Power plants – Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of... – By means producing a chemical reaction of a component of the...
Patent
1996-10-03
1998-11-03
Hart, Douglas
Power plants
Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of...
By means producing a chemical reaction of a component of the...
422170, 4232137, F01N 328
Patent
active
058292500
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is particularly applicable to lean burn engines that produce exhaust containing insufficient amounts of unburned hydrocarbons to satisfactorily reduce NOx emissions without undermining engine performance. In the exhaust purification system, ethanol or another suitable hydrocarbon is injected into the exhaust stream at an appropriate location between the engine and the catalytic converter. A deNOx catalytic converter is positioned within the exhaust downstream from the ethanol injection point. The combination engine application, ethanol injection and suitable deNOx catalyst combine to reduce NOx to satisfactory levels without producing significant amounts of undesirable secondary nitrogen containing compounds. An oxidation catalytic converter is positioned in the exhaust downstream from the deNOx catalytic converter. The oxidation catalyst serves to convert any remaining unburned hydrocarbons into carbon dioxide and water. At the same time, only small amounts of secondary nitrogen compounds are converted back into NOx compounds upon passage through the oxidation catalyst. The end result being an over all reduction in both HC and NOx compounds particularly for lean burn engines to satisfactory levels.
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Lane William H.
Learned Daniel J.
Peterson Randy N.
Smith Aaron L.
White Scott T.
Caterpillar Inc.
Hampsch Robert J.
Hart Douglas
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