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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Christopher C. Swoish, Lapeer, MI (US);
Douglas Christopher Sarsen, Howell, MI (US);
Christopher Whitt, Howell, MI (US);
Christopher C. Swoish, Lapeer, MI (US);
Douglas Christopher Sarsen, Howell, MI (US);
Christopher Whitt, Howell, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of correcting a soot mass estimate in a vehicle exhaust after-treatment device includes monitoring an exhaust gas pressure drop across a particulate filter included with the vehicle exhaust after-treatment device; determining an initial soot mass estimate from a monitored exhaust gas pressure drop; revising the initial soot mass estimate in view of a monitored engine speed, engine load, exhaust gas temperature, and NOx gas flow rate; and generating a particulate filter regeneration request if the revised soot mass estimate exceeds a threshold.