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Exhaust gas purification device for internal combustion engine

US7832202B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 11, 2007
Grant dateNov 16, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N2610/03
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust gas purification device senses an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into a catalyst and performs rich purge control for supplying fuel for reduction to the catalyst. The device calculates a total reducing agent amount consumed for the reduction during the rich purge control based on the air-fuel ratio and a fresh air amount as of the rich purge control. The device sets a specified air-fuel ratio state for controlling the air-fuel ratio in a certain range enabling more precise measurement of the air-fuel ratio than in the rich purge control. The device corrects the total reducing agent amount based on a difference between an injection amount command value as of the rich purge control and the injection amount command value in the specified air-fuel ratio state and the air-fuel ratio sensed in the specified air-fuel ratio state.

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