Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

David L Hilden

Steven Jeffrey Schmieg

Michael B Viola

Shi-Wai S Cheng

Thompson M Sloane

Jong H Lee

Patricia A Mulawa

Paul M Najt

Anthony B LaConti

Kushal Narayanaswamy

Patrick G Szymkowicz

Calvin K Koch

Paul J Childs

Norman Dale Brinkman

Keith D Patch

David R Monroe

Chris C Crellin

A thin layer of low mean-pore-size filter material that permanently accommodates the accumulation of exhaust particulates (as soot or a soot cake) is carried on a porous ceramic support. The supported filter material is closely coupled with the exhaust manifold of the engine, for the purpose of passive regeneration of stored particulates, and removes particulate matter from the exhaust which is directed through the filter layer and ceramic support. The oxygen content of the exhaust oxidizes the particulate matter on the filter material. In a preferred embodiment, a thin layer of the filter material is supported on inlet channel walls of a wall flow-through ceramic filter body to remove the particles from the exhaust. The filter body comprises an upstream exhaust gas flow inlet face with openings to a plurality of inlet channels and a downstream face with a like plurality of openings from outlet channels. The inlet channels are closed at the downstream face and the outlet channels are closed at the inlet face. So the exhaust stream enters the inlet channels and flows through the filter layers and supporting channel walls to an outlet channel. The filtered exhaust stream exits the outlet end of the filter body and is combined into an exhaust passage downstream of the filter body for further treatment as may be necessary.

Exhaust particulate management for gasoline-fueled engines

A method for monitoring a hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device of an exhaust aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine operating lean of stoichiometry includes injecting a reductant into an exhaust gas feedstream upstream of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device at a predetermined mass flowrate of the reductant, and determining a space velocity associated with a predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device. When the space velocity exceeds a predetermined threshold space velocity, a temperature differential across the predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device is determined, and a threshold temperature as a function of the space velocity and the mass flowrate of the reductant is determined. If the temperature differential across the predetermined forward portion of the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device is below the threshold temperature, operation of the engine is controlled to regenerate the hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reactor device.

Method and apparatus for monitoring a hydrocarbon-selective catalytic reduction device

A method for initiating a regeneration mode in selective catalytic reduction device utilizing hydrocarbons as a reductant includes monitoring a temperature within the aftertreatment system, monitoring a fuel dosing rate to the selective catalytic reduction device, monitoring an initial conversion efficiency, selecting a determined equation to estimate changes in a conversion efficiency of the selective catalytic reduction device based upon the monitored temperature and the monitored fuel dosing rate, estimating changes in the conversion efficiency based upon the determined equation and the initial conversion efficiency, and initiating a regeneration mode for the selective catalytic reduction device based upon the estimated changes in conversion efficiency.

Method to monitor HC-SCR catalyst NOx reduction performance for lean exhaust applications

A diesel exhaust aftertreatment device regeneration system includes an exhaust conduit adapted to conduct exhaust gas to an exhaust gas aftertreatment device. The system further includes a low pressure bottom feed fuel injector having an inlet portion fully received within a chamber of an adaptor housing having a lower portion attached to the exhaust conduit. The housing is provided with fuel flow openings to allow low pressure fuel to circulate around and cool the fuel injector inlet portion within the chamber. Fuel injected into the exhaust conduit is preferably targeted toward a vaporization member, within the exhaust conduit, operative to absorb heat from the exhaust gas and vaporize fuel deposited thereon. A plurality of inwardly extending mixing baffles within the exhaust conduit intermediate the vaporization member and the aftertreatment device extend the mixing path to improve fuel vaporization for assisting regeneration of the device.

Diesel exhaust aftertreatment device regeneration system

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a device for generating hydrogen from a water vapor containing exhaust is provided. The device comprises an exhaust diverter and a hydrogen generation section. The exhaust diverter is configured to divert a portion of the exhaust to the hydrogen generation section. The hydrogen generation section comprises an electrolysis unit defining a hermetically sealed void volume configured to accumulate and store hydrogen. The exhaust diverter may be placed in communication with a heat exchanger configured to increase a fractional relative humidity of the diverted exhaust by cooling the diverted exhaust. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.72(b), the purpose of this abstract is to enable the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract will not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims.

Hydrogen and oxygen generation from a water vapor containing exhaust

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David L Hilden