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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony D Logan, Chandler, AZ (US);
Clifford N Montreuil, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4232137 ; 423235 ; 4232392 ; 423212 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to a method of treating automotive exhaust gas emissions or stationary source emissions. It comprises introducing an organic hydrocarbon compound or compounds containing nitro or nitroso functional groups into the emissions at a location adjacent the source of emission generation. Thereafter, the compound/emission mixture is exposed to a transition metal exchanged high silica ZSM5 zeolite catalyst. Subsequently, the effluent from the zeolite catalyst is exposed to an oxidation catalyst.