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Emission control system for an internal-combustion engine
Assignee: Mercedes Benz Group AG
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Filing: 1998-10-29
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Granted: 2001-01-09
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Expires: 2018-10-29
Abstract
Abstract An emission control system for an internal-combustion engine has at least one nitrogen oxide adsorber for the periodic adsorption and desorption of nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas of the internal-combustion engine. A desorption gas pipe has an externally heatable catalyst arranged therein to which a mixture of air and/or exhaust gas can be fed as well as fuel at an at least stoichiometric proportion. This mixture is burned to form a desorbing gas flow which is fed to the respective nitrogen oxide adsorber for the nitrogen oxide desorption.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter Boegner
- 👤 Karl-Ernest Haak
- 👤 Bernd Krutzsch
- 👤 Dirk Voigtlaender
- 👤 Guenter Wenninger
- 👤 Friedrich Wirbeleit
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N13/00; F01N13/011; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9495; F01N13/009; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/0807; F01N3/0828; F01N3/0842; F01N3/0871; F01N3/0878; F02; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/13; F02M26/14; F02M26/15; F02M26/42; B01D53/944; F01N2250/00; F01N2250/12; F01N2610/00; F01N2610/03; F01N2610/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
Emission control system for an internal-combustion engine, having at least two nitrogen oxide adsorbers arranged in parallel for alternating periodic adsorption and desorption of nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas of the internal-combustion engine and devices for providing a desorption gas flow for each of the nitrogen oxide adsorbers running in desorption mode, wherein the desorption gas flow providing devices have a desorption gas pipe which the nitrogen oxide adsorbers share and which has an externally heatable catalyst, a lambda probe operatively arranged between the externally heatable catalyst and the nitrogen oxide adsorbers, and devices for feeding a mixture of air and/or exhaust gas as well as fuel at an at least stoichiometric, controllable proportion, to the externally heatable catalyst, such that the externally heatable catalyst burns the fed mixture to form a desorbing gas flow which is fed to the nitrogen oxide adsorber in the desorption mode, by way of an associated desorption pipe branch with a predefinable lambda value of the desorbing gas flow being adjusted by the lambda probe.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
Emission control system for an internal-combustion engine, having at least two nitrogen oxide adsorbers arranged in parallel for alternating periodic adsorption and desorption of nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas of the internal-combustion engine and devices for providing a desorption gas flow for each of the nitrogen oxide adsorbers running in desorption mode, wherein the desorption gas flow providing devices have a desorption gas pipe which the nitrogen oxide adsorbers share and which has an externally heatable catalyst, a lambda probe operatively arranged between the externally heatable catalyst and the nitrogen oxide adsorbers, and devices for feeding a mixture of air and/or exhaust gas as well as fuel at an at least stoichiometric, controllable proportion, to the externally heatable catalyst, such that the externally heatable catalyst burns the fed mixture to form a desorbing gas flow which is fed to the nitrogen oxide adsorber in the desorption mode, by way of an associated desorption pipe branch with a predefinable lambda value of the desorbing gas flow being adjusted by the lambda probe.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The emission control system according to claim 1 , wherein the externally heatable catalyst is an electrically heatable minicatalyst.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
102 words
Emission control method for an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of alternating periodic adsorption and desorption modes of nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas of the engine through parallel paths; burning a fed mixture of at least one of air and exhaust gas and fuel at an at least stoichiometric, controllable proportion to form a desorbing gas flow for the desorption mode in one of the paths while an adsorption mode is occurring for nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas in another of the paths; and adjusting a predefinable lambda value of the desorbing gas flow in the one path.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
102 words
Emission control method for an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of alternating periodic adsorption and desorption modes of nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas of the engine through parallel paths; burning a fed mixture of at least one of air and exhaust gas and fuel at an at least stoichiometric, controllable proportion to form a desorbing gas flow for the desorption mode in one of the paths while an adsorption mode is occurring for nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas in another of the paths; and adjusting a predefinable lambda value of the desorbing gas flow in the one path.
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