Nissan Motor Company Limited

Yukio Miyamori

Kenji Masaki

Shuya Nambu

The temperature of an exhaust gas purifying device is maintained within an optimum range by enriching an air-fuel mixture for the engine, retarding the ignition timing of the engine, supplying secondary air into engine exhaust gases fed to the purifying device and producing a spark therein when the temperature of the purifying device is below the minimum of the optimum range and by diluting the air-fuel mixture, advancing the engine ignition timing to a normal value, stopping supply of the secondary air and production of the spark when the temperature of the purifying device is higher than the maximum of the optimum range.

Method and an apparatus to control the temperature of an engine exhaust

Exhaust gas is passed through a thermal reactor at high exhaust gas temperature and flow rate, and through a catalytic converter at low values of these parameters. Alternatively, exhaust gas may be passed through the thermal reactor at high values of the parameters, and through both the thermal reactor and the catalytic converter at low values.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yukio Miyamori