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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Dean Tomazic, Orion Township, MI (US);
Marek Tatur, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dean Tomazic, Orion Township, MI (US);
Marek Tatur, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Assignee:
FEV GmbH, Aachen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 47/08 (2006.01); F02M 25/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0707 (2013.01); F02M 25/071 (2013.01); Y02T 10/121 (2013.01); F02M 25/0742 (2013.01); F02M 25/0718 (2013.01); F02M 25/0739 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides an internal combustion engine with a self-cleaning exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system. The engine can have an intake, a combustion chamber, and an exhaust with the EGR system accepting exhaust gas from the exhaust and supplying exhaust gas to the intake. The internal combustion engine also has a hydrogen source in fluid communication with a hot side of the EGR system, the hydrogen source affording hydrogen to flow into and through the EGR system and remove at least a portion of carbon-containing deposits therewithin.