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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2003
Michael Delos Kass, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Ronald Lee Graves, Knoxville, TN (US);
John Morse Elliot Storey, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Samuel Arthur Lewis, Sr., Andersonville, TN (US);
Charles Scott Sluder, Knoxville, TN (US);
John Foster Thomas, Powell, TN (US);
Michael Delos Kass, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Ronald Lee Graves, Knoxville, TN (US);
John Morse Elliot Storey, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Samuel Arthur Lewis, Sr., Andersonville, TN (US);
Charles Scott Sluder, Knoxville, TN (US);
John Foster Thomas, Powell, TN (US);
U T Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A method to use diesel fuel alchohol micro emulsions (E-diesel) to provide a source of reductant to lower NOemissions using selective catalytic reduction. Ethanol is stripped from the micro emulsion and entered into the exhaust gasses upstream of the reducing catalyst. The method allows diesel (and other lean-burn) engines to meet new, lower emission standards without having to carry separate fuel and reductant tanks.