An aftertreatment system for treating constituents of an exhaust gas produced by an engine includes a heater configured to selectively heat the exhaust gas entering the aftertreatment system. An aftertreatment component is disposed downstream of the heater. A gas sensor is disposed downstream of the heater and upstream of the aftertreatment component. The gas sensor comprises a sensing element, and a heating element configured to selectively heat the sensing element to an operating temperature of the sensing element.

The invention relates to a fluid container for a motor vehicle, having a container wall that bounds a storage volume for storing liquid with respect to an environment, a heating element that is arranged in the storage volume, and a housing, wherein the housing encloses the heating element in a liquid-tight manner with respect to the supply volume.

A fine particle detector includes: a casing part configured to accommodate an object to be heated; an electromagnetic wave generating part configured to generate electromagnetic waves of different frequencies; at least one power sensor configured to measure powers, from the casing part, of the electromagnetic waves that have entered into the casing part; and a fine particle detection controlling part configured to determine, based on the powers of the electromagnetic waves of the different frequencies measured by the at least one power sensor, whether an accumulated amount of fine particles accumulated in the object to be heated is greater than or equal to a predetermined accumulated amount.

An apparatus for heating an exhaust gas after-treatment unit in a vehicle has, as a drive source, both a combustion engine and an electric motor. The apparatus includes: a honeycomb body configured for exhaust gas to flow therethrough, the honeycomb body having a hollow, through which hollow the exhaust gas flows; and at least one electric heating element arranged in the hollow so as to heat the honeycomb body. The honeycomb body includes a plurality of metal foils stacked one on top of the other, which metal foils form between them a plurality of flow channels, through which a flow can pass along an axial direction, wherein the hollow of the honeycomb body extends in a radial direction, in which the at least one heating element is accommodated.

In an internal combustion engine system having an emissions control system including an electrically heated catalyst (E-cat) and an E-compressor (either standalone or part of an E-turbocharger), a method for operating the emissions control system includes predicting that a cold start of the engine is imminent, activating the E-cat and the E-compressor in response to the prediction, and monitoring a characteristic parameter Pe of the E-cat as it changes. The E-compressor speed Nc is regulated to change in proportion to the changing Pe while the E-cat is activated. If no engine start occurs, the E-cat is deactivated, and speed Nc is regulated to track the changing Pe.

A method for managing emissions from a vehicle having an aftertreatment system is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a controller, information indicative of a temperature of an aftertreatment system of the vehicle and a power output of an engine of the vehicle; comparing, by the controller, the temperature of the aftertreatment system to a temperature threshold; comparing, by the controller, the power output to a power output threshold; and responsive to the comparisons, commanding, by the controller, an aftertreatment system heater to selectively engage and disengage to warm the aftertreatment system of the vehicle.

An exhaust-gas heater for an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes a heating conductor with a first supply-voltage terminal, a second supply-voltage terminal and a heating region extending between the first supply-voltage terminal and the second supply-voltage terminal. A voltage-measuring section is integrated into the heating region.

An electric gas flow heater has a grid-like heating element through which exhaust gas can flow axially, and which forms an electrical resistance heating. The grid-like heating element includes radially successive layers of band-like material, wherein the layers, in an axial view of the heating element, are bent in an undulating manner and include valleys and peaks. The layers that are located between the radially outermost layer and the radially innermost layer are attached by their peaks and valleys to the respectively radially adjacent layer, so that flow-through openings are formed between the layers. The wavelengths of the layers are increasing radially outwards.

Methods and system are provided to heat a catalyst of an after-treatment system for a vehicle. The after-treatment system comprises a heating module having a plurality of heating elements. Each of the plurality of heating elements is independently operable to provide thermal energy to the catalyst of the after-treatment system. One or more of the heating elements of the heating module are selectively operated to provide heat to the catalyst based on an operational parameter of the after-treatment system.

Systems include a prime mover that generates power for a mobile vehicle; a power converter that receives a portion of the generated power, and provides configured electrical power to an aftertreatment heater device configured to selectively heat an exhaust fluid of the prime mover; at least one aftertreatment component positioned downstream of the aftertreatment heater device, and configured to treat a constituent of the exhaust fluid; and a controller including an operating conditions circuit structured to interpret an operating parameter of one of the power converter, the aftertreatment heater device, the prime mover, or the exhaust fluid; a heater management circuit that determines a heating power value in response to the operating parameter; and a heater control circuit that provides a heating command in response to the heating power value; and wherein the power converter is responsive to the heating command to heat the exhaust fluid of the prime mover.