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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Umicore AG & Co. KG, Hanau-Wolfgang, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for regenerating the catalytic activity of catalysts that have oxidizing functions. A catalyst that is located in the exhaust gas line of a diesel engine that preferably contains a catalytically active coating on a honeycomb carrier that does not have a filter function and that has at least one oxidizing function is regenerated. As a result of time-restricted increases in the exhaust gas temperature upstream of the catalyst to a value greater than 450° C., the combustion of soot particles and hydrocarbons deposited on the catalyst is initiated, and thus, the catalytic activity of the catalyst is at least partly regenerated.