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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2005
Josh Driscoll, Dunlap, IL (US);
Wade J. Robel, Peoria, IL (US);
Cory A. Brown, Pekin, IL (US);
Roger L. Urven, Jr., Colona, IL (US);
Josh Driscoll, Dunlap, IL (US);
Wade J. Robel, Peoria, IL (US);
Cory A. Brown, Pekin, IL (US);
Roger L. Urven, Jr., Colona, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
Often NOx selective catalysts that use ammonia to reduce NOx within exhaust to a harmless gas require on-board storage of ammonia which can be hazardous and inconvenient. In order to generate ammonia in exhaust, the present disclosure increases a NOx concentration in exhaust from at least one combustion chamber, at least in part, by injecting fuel in a predetermined increased NOx generation sequence that includes a first injection during non-auto ignition conditions and a second injection during auto ignition conditions. At least a portion of the NOx is converted to ammonia by passing at least a portion of the exhaust with the increased NOx concentration over an ammonia-producing catalyst.