US4494375A
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Filtration system for diesel engine exhaust-I
Assignee: University of Michigan (System)
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Filing: 1983-02-03
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Granted: 1985-01-22
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Expires: 2003-02-03
Abstract
Abstract A filtration system is disclosed which removes particulates from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. The system has (a) a filter element, (b) oxidation means for conducting a flow of heated gas through at least a portion of the filter element, the heated gas being effective to ignite the particulates in that portion, and (c) a flow control means. The flow control means has walls dividing the filter element into first and second portions, and a flow diverter effective to normally permit full exhaust gas flow through both of said filter portions, and effective to selectively permit exhaust glow through only one of the filter portions while permitting flow of heated gas of the oxidation means through the other of said filter portions.
Inventors
- 👤 Vemulapalli D. N. Rao
- 👤 Wallace R. Wade
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 15:44
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/023; F01N3/025; F01N13/00; F01N13/011; F01N13/017; F01N3/031; F01N3/032; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N3/2882; F01N2250/00; F01N2250/04; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/06; F02; F02B; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/10; Y10S55/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A filtration system operative to remove oxidizable particulates from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine, comprising: (a) filtration means having a filter element operative to filter out and collect a substantial portion of the entrained particulates in the exhaust gas; (b) oxidation means for conducting a flow of gas, heated by a source of energy, through at least a portion of said filter element and effective to ignite said particulates in that portion; and (c) flow control means having walls dividing said filter element into first and second portions, and having a flow diverter effective to normally permit full exhaust gas flow through both of said filter portions, and simultaneously effective to selectively permit exhaust gas flow through only one of said filter portions while permitting flow of heated gas of said oxidation means through the other of said filter portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A filtration system operative to remove oxidizable particulates from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine, comprising: (a) filtration means having a filter element operative to filter out and collect a substantial portion of the entrained particulates in the exhaust gas; (b) oxidation means for conducting a flow of gas, heated by a source of energy, through at least a portion of said filter element and effective to ignite said particulates in that portion; and (c) flow control means having walls dividing said filter element into first and second portions, and having a flow diverter effective to normally permit full exhaust gas flow through both of said filter portions, and simultaneously effective to selectively permit exhaust gas flow through only one of said filter portions while permitting flow of heated gas of said oxidation means through the other of said filter portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which said oxidation means deploys a heated gas only during a period to effectuate ignition of the particulates at the front face of said filter portion, said heating by said source of energy being terminated thereafter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which said divided portions are generally equal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which said gas of said oxidation means is comprised of a combustible mixture of atmospheric air and hydrocarbon fuel, said mixture being heated by burning and which heated mixture in turn ignites the particles collected in said filter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which said gas is comprised of hot exhaust gas from said diesel engine to which is added additional hydrocarbon fuel to form a mixture, said mixture being heated by combustion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which said oxidation means is effective to oxidize substantially all of the particles in a filter portion during a period of 1-3.5 minutes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
159 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which said flow control means comprises: (i) a plenum having two separate ducts, each communicating with both said filter portions, one duct receiving a flow of heated gas and the other duct receiving a flow of said exhaust gas; (ii) valve means having a pair of valves carried on a common positioning support, one each of said valves being associated with each of said ducts and arranged to operate opposite of the other, whereby with the positioning support in a first position the heated gas is free to pass into the first portion of said filter element while said exhaust gas is free to pass into the second portion of said filter element, and in a second inverted position of said positioning support the heated gas is free to pass into said second portion of said filter means while said exhaust gas is free to pass into the first filter portion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The filtration system as in claim 7, in which the filter element is ceramic and is honeycomb shaped.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The filtration system as in claim 7, in which said control means has solenoid actuated cranks to move said flow diverter between first and second positions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The filtration system as in claim 7, in which the flow of heated gas during regeneration is about 2-40 CFM, and the exhaust gas flow is in the range of 30-150 CFM.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which the back pressure during nonregenerative operation is no greater than 80 inches or water or 6 inches of mercury.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The filtration system as in claim 1, in which the temperature of the gases passing through said filter element during the period of operation of said engine does not drop below 150° F.
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