Method and apparatus for using hydroxyl to reduce pollutants in the exhaust gases from the combustion of a fuel
US6264899A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for reducing pollutants in the exhaust gases produced from the combustion of a fuel by introducing hydroxyl and associated radicals and oxidizers into at least one of the precombustion and postcombustion gas stream of the combustion engine upstream of the catalytic converter and treating the exhaust gases with the catalytic converter.
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