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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Angelo Colletta, Rome, IT;
Medardo Pinti, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60275 ; 60303 ; 96 48 ;
Abstract
Device for the precipitation of carbon particles present in exhaust gases having a voltage generator whose poles are connected with at least one electrode and the shell comprising separate internal zones where the following phenomena take place mixing of exhaust gas with air in a first zone, ionization in a second zone of the gas & air mixture coming from said first zone, ignition and precipitation in a third zone of said carbon particles present in said gas & air mixture coming from said second zone, and exhaust of the gas in which said carbon particles have been precipitated.