Patent · US Expired

Method and device for catalytic nitrogen oxide reduction of motor vehicle exhaust

US5658449A · kind A · utility

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4References

16Claims

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Assignee

Dornier GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Benz · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Ottmar Schmid · Markdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 1996
Grant date	Aug 19, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A50/20
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and a device for NO reduction of exhaust in motor vehicles by reduction on a catalyst is provided. The hydrogen required for NO reduction is generated directly on board the motor vehicle by electrolysis with liquid fixed electrolyte.

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