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Apparatus for the purification of exhaust gas from diesel motors
Assignee: DMC2 Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec AG
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Filing: 1988-09-23
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Granted: 1990-02-13
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Expires: 2008-09-23
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for cleaning the exhaust gases of diesel engines, and especially for removal of soot particulates, utilizing series connected filter elements installed in the cross section of a housing traversed by the exhaust gas, wherein at least one filter element carrying a catalyst that lowers the ignition temperature of the soot and assists in soot burn off alternates several times with at least one filter element carrying a catalyst that assists the combustion of gaseous pollutants.
Inventors
- 👤 Rainer Domesle
- 👤 Bernd Engler
- 👤 Edgar Koberstein
- 👤 Herbert Volker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 08:40
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9445; B01D53/945; F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; B01D53/944; B01D53/9454; F01N13/00; F01N13/18; F01N13/1888; F01N13/1894; F01N3/021; F01N3/0211; F01N3/0215; F01N3/022; F01N3/023; F01N3/033; F01N3/035; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N3/2882; F01N2250/00; F01N2250/02; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/06; F01N2330/10; F01N2330/12; F01N2340/00; F01N2450/00; F01N2450/24; F02; F02B; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
An apparatus for cleaning diesel engine exhaust gases containing soot particulates and other pollutants, comprising: exhaust conduit means for transporting diesel engine exhaust; a housing located in said exhaust conduit means; a filter system installed within an interior of said housing, said filter system including a series of filter elements wherein said series of filter elements includes at least one first filter element, said at least one first filter element carrying a first catalyst material that lowers the ignition temperature and assists in the burn off of solid soot particulates filtered out of the exhaust gases travelling in said exhaust conduit means; at least one second filter element, said at least one second filter element carrying a second catalyst material which enhances the combustion of gaseous pollutants travelling in the exhaust conduit means, said first and second catalyst materials having separate and distinct compositions; and said at least one first filter element and said at least one second filter element being arranged in a sequence which ensures that one filter element carrying one of the two distinct catalyst material compositions is between a pair of filter elements carrying the other of the two distinct catalyst material compositions.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
197 words
An apparatus for cleaning diesel engine exhaust gases containing soot particulates and other pollutants, comprising: exhaust conduit means for transporting diesel engine exhaust; a housing located in said exhaust conduit means; a filter system installed within an interior of said housing, said filter system including a series of filter elements wherein said series of filter elements includes at least one first filter element, said at least one first filter element carrying a first catalyst material that lowers the ignition temperature and assists in the burn off of solid soot particulates filtered out of the exhaust gases travelling in said exhaust conduit means; at least one second filter element, said at least one second filter element carrying a second catalyst material which enhances the combustion of gaseous pollutants travelling in the exhaust conduit means, said first and second catalyst materials having separate and distinct compositions; and said at least one first filter element and said at least one second filter element being arranged in a sequence which ensures that one filter element carrying one of the two distinct catalyst material compositions is between a pair of filter elements carrying the other of the two distinct catalyst material compositions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second filter elements are of the same geometric configuration and are spaced apart one from another at a distance of up to twice the thickness of a filter element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said housing is of a circular cross section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first and second filter elements are flat disks.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus according to claim 4 further comprising metal enclosures wherein said flat disks are each surrounded by a metal enclosure and said flat disks are made of a wire cloth that has been compacted.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising metal enclosures wherein said first and second filter elements are flat disks which are each surrounded by a metal enclosure and said disks are made of a wire cloth that has been compacted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said disks are obtained by axially pressing a hose braided in several layers from an "endless" wire which is resistant to high temperatures and immune to corrosion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
92 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first catalyst material is selected from the group consisting of: (a) lithium oxide, (b) vanadium pentoxide, (c) vanadium pentoxide plus an oxide of one or more of the elements: Li, Na, Rb, Cs; Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba; B, Al; Si, Sn; Sb, Bi; Cu, Ag; Zn; Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Tb; Ti, Zr, Hf; Nb; Cr, Mo, W; Mn, Re; Fe, Co, Ni, (d) vanadate of one or more of the metals listed under (c) for the oxide admixture, and (e) perrhenate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising that the first catalyst material is combined with a temperature resistant carrier material, wherein the carrier material is mixed either with said first catalyst material or applied to said at least one first filter element and serves as a base for said first catalyst material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more elements of the platinum group are used in the catalyst material for said at least one second filter element.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
58 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of said at least one first filter element and a plurality of said at least one second filter element being arranged in an alternating sequence wherein each of said first filter elements is followed in sequential order by one of said second filter elements within said housing.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
54 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein one of said at least one first filter elements is first to come in contact with the exhaust gases travelling in said exhaust conduit means and one of said at least one second filter elements is last to come in contact with the exhaust gas stream.
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