Power plants – Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of... – Methods
Patent
1992-03-11
1992-11-17
Hart, Douglas
Power plants
Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of...
Methods
60284, 60300, F01N 320
Patent
active
051632900
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for initiating electrical preheating of the catalytic converter the exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine. The latter includes an ignition system having a battery as the engine starting medium, which is provisionally connected to the catalytic converter's heater element to raise the catalytic converter from ambient temperature, to an intermediate temperature, and subsequently to a temperature at which the catalytic converter will most effectively function.
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Burns Robert B.
Hart Douglas
Kulason Robert A.
O'Loughlin James J.
Texaco Inc.
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