US5820833A
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Exhaust gas purifier
Assignee: Isuzu Ceramics Research Institute Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-01-22
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Granted: 1998-10-13
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Expires: 2017-01-22
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides an exhaust gas purifier for collecting particulates with fiber filters while reducing NO x by the action of granulated materials disposed on the outer sides of the fiber filters and having an NO x -reducing action. In this exhaust gas purifier, the fiber filters for collecting particulates contained in exhaust gas are constituted of a randomly laminated nonwoven fabric, and electric wire nets are disposed on the inner sides of the fiber filters. The granulated materials made of Ba 3 Y 4 O 9 , BaLa 2 O 4 or Ba 2 In 2 O 5 having an NO x -reducing action are filled in a large numbers of cells of porous members disposed on the downstream sides of the fiber filters.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideo Kawamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 07:13
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/02; F01N3/021; F01N3/0217; B; B01; B01D; B01D46/00; B01D46/24; B01D46/2403; B01D46/2411; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9404; B01D53/9409; B01D53/9413; B01D53/9431; F01N3/022; F01N3/0226; F01N3/023; F01N3/027; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N3/2882; B01D2255/00; B01D2255/20; B01D2255/204; B01D2255/2042; B01D2255/206; B01D2255/2061; B01D2255/2063; B01D2255/40; B01D2255/90; B01D2255/915; F01N2250/00; F01N2250/02; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/08; F01N2470/00; F01N2470/02; F01N2470/10; F02; F02B; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/10; Y10S55/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
An exhaust gas purifier comprising filter members for collecting particulates contained in exhaust gas discharged from a diesel engine; electric wire nets disposed upstream of said filter members in the direction of an exhaust gas flow; porous members disposed downstream of said filter members, made of a ceramic, and having a plurality of cells; and granulated materials made of a compound filled in said cells of said porous members and having a brownmillerite structure having an NO x -reducing action.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
80 words
An exhaust gas purifier comprising filter members for collecting particulates contained in exhaust gas discharged from a diesel engine; electric wire nets disposed upstream of said filter members in the direction of an exhaust gas flow; porous members disposed downstream of said filter members, made of a ceramic, and having a plurality of cells; and granulated materials made of a compound filled in said cells of said porous members and having a brownmillerite structure having an NO x -reducing action.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
An exhaust gas purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said granulated materials are made of a compound selected from the group consisting of Ba 3 Y 4 O 9 , BaLa 2 O 4 and Ba 2 In 2 O 5 capable of exhibiting order-disorder transition of oxygen defects.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An exhaust gas purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said filter members are each constituted of a fiber filter made of a randomly laminated ceramic nonwoven fabric.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
An exhaust gas purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said porous members are made of a ceramic selected from the group consisting of SiC, Si 3 N 4 , cordierite, and mullite.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
114 words
An exhaust gas purifier as claimed in claim 2, wherein the granulated materials of the Ba 2 In 2 O 5 having a transition temperature are disposed in cells of said porous members on the upstream side of the exhaust gas flow, while the granulated materials of the Ba 3 Y 4 O 9 and the BaLa 2 O 4 having a transition temperature are disposed in cells of said porous members on the downstream side of the exhaust gas flow, wherein the transition temperature of the Ba 2 In 2 O 5 is higher than the transition temperature of the Ba 3 Y 4 O 9 and the BaLa 2 O 4 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
69 words
An exhaust gas purifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein said filter members are constituted of hollow bodies having a bellow inner surface; wherein said electric wire nets are disposed along filter surfaces on inner sides of said hollow bodies, on outer sides of which said porous members are disposed; and wherein exhaust gas is flowed from the inner sides of said filter members to the outer sides thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
An exhaust gas purifier as claimed in claim 6, wherein outer shapes of said hollow bodies of said filter members are formed such that the cross sections thereof are in a cylindrical or square form, while shapes of said porous members are formed such that the cross sections thereof are in a cylindrical or square form corresponding to the outer shapes of said hollow bodies.
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