Particulate filter regeneration method for a motor vehicle
US7140176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/40
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and device for regeneration of a particulate filter situated on an exhaust line of an engine. The method determines a soot burden on the filter based on knowledge of a differential pressure ΔP at ends of the filter and triggers combustion of the soot when the burden reaches a predetermined level. A pressure Pdownstream downstream from the filter is modeled without use of a pressure sensor and Pupstream is determined without use of a pressure sensor using the relationship Pupstream=ΔP+Pdownstream. The burden is determined by the relationship ΔP=f (Qvol, mass of soot), with Qvol=K×(Qair+ρfuel×Qcarb)×N×Tupstream/Pupstream, where K is a constant, Qair denotes a mass flow of air, ρfuel denotes a density of the fuel, Qcarb denotes a volumetric quantity of fuel, N denotes an rpm of the engine, and Tupstream denotes an absolute temperature measured upstream from the filter.
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