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Treatment of diesel exhaust gases

US4902487A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1988
Grant dateFeb 20, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B3/06
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a process wherein diesel exhaust gas is passed through a filter to remove particulate therefrom before discharge and particulate deposited on the filter is combusted, the improvement which comprises combusting the particulate with a gas containing NO.sub.2, which may be catalytically generated in the exhaust system.

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