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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Jean Roy, Middleton, MA (US);
Robert A. Panora, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph B. Gehret, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Ranson Roser, Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Jean Roy, Middleton, MA (US);
Robert A. Panora, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph B. Gehret, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Ranson Roser, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
Tecogen Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/05 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/04 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 5/02 (2006.01); B01D 53/94 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/05 (2013.01); B01D 53/9454 (2013.01); B01D 53/9477 (2013.01); F01N 3/0205 (2013.01); F01N 3/04 (2013.01); F01N 3/101 (2013.01); F01N 3/2046 (2013.01); F01N 5/025 (2013.01); F01N 13/009 (2014.06); F01N 13/0097 (2014.06); B01D 2258/014 (2013.01); F01N 2240/36 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/22 (2013.01); Y02T 10/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and hydrogen gas in exhausts of internal combustion engines and simultaneously generating electrical power, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter and is at least in part passed through a thermoelectric generator for production of electrical power. The exhausts are thereafter directed to a second stage catalytic converter.