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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2022
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Yilun Luo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Terry Alger, San Antonio, TX (US);
Scott Hotz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Suhocki, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for providing microwave energy to aftertreatment devices that treat the exhaust of an internal combustion engine. The system has a microwave generator and a transmission network for delivering the microwaves to one or more of the aftertreatment devices. The transmission network comprises a combination of solid and hollow waveguides. Antenna(s) transmit microwave energy into the working chamber the aftertreatment device(s), with at least one of the devices having antenna(s) capable of distributing microwave energy throughout its chamber.