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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2021
Cummins Emission Solutions Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Samuel Johnson, East Wenatchee, WA (US);
Andrew J. Albers, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Shashank Mishra, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Otto A. Negron Rivas, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jeremy Dale Harris, Franklin, IN (US);
Cummins Emission Solutions Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Abstract
An aftertreatment system for treating constituents of an exhaust gas produced by an engine, comprising: a housing; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system disposed within the housing; a reductant injector disposed on a sidewall of the housing upstream of the SCR system and configured to insert a reductant into the exhaust gas; and a vortex generator disposed in the housing, the vortex generator comprising at least one deflector disposed on a surface within the housing, the at least one deflector configured to generate vortices in a portion of the exhaust gas flow flowing over the at least one deflector such that the portion of the exhaust gas remains attached to the surface at a downstream location of the surface.