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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1994
Gunter Hartel, Neuss, DE;
Armin Schurfeld, Meerbusch, DE;
Pierburg GmbH, Neuss, DE;
Abstract
A pre-heating arrangement for a catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine having a pre-heating burner operated according to a control and regulation program in the cold-running state of the internal combustion engine after start up. The catalytic converter (2) is formed by two converter elements (4, 5) between which is a converter chamber (6). Hot gases from the burner enter the converter chamber (6) and mix thereat with the exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and heat the converter element (5) which is second in line in the direction of engine exhaust gas flow. The first converter element (4) on the upstream side, which is subject to impairment due to aging, is by-passed by the hot gases from the burner, which are thereby employed efficiently to rapidly bring the second catalytic converter element (5) up to operating temperature.