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Exhaust gas purification device for an engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1994-11-14
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Granted: 1995-12-05
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Expires: 2014-11-14
Abstract
Abstract An engine comprising an exhaust passage having therein a NO x absorbent which absorbs the NO x when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NO x absorbent is lean and releases the absorbed NO x when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NO x absorbent becomes the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or rich. A sulphur trapping device for trapping SO x contained in the exhaust gas is arranged in the exhaust passage upstream of the NO x absorbent.
Inventors
- 👤 Masato Goto
- 👤 Satoshi Iguchi
- 👤 Kenji Katoh
- 👤 Tetsuro Kihara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 08:08
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/0807; F01N3/0828; F01N3/085; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/02; B01D53/04; B01D53/0454; B01D53/34; B01D53/74; B01D53/86; B01D53/8637; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9404; B01D53/9409; B01D53/9413; B01D53/9422; B01D53/9495; F01N13/00; F01N13/009; F01N3/0842; F01N3/0871; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/021; F02D41/0235; F02D41/027; F02D41/0275; F02D41/0285; B01D2255/00; B01D2255/10; B01D2255/102; B01D2255/1021; B01D2255/20; B01D2255/204; B01D2255/2042; B01D2255/2045; B01D2255/206; B01D2255/2061; B01D2255/2063; F01N2240/00; F01N2240/18; F01N2570/00; F01N2570/04; F01N2570/14; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A50/00; Y02A50/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
188 words
An exhaust gas purification device for an engine comprising: an engine; an exhaust passage which extends from an upstream end which receives exhaust gas from the engine, to a downstream end from which exhaust gas is released; an NO x absorbent arranged in the exhaust passage, wherein the NO x absorbent absorbs NO x contained in the exhaust gas when a concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas flowing into the NO x absorbent is above a predetermined oxygen concentration, and wherein said NO x absorbent releases the absorbed NO x when the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas flowing into said NO x absorbent is lower than the predetermined oxygen concentration; and sulphur trapping means arranged in the exhaust passage upstream of said NO x absorbent for trapping SO x contained in the exhaust gas, wherein the trapped SO x is not released from the sulphur trapping means when the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas flowing into said sulphur trapping means is lower than the predetermined oxygen concentration so that SO x is prevented from reaching and being absorbed into the NO x absorbent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
188 words
An exhaust gas purification device for an engine comprising: an engine; an exhaust passage which extends from an upstream end which receives exhaust gas from the engine, to a downstream end from which exhaust gas is released; an NO x absorbent arranged in the exhaust passage, wherein the NO x absorbent absorbs NO x contained in the exhaust gas when a concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas flowing into the NO x absorbent is above a predetermined oxygen concentration, and wherein said NO x absorbent releases the absorbed NO x when the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas flowing into said NO x absorbent is lower than the predetermined oxygen concentration; and sulphur trapping means arranged in the exhaust passage upstream of said NO x absorbent for trapping SO x contained in the exhaust gas, wherein the trapped SO x is not released from the sulphur trapping means when the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas flowing into said sulphur trapping means is lower than the predetermined oxygen concentration so that SO x is prevented from reaching and being absorbed into the NO x absorbent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
An exhaust gas purification device according to claim 1, wherein said sulphur trapping means comprises a SO x absorbent which absorbs SO x therein.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
An exhaust gas purification device according to claim 2, wherein said SO x absorbent contains at least one substance selected from alkali metals comprising potassium, sodium, lithium, cesium; alkali-earth metals comprising barium, calcium; and rare-earth metals comprising lanthanum, yttrium and contains platinum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
64 words
An exhaust gas purification device according to claim 3, wherein said NO x absorbent includes platinum and contains at least one substance selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium, lithium, cesium, barium, calcium, lanthanum and yttrium, and wherein an amount of said metals contained in said SO x absorbent is larger than an amount of said metals contained in said NO x absorbent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
97 words
An exhaust gas purification device according to claim 1, further comprising means for controlling the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas so that the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas is above the predetermined oxygen concentration when NO x is to be absorbed in said NO x absorbent and so that the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas is below the predetermined oxygen concentration when NO x is to be released from said NO x absorbent, wherein the means for controlling the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas is coupled to the engine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
An exhaust gas purification device according to claim 5, wherein said means for controlling the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas includes means for controlling an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture fed into the engine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
An exhaust purification device according to claim 1, wherein said NO x absorbent includes platinum and contains at least one substance selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium, lithium, cesium, barium, calcium, lanthanum and yttrium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
An exhaust gas purification device according to claim 2, wherein the NO x absorbent is arranged in a first casing and wherein the SO x absorbent is arranged in a second casing separate from the first casing.
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