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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2005
Bernard Paul Gabriel Ghislain Marie Oger, Nameche, BE;
Paul Richard Phillips, Royston, GB;
Martyn Vincent Twigg, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Peter Walker, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Bernard Paul Gabriel Ghislain Marie Oger, Nameche, BE;
Paul Richard Phillips, Royston, GB;
Martyn Vincent Twigg, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Peter Walker, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a compression ignition engine and an exhaust system therefor comprising at least one exhaust system component for treating exhaust gas and means for generating an exotherm for heating the at least one exhaust system component, which exotherm generating means consisting essentially of a catalyst and means for injecting hydrocarbon into exhaust gas for combustion on the catalyst, which catalyst consisting essentially of both a palladium (Pd) component and a platinum (Pt) component, and an optional support material, disposed on a substrate monolith.