Caterpillar Inc.

Ling Deng

David Ginter

Wilce Damion Williams

Scott Byron Fiveland

Ronald Graham Silver

Paul Park

Julian Justin

James D Peltier

Paul R Moore

Juan A Garduno

James Deason

R Zachary Richey

A system for the treatment of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine with a combustion chamber includes an upstream DEF injector disposed to introduce DEF to the combustion chamber and a close-coupled SCR catalyst downstream of and in close-coupled relation to the internal combustion engine. Downstream of the close-coupled SCR catalyst may be a primary SCR catalyst and a primary DEF injector. The system may operate to reduce NOin the close-coupled SCR catalyst during low-load conditions of the internal combustion engine and reduce NOin the primary SCR catalyst during loaded conditions.

Aftertreatment system and method

An aftertreatment module includes a catalytic brick having upstream and downstream flanges sized to extend over potential leak flow paths between bricks. Additionally, an aftertreatment module has an array of similarly flanged bricks to reduce leakage through all interfaces between adjacent bricks. A frame for holding the array of bricks includes flow modulators to restrict leakage through an interface between the frame and at least one side surface defined by the array of bricks.

Aftertreatment module with reduced bypass flow

A reactor assembly is provided. The reactor assembly includes a substrate and a first catalytic layer provided on the substrate. The first catalytic layer further includes a first temperature zone configured to operate at a first temperature. The first catalytic layer further includes a second temperature zone extending from the first temperature zone. The second temperature zone is configured to operate at a second temperature. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature. The reactor assembly also includes a diffusion barrier coating provided on the first catalytic layer. The diffusion barrier coating is configured to regulate a diffusion of gas phase oxygen therethrough for controlling the first temperature with respect to the second temperature.

Reactor assembly

A NOx control system includes a lean NOx catalyst and an alcohol generator. The lean NOx catalyst includes a substrate and a hydrocarbon selective catalytic reduction (HC-SCR) catalyst disposed on the substrate. The HC-SCR catalyst catalyzes a reduction of NOx with an alcohol. The alcohol generator generates the alcohol.

Catalyst system for lean NOx reduction with hydrocarbons

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