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Method of operating an exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine

US7150146B2 · kind B2 · utility

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1Claims

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Assignee

J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Walter Blaschke · Eßlingen, DE
Gunter Eberspach · Wolfschlugen, DE
Gerd Gaiser · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2004
Grant date	Dec 19, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01N2610/1453
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine, particularly a diesel internal combustion engine having a catalyst arrangement and also at least one evaporator/burner arrangement upstream of the catalyst arrangement in the exhaust gas flow path, the evaporator/burner arrangement including a housing arrangement, with an evaporator/burner chamber formed therein which is open to the exhaust gas flow path, an evaporator medium for receiving liquid hydrocarbon and for delivering hydrocarbon vapor to the evaporator/burner chamber, a heating device for heating the evaporator medium, and an ignition device for starting the combustion of the hydrocarbon vapor present in the evaporator/burner chamber.

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