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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Andrei Makartchouk, Lombard, IL (US);
Justin O'connor, Naperville, IL (US);
Steve P. Gravante, Westchester, IL (US);
Emad M. Amin, San Diego, CA (US);
S. Scott Smith, Powhatan, VA (US);
Andrei Makartchouk, Lombard, IL (US);
Justin O'Connor, Naperville, IL (US);
Steve P. Gravante, Westchester, IL (US);
Emad M. Amin, San Diego, CA (US);
S. Scott Smith, Powhatan, VA (US);
International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for injection reductant into an exhaust gas and for evaporating and decomposing the reductant at an elevated temperature includes providing an exhaust pipe having an interior surface and disposing the pipe in fluid communication with and upstream of a catalyst. The method includes the steps of disposing an internal cone within the pipe generally parallel to the pipe, mounting an injector to the exterior of the pipe in fluid communication with the cone, injecting the reductant into the cone, and directing the exhaust gas in a passage between the interior surface of the pipe and the cone. The exhaust gas is directed within the cone. The flow of exhaust gas has an elevated temperature compared to an ambient. A further step includes creating a drag force on the injected reductant to increase travel time of the injected reductant from the injector to the catalyst.