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Exhaust after treatment system

US10920634B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 2019
Grant dateFeb 16, 2021
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust after treatment system provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, comprising an adsorption layer having the function of adsorbing hydrocarbons in the exhaust, a catalyst layer arranged at the same position as the adsorption layer in the direction of flow of exhaust or at the downstream side from the adsorption layer and having an oxidation function of oxidizing the hydrocarbons, and a thermal energy generator generating thermal energy, in the thermal energy generated by the thermal energy generator, the thermal energy supplied to the catalyst layer being made larger than the thermal energy supplied to the adsorption layer.

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