Method for determining the fullness or quality of a catalytic converter that stores gases

US6240722A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Michael-Rainer Busch · Großenhain, DE
• Aleksandar Knezevic · Eitorf, DE
• Ralf Moos · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Carsten Plog · Markdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/40
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for determining the fullness or the quality of a catalytic converter that stores gases in a storage medium includes the steps of measuring a change in at least one physical property of the storage medium that changes with the storage process, and determining the fullness or the quality of the catalytic converter.