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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Masatsugu Sakimoto, Frankfurt, DE;
Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroaki Ishida, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A system for controlling performance of an internal combustion engine. The system may include an internal combustion engine having an exhaust system for processing gases exhausted from the internal combustion engine. The exhaust system may be comprised of at least one mixing device, at least one emission control device, and a delivery apparatus for delivering an agent affecting operation of the emission control device into the exhaust system. The at least one mixing device may be located downstream of the internal combustion engine and upstream of the at least one emission control device, and the delivery apparatus may be located upstream of the emission control device. The system may include a controller to adjust at least one engine parameter in relation to an operating condition of the mixing device.