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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Sappok, Cambridge, MA (US);
Victor Wong, Peabody, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 3/023 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/035 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/023 (2013.01); F01N 3/035 (2013.01); F02D 41/029 (2013.01); F02D 41/1467 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the operation of a particulate filter is disclosed. The objective of this control system is to manipulate the properties and spatial distribution of contaminant material accumulated in filters to reduce filter pressure drop and associated deleterious impacts of the contaminant material on filter performance.