Engelhard Corporation

Volvo Personvagnar Ab & Engelhard Corp.

Basf Catalysts LLC

Terence Christopher Poles

Jeffrey Barmont Hoke

Ronald Marshall Heck

John Joseph Steger

Fred Mitchell Allen

John Calcagni

William G Rosenberg

Xinsheng Liu

Xiaolin Yang

Gerald Steven Koermer

Zhicheng Hu

Patrick W Blosser

Michael Durilla

Earl M Waterman

Lars Greger

Dennis Ray Anderson

Wayne M Rudy

Arthur Bruce Robertson

G&ouml;ran Wirmark

Edward T Wolynic

John R Novak

L Michael Quick

Ingemar Gottberg

Xiaolin David Yang

Earl Marvin Waterman

A vehicular atmosphere cleansing system utilizes a regenerative wheel having flow channels extending through the wheel coated with an adsorbant. An atmosphere stream passes through a first position dependent portion of the wheel where VOC's including HC's are adsorbed while a heated atmosphere stream passes through a second position dependent regenerative portion of the wheel whereat VOC's are desorbed. The adsorbant is activated carbon having particles of micropore size adhered to the substrate by a silicone binder producing high adsorption efficiencies while withstanding relatively high regenerative heat temperatures resulting from exhaust gas sensible heat. A hydrocarbon senses HC in the desorbed heated atmosphere stream to rotatively and sequentially index pie shaped, segmented portions of the wheel into the wheel's regenerative region while also functioning as the main component of an OBD device for the system.

Vehicular atmosphere cleansing method

A catalytic composition and method of making the same in which a catalytic material has an average pore size distribution sufficiently large to substantially prevent capillary condensation.

Hydrophobic catalytic materials and method of forming the same

Method and apparatus for treating the atmosphere to lower the concentration of pollutants, such as ozone, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide and the like, therein in which ambient air is passed into operative contact with a stationary substrate such as an automobile at rest, a billboard, an air conditioning unit, a transportation tunnel and the like, the stationary substrate having at least one ambient air contacting surface having a pollutant treating composition, such as manganese compounds, copper compounds, platinum group metals and compounds thereof, precious metals, and the like, thereon.

Method and apparatus for treating the atmosphere

An OBD system is provided for monitoring an ozone depletion system that includes a catalyst coating containing MnO applied to a heat exchange surface on a moving vehicle over which atmospheric air passes. A physical characteristic of the catalyst coating or a material containing a physical characteristic within the catalyst coating is sensed to determine the presence or absence of the catalyst coating for detecting catastrophic failure of the ozone depleting system and/or degradation or wear of the catalyst coating to ascertain the efficiency of the catalyst coating.

System for sensing catalyst coating loss and efficiency

An assembly, a method and a motor vehicle for cleaning ambient air in the vicinity of an internal combustion engine (,) having combustion air inlet means (,) and energy emitting means (,)are disclosed. The assembly (,) further includes adsorbent means (,) for adsorbing at least one pollutant when in a first mode of operation and for desorbing the pollutant when in a second mode of operation. The adsorbent means have an inlet (,) for polluted ambient air (,) and an outlet (,) for cleaned ambient air (,). Furthermore, the assembly (,) includes a pollutant conduit (,) through which the desorbed pollutant is transferred from the adsorbent means (,) to the combustion air inlet means (,) when in the second mode of operation, and the adsorbent means (,) are arranged for being brought into the second mode of operation by means of energy supplied from the energy emitting means (,).

Assembly, method, and motor vehicle for cleaning ambient air in the vicinity of an internal combustion engine

Method and apparatus for treating the atmosphere to lower the concentration of pollutants therein in which ambient air is passed into operative contact with a stationary substrate having at least one ambient air contacting surface having a pollutant treating material thereon.

Method and apparatus for treating the atmosphere to lower the concentration of pollutants therein in which ambient air is passed into operative contact with a stationary substrate such as an automobile at rest, a billboard, an air conditioning unit, a transportation tunnel and the like, the stationary substrate having at least one ambient air contacting surface having a pollutant treating composition thereon.

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Terence Christopher Poles