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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventor:

Esam Z. Hamad, Brighton, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/05 (2006.01); F01N 3/08 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01); F01N 11/00 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01); B01D 53/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/0814 (2013.01); B01D 53/9481 (2013.01); B01D 53/9495 (2013.01); F01N 3/05 (2013.01); F01N 3/0807 (2013.01); F01N 3/0835 (2013.01); F01N 3/0842 (2013.01); F01N 3/0857 (2013.01); F01N 3/2006 (2013.01); F01N 3/2053 (2013.01); F01N 5/02 (2013.01); F01N 9/00 (2013.01); F01N 11/002 (2013.01); F01N 13/009 (2014.06); F01N 2570/10 (2013.01); F01N 2570/12 (2013.01); F01N 2570/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes combusting a fuel and air mixture within a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, thereby forming an exhaust gas, passing the exhaust gas out of the combustion chamber, performing a startup procedure, the startup procedure including passing the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber to a storage unit, capturing criteria pollutants of the exhaust gas with the storage unit, passing the exhaust gas from the storage unit to an aftertreatment system, heating the aftertreatment system to an activation temperature with the exhaust gas from the storage unit, and subsequent to heating the aftertreatment system to the activation temperature, performing a secondary procedure, the secondary procedure including passing the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber to the aftertreatment system thereby forming a treated exhaust gas, and passing the treated exhaust gas to the storage unit.


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