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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Makoto Saito, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeto Yahata, Kariya, JP;
Masumi Kinugawa, Okazaki, JP;
DENSO Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
Particulate material collected in a filter (PM) is burnt through a selected one of partial and perfect regenerating processes. The partial regenerating process starts, when an amount of PM is predicted to exceed a value between 2 to 10 g/l, and terminates, when the amount of PM is predicted to fall below a value between 1 to 4 g/l, whereby a part of PM is burned to an extent that incombustible ash contained in the filter (ASH) can not easily pass through the filter. The perfect regenerating process starts, when an amount of ASH is predicted to exceed a value between 0.05 to 0.25 g/l, and terminates, when the amount of PM is predicted to fall below 1 g/l, whereby a substantially entire part of PM is burnt to an extent that ASH can easily pass through the filter.