOC, the means for injecting a nitrogenous reducing agent, and the MFC are located in sequential order in a conduit for exhaust gas, wherein the means for injecting hydrocarbons into an exhaust gas stream is located upstream of the DOC, wherein the DOC is located upstream of the MFC, and wherein the means for injecting a nitrogenous reducing agent into the exhaust gas stream is located between the DOC and the MFC. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for the treatment of exhaust gas using the exhaust gas treatment system according to the present invention, and to a method for the preparation of an exhaust gas treatment system according to the present invention.