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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Jiyang Yan, Troy, MI (US);
Jiyang Yan, Troy, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a power generation system involves operating a diesel engine to produce exhaust that is passed first through a combined DPF-fuel reformer and then a LNT. In response to the control signal to regenerate the LNT, fuel is injected into the exhaust at a rate that leaves the exhaust lean, whereby the injected fuel combusts in the combined DPF-reformer, warming it. There follows a rich phase in which fuel is injected into the exhaust at a rate that leaves the exhaust rich, whereby the DPF-reformer produces reformate and the LNT is regenerated. The combined DPF-reformer undergoes a regeneration that removes accumulated particulate matter with each LNT regeneration. Preferably, the DPF-reformer has a low thermal mass to facilitate heating. Preferably, the DPF-reformer includes a soot gasification catalyst, whereby a substantial amount of particulate matter is removed from the DPF-reformer during the rich phases.