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Impactor for selective catalytic reduction system
Assignee: Atmus Filtration Inc
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Filing: 2001-10-17
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Granted: 2003-08-05
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Expires: 2021-10-17
Abstract
Abstract A selective catalytic reduction system for engine exhaust injects a solution comprising a source of ammonia, preferably an aqueous urea solution, or other ammonia solution, to preferably evaporate, decompose and hydrolyze to produce ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in the exhaust. An inertial impactor in the housing between the injector and the catalyst is impacted by the solution droplets and holds same until evaporated, decomposed and hydrolyzed to ammonia.
Inventors
- 👤 Barry M. Verdegan
- 👤 Z. Gerald Liu
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-31 14:23
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/18; F01N3/20; F01N3/206; F01N3/2066; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/74; B01D53/86; B01D53/8621; B01D53/8625; B01D53/8631; B01D53/90; F01N13/00; F01N13/009; F01N13/0093; F01N13/0097; F01N2240/00; F01N2240/06; F01N2240/16; F01N2240/20; F01N2240/40; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/02; F01N2330/06; F01N2330/10; F01N2610/00; F01N2610/02; F01N2610/10; F01N2610/102; F01N2610/14; F01N2610/1453; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust comprising: a housing having an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust; an injector in said housing for injecting a solution comprising a source of ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust; a catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector; an inertial impactor in said housing between said injector and said catalyst and impacted by said exhaust and said solution, wherein said impactor holds said solution to enhance ammonia reaction with NO x , said impactor is nonporous, and wherein said impactor and the injection rate from said injector are selected to satisfy the following condition: the solution evaporation rate at said impactor is greater than the injection rate at said injector.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust comprising: a housing having an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust; an injector in said housing for injecting a solution comprising a source of ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust; a catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector; an inertial impactor in said housing between said injector and said catalyst and impacted by said exhaust and said solution, wherein said impactor holds said solution to enhance ammonia reaction with NO x , said impactor is nonporous, and wherein said impactor and the injection rate from said injector are selected to satisfy the following condition: the solution evaporation rate at said impactor is greater than the injection rate at said injector.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The selective catalytic reduction device according to claim 1 wherein said condition is satisfied by sizing said impactor to a large enough size.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
The selective catalytic reduction device according to claim 1 wherein said source of ammonia is an aqueous urea solution which evaporates, decomposes and hydrolyzes to produce ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust, and wherein said impactor and the injection rate from said injector are selected to satisfy the following condition: the aqueous urea solution evaporation and decomposition rate at said impactor is greater than the injection rate at said injector, such that said impactor holds said aqueous urea solution until evaporated and decomposed to ammonia.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
123 words
A selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust comprising: a housing having an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust; an injector in said housing for injecting a solution comprising a source of ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust; a catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector; an inertial impactor in said housing between said injector and said catalyst and impacted by said exhaust and said solution, wherein said impactor holds said solution to enhance ammonia reaction with NO x , and said impactor has a star shape with a central core and a plurality of radially outwardly projecting tips each providing impaction surface area yet permitting exhaust flow therebetween.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
123 words
A selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust comprising: a housing having an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust; an injector in said housing for injecting a solution comprising a source of ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust; a catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector; an inertial impactor in said housing between said injector and said catalyst and impacted by said exhaust and said solution, wherein said impactor holds said solution to enhance ammonia reaction with NO x , and said impactor has a star shape with a central core and a plurality of radially outwardly projecting tips each providing impaction surface area yet permitting exhaust flow therebetween.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
134 words
A method for enhancing ammonia reaction with NO x in a selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust having a housing with an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust, comprising injecting a solution comprising a source of ammonia in said housing with an injector to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust, providing a catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector, inertially impacting said exhaust and said solution against an inertial impactor in said housing between said injector and said catalyst, and comprising holding said solution at said impactor to enhance ammonia reaction with NO x , and providing a nonporous said impactor, and injecting said solution from said injector at an injection rate less than the solution evaporation rate at said impactor.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
134 words
A method for enhancing ammonia reaction with NO x in a selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust having a housing with an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust, comprising injecting a solution comprising a source of ammonia in said housing with an injector to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust, providing a catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector, inertially impacting said exhaust and said solution against an inertial impactor in said housing between said injector and said catalyst, and comprising holding said solution at said impactor to enhance ammonia reaction with NO x , and providing a nonporous said impactor, and injecting said solution from said injector at an injection rate less than the solution evaporation rate at said impactor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 5 comprising providing said impactor with a large enough size such that said evaporation rate at said impactor is greater than said injection rate at said injector.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method according to claim 5 comprising providing said source of ammonia as an aqueous urea solution which evaporates, decomposes and hydrolyzes to produce ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust, and injecting said aqueous urea solution from said injector at an injection rate less than the aqueous urea solution evaporation and decomposition rate at said impactor, such that said impactor holds said aqueous urea solution until evaporated and decomposed to ammonia.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
179 words
A selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust comprising: a housing having an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust; an injector in said housing for injecting an aqueous urea solution which evaporates, decomposes and hydrolyzes to produce ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust; an SCR catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector; an impactor in said housing and spaced downstream from said injector and spaced upstream from said SCR catalyst, said impactor comprising a hydrolysis catalyst facilitating decomposition and hydrolysis of said aqueous urea solution at said impactor, wherein said housing extends axially along an axis and exhaust flows generally axially through said housing, said aqueous urea solution is injected along an injection spray angle θ from said injector, said hydrolysis catalyst has a lateral cross-sectional dimension D transverse to said axis, said injector has a downstream injection tip spaced from said hydrolysis catalyst by a distance d along said axis and having an inner diameter φ transverse to said axis, and wherein D>2d tan(θ/2)+φ.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
179 words
A selective catalytic reduction device for engine exhaust comprising: a housing having an upstream inlet for receiving said exhaust, and a downstream outlet for discharging said exhaust; an injector in said housing for injecting an aqueous urea solution which evaporates, decomposes and hydrolyzes to produce ammonia to react with and reduce NO x in said exhaust; an SCR catalyst in said housing downstream of said injector; an impactor in said housing and spaced downstream from said injector and spaced upstream from said SCR catalyst, said impactor comprising a hydrolysis catalyst facilitating decomposition and hydrolysis of said aqueous urea solution at said impactor, wherein said housing extends axially along an axis and exhaust flows generally axially through said housing, said aqueous urea solution is injected along an injection spray angle θ from said injector, said hydrolysis catalyst has a lateral cross-sectional dimension D transverse to said axis, said injector has a downstream injection tip spaced from said hydrolysis catalyst by a distance d along said axis and having an inner diameter φ transverse to said axis, and wherein D>2d tan(θ/2)+φ.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The selective catalytic reduction device according to claim 8 wherein said hydrolysis catalyst is selected from the group consisting of porous and fibrous ceramic material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The selective catalytic reduction device according to claim 8 wherein said hydrolysis catalyst is selected from the group consisting of: extruded material; wrapped material; and layered material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
The selective catalytic reduction device according to claim 8 wherein said hydrolysis catalyst is selected from the group consisting of: extruded monolith material; composite ceramic material; fibrous material; and metallic material.
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