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Exhaust gas purification device

US6233927A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 1999
Grant dateMay 22, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/30
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

According to the present invention, there is provided an exhaust gas purification device, comprising a NO.sub.x absorbent arranged in an exhaust passage of an engine for absorbing NO.sub.x therein when an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas flowing into the NO.sub.x absorbent is lean, the NO.sub.x absorbent discharging NO.sub.x absorbed therein when a concentration of the oxygen in the exhaust gas flowing into the NO.sub.x absorbent decreases, a trapping element arranged in the exhaust passage upstream of the NO.sub.x absorbent for trapping particulates, a processing element for processing the particulates trapped in the trapping element to regenerate the trapping element, and a preventing element for preventing the exhaust gas from flowing into the NO.sub.x absorbent from the trapping element when the trapping element is regenerated.

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