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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jan Harmsen, Simpelveld, NL;
Frank Linzen, Aachen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for operating an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system arrangement is provided. The method includes in a first operating state, flowing a substantial majority of an exhaust-gas stream from the internal combustion engine through a first NOstorage catalytic converter positioned in a main exhaust branch of an exhaust aftertreatment system arrangement and in a second operating state, flowing a substantial majority of the exhaust-gas stream through a first bypass branch branching off from the main exhaust branch upstream of the first NOstorage catalytic converter and which opens into the main exhaust branch downstream of the first NOstorage catalytic converter and regenerating the first NOstorage catalytic converter.