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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
David B. Brown, Brighton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
David B. Brown, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/94 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F01N 13/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/9468 (2013.01); Y02T 10/26 (2013.01); B01D 53/9495 (2013.01); B01D 53/9477 (2013.01); B01D 2255/1021 (2013.01); B01D 2255/904 (2013.01); F01N 2900/08 (2013.01); F01N 3/2026 (2013.01); F01N 3/101 (2013.01); B01D 2255/1023 (2013.01); F01N 9/00 (2013.01); B01D 53/9454 (2013.01); Y02T 10/47 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1404 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1402 (2013.01); F01N 13/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/22 (2013.01); B01D 2255/1025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for a vehicle, includes a conversion temperature determination module and a heating control module. The conversion temperature determination module generates a methane conversion temperature corresponding to a predetermined methane conversion efficiency. The heating control module selectively applies power to a substrate of an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) based on a temperature of the EHC and the methane conversion temperature. The EHC includes at least one catalyst that reacts with methane in exhaust output from an engine.