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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Louis P. Steinhauser, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark D. Everly, St. Charles, MO (US);
George F. Jambor, Dover, MN (US);
Jacob Lindley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A fluid control system is provided that in one form includes a first flow channel, a second flow channel, a heater disposed in the second flow channel, and a fluid control device disposed upstream from the first and second flow channels. When the heater is turned on, the fluid control device changes a fluid flow rate through at least one of the first flow channel and the second flow channel. In another form, the fluid control system includes a bypass conduit, a heater disposed within the bypass conduit, and a fluid control device disposed near the inlet and outlet of the bypass conduit. In still another form, the fluid control system includes a regeneration device disposed downstream from at least one exhaust aftertreatment system and closes an outlet of the exhaust pipe.