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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Venkata Prasad Atluri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kushal Narayanaswamy, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Paul M. Najt, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Yongsheng He, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Madhusudan Raghavan, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Venkata Prasad Atluri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kushal Narayanaswamy, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Paul M. Najt, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Yongsheng He, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Madhusudan Raghavan, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing energy to auto systems such as systems after-treating exhaust. Energy may be received from a solar energy source electrically connected to an after-treatment system. At least some of the energy from the solar energy source may be provided to the after-treatment system to purify exhaust from an engine. A control module may provide at least some of the energy from the solar energy source to a heater, for example, to initiate heating the after-treatment system prior to starting the engine. The heater may heat the after-treatment to temperatures within a predetermined temperature range associated with optimal efficiency for the after-treatment system.