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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Igor Zanetti, Verrayes, IT;
Emiliano Santillo, Turin, IT;
Igor Zanetti, Verrayes, IT;
Emiliano Santillo, Turin, IT;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling injection of Diesel Exhaust Fluid into an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine equipped with a Selective Reduction Catalyst. The method includes, but is not limited to monitoring a value of a control parameter influencing an operation of the Selective Reduction Catalyst, injecting a quantity of Diesel Exhaust Fluid, controlling the quantity of Diesel Exhaust Fluid to be injected employing a closed loop procedure or an open loop procedure, switching between the closed loop procedure and the open loop procedure, when value of the control parameter crosses a first threshold value of the control parameter.