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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1997
Jean-Baptiste Dementhon, Paris, FR;
Brigitte Martin, Saint-Genis Laval, FR;
Olivier Pajot, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR;
Institut Francias du Petrole, Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The present invention is a filtering unit providing after-treatment of the gases emited in the exhaust of Diesel engines, comprising a filtering set which includes at least one filtering element (11, 12, 13); at least one resistive element (3) which heats a zone (121, 122, 123) of one of the at least one filtering element; at least one detection device which determines fouling of the filtering set (1); a control (5), responsive to the at least one detection device, which controls independently each of the resistive elements, according to the fouling of the filtering set and electrical power available to the at least one resistive element. The resistive elements (3) can be each wound around a zone of a filtering element. The invention further relates to the associated process.