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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1986
Kong Ha, Burlington, CA;
Ontario Research Foundation, Mississauga, CA;
Abstract
A particulate trap system used with a diesel engine has an exhaust conduit ducting exhaust materials through an exhaust cooler, then through a particulate trap, and then to the atmosphere. A by-pass conduit is connected in parallel with the exhaust cooler, and valves are located in the exhaust conduit and the by-pass conduit. A microprocessor-based control unit is arranged to allow normal operation with the exhaust materials passing through the cooler. However, when backpressure in the exhaust conduit reaches a predetermined level due to particulate build-up in the trap, the valves are gradually reversed, so that non-cooled exhaust materials arrive at the trap, thus regenerating it due to combustion.