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Method and device for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas in a catalytic converter
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1998-03-30
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Granted: 1999-09-14
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Expires: 2018-03-30
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a method and to a device for using a reagent for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas in a catalytic converter. The reagent is metered as a function of operational parameters of the exhaust gas and of a temperature of the catalytic converter. The reagent is added to the exhaust gas to form a mixture, and the mixture is fed through the catalytic converter. The temperature is determined recursively as a spatially and time-dependent function of the catalytic converter from the operational parameters of the exhaust gas and structural parameters of the catalytic converter. Catalytic activity in the catalytic converter is determined from the derived temperature and the reagent is metered as a function of the catalytic activity.
Inventors
- 👤 Winfried Dolling
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-30 22:40
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N9/00; F01N9/005; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/18; F01N3/20; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/74; B01D53/86; B01D53/8621; B01D53/8625; B01D53/8696; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9404; B01D53/9409; B01D53/9495; F01N11/00; F01N3/206; F01N3/208; F01N2550/00; F01N2550/02; F01N2560/00; F01N2560/06; F01N2560/07; F01N2610/00; F01N2610/14; F01N2610/1453; F01N2610/146; F01N2900/00; F01N2900/04; F01N2900/0406; F23; F23J; F23J2219/00; F23J2219/10; Y; Y02; Y02C; Y02C20/00; Y02C20/10; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas in a catalytic converter using a reagent, which comprises: detecting a mass flow of an exhaust gas; detecting a temperature of the exhaust gas entering a catalytic converter; adding a reagent to the exhaust gas to form a mixture; feeding the mixture through the catalytic converter; determining the temperature of the catalytic converter recursively as a spatially and time-dependent function of the catalytic converter from only the mass flow of the exhaust gas, the temperature of the exhaust gas entering the catalytic converter, and structural parameters of the catalytic converter; determining catalytic activity in the catalytic converter as a spatially and time-dependent function from the determined temperature of the catalytic converter; and metering the addition of the reagent to the exhaust gas as a function of the catalytic activity.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas in a catalytic converter using a reagent, which comprises: detecting a mass flow of an exhaust gas; detecting a temperature of the exhaust gas entering a catalytic converter; adding a reagent to the exhaust gas to form a mixture; feeding the mixture through the catalytic converter; determining the temperature of the catalytic converter recursively as a spatially and time-dependent function of the catalytic converter from only the mass flow of the exhaust gas, the temperature of the exhaust gas entering the catalytic converter, and structural parameters of the catalytic converter; determining catalytic activity in the catalytic converter as a spatially and time-dependent function from the determined temperature of the catalytic converter; and metering the addition of the reagent to the exhaust gas as a function of the catalytic activity.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
110 words
A method for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas in a catalytic converter using a reagent, which comprises: dividing a catalytic converter into subregions; adding a reagent to an exhaust gas to form a mixture; feeding the mixture sequentially through each subregion of the catalytic converter; determining the temperature of each subregion recursively as a spatially and time-dependent function of the catalytic converter from operational parameters of the exhaust gas and structural parameters of the catalytic converter; and determining catalytic activity in the catalytic converter from the temperature of each subregion; and metering the addition of the reagent to the exhaust gas as a function of the catalytic activity.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
110 words
A method for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas in a catalytic converter using a reagent, which comprises: dividing a catalytic converter into subregions; adding a reagent to an exhaust gas to form a mixture; feeding the mixture sequentially through each subregion of the catalytic converter; determining the temperature of each subregion recursively as a spatially and time-dependent function of the catalytic converter from operational parameters of the exhaust gas and structural parameters of the catalytic converter; and determining catalytic activity in the catalytic converter from the temperature of each subregion; and metering the addition of the reagent to the exhaust gas as a function of the catalytic activity.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 1, which comprises determining a mass flow and an entry temperature of the exhaust as the only operational parameters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method according to claim 1, which comprises initiating a start of the method at an exposure of the catalytic converter to the exhaust gas, and initially taking the temperature of the catalytic converter as constant and equal to an ambient temperature of the catalytic converter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
108 words
The method according to claim 1, which comprises determining the temperature T 1t of a first subregion of the catalytic converter after a time interval t according to the formula T.sub.1t =T.sub.10 + m.sub.exhaust tc.sub.exhaust (T.sub.in -T.sub.10)/(m.sub.K1 c.sub.K)! wherein T 10 is an initial temperature of the first subregion, m exhaust is a mass flow of the exhaust gas, C exhaust is a specific heat capacity of the exhaust gas, T in is an entry temperature of the exhaust gas into the catalytic converter, M k1 is a mass of the first subregion and C k is a specific heat capacity of a catalyst of the catalytic converter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
114 words
The method according to claim 5, which comprises determining the temperature T it of a respective subregion through which the exhaust gas flows after the first subregion after a time interval t according to the formula T.sub.it =T.sub.i0 + m.sub.exhaust tc.sub.exhaust/air (T.sub.i-1t -T.sub.i0)/(m.sub.ki c.sub.k)! wherein T i0 is a temperature of the respective subregion at a starting time, m exhaust is a mass flow of the exhaust gas, C exhaust/air is a specific heat capacity of the exhaust gas or air, T i-1t is a temperature of a previous subregion, M ki is a mass of the respective subregion and C k is a specific heat capacity of a catalyst of the catalytic converter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 1, which comprises determining the catalytic activity of each subregion on a basis of the temperature of each subregion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 7, which comprises determining an overall catalytic activity of the catalytic converter as an arithmetic mean of each catalytic activity of the subregion.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
172 words
A device for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas, comprising: a catalytic converter divided into sequentially disposed subregions for sequentially receiving an exhaust gas, said catalytic converter having structural parameters; a reagent addition device for metering and adding a reagent to the exhaust gas to form a mixture fed to said catalytic converter; sensor elements for measuring operational parameters of the exhaust gas; and a control unit for controlling the metering as a function of the operational parameters of the exhaust gas, said control unit having a memory for storing said structural parameters of said catalytic converter, said control unit configured for a recursive determination of a temperature of each of said subregions as a spatially and time-dependent function of the operational parameters and said structural parameters, said control unit configured for a determination of catalytic activity in said catalytic converter from the determination of the temperature of each of said subregions, said control unit causing said reagent addition device to meter the reagent as a function of said catalytic activity.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
172 words
A device for converting a pollutant in an exhaust gas, comprising: a catalytic converter divided into sequentially disposed subregions for sequentially receiving an exhaust gas, said catalytic converter having structural parameters; a reagent addition device for metering and adding a reagent to the exhaust gas to form a mixture fed to said catalytic converter; sensor elements for measuring operational parameters of the exhaust gas; and a control unit for controlling the metering as a function of the operational parameters of the exhaust gas, said control unit having a memory for storing said structural parameters of said catalytic converter, said control unit configured for a recursive determination of a temperature of each of said subregions as a spatially and time-dependent function of the operational parameters and said structural parameters, said control unit configured for a determination of catalytic activity in said catalytic converter from the determination of the temperature of each of said subregions, said control unit causing said reagent addition device to meter the reagent as a function of said catalytic activity.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device according to claim 9, wherein said sensor elements are provided for only measuring a mass flow of the exhaust gas and an entry temperature of the exhaust gas into said catalytic converter.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
The device according to claim 9, wherein one of said sensor elements for measuring the mass flow is disposed upstream of said reagent addition device with respect to an exhaust-gas flow direction.
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