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Exhaust gas purification method and exhaust gas purification apparatus

US6786041B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2001
Grant dateSep 7, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M26/23
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A particulate filter (22) is arranged in an exhaust passage of an engine. When an amount of discharged particulate discharged from a combustion chamber (5) per unit time exceeds an amount of particulate removable by oxidation which can be removed by oxidation on the particulate filter (22) per unit time without emitting a luminous flame, at least one of the amount of discharged particulate and the amount of particulate removable by oxidation is controlled so that the amount of discharged particulate becomes smaller than the amount of particulate removable by oxidation, whereby the particulate in the exhaust gas can be continuously removed by oxidation on the particulate filter (22) without emitting a luminous flame.

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