Device for determining the mass of NOx stored in a NOx trap,...

Details Device for determining the mass of NOx stored in a NOx trap,... Device for determining the mass of NOx stored in a NOx trap,...

2007-04-17

2007-04-17

Denion, Thomas (Department: 3748)

Power plants

Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of...

Having sensor or indicator of malfunction, unsafeness, or...

C060S274000, C060S285000, C060S286000, C060S295000

Reexamination Certificate

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11182852

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a device for determining the mass of NOx stored in a NOx trap in an exhaust line of a motor vehicle engine, the device comprising means for acquiring the richness of the exhaust gases, the NOx flowrate on the upstream side of the trap, and the temperature of the trap. This device further comprises means for comparing the richness to a predetermined value, first means for determining, when the exhaust gases are lean, the increase in the mass of NOx stored as a function of the mass of NOx already stored, the temperature of the trap, and the NOx flowrate on the upstream side of the trap, and second means for determining, when the exhaust gases are rich, the reduction of the mass of NOx stored as a function of the temperature of the trap and the richness of the exhaust gases.

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