Method and device for providing a gaseous substance mixture

US8155509B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Brück · Bensberg, DE
• Marc Brugger · Neunkirchen, DE
• Thomas Härig · Eppstein, DE
• Peter Hirth · Rösrath, DE
• Ulf Klein · Much, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A device and method for providing a gaseous substance mixture which includes at least one reducing agent and/or at least one reducing agent precursor, includes a reservoir for an aqueous solution which includes at least one reducing agent precursor that can be flow connected to an evaporator chamber, and a device for dosing the aqueous solution in the evaporator chamber. A device can heat the evaporator chamber to a temperature higher than or equal to a critical temperature, in which the aqueous solution is at least partially evaporated. The device and method enable reducing agent to be provided for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine. Preferably, an evaporator unit is configured as the evaporator chamber and a hydrolysis catalytic converter is disposed outside the exhaust system. As a result, the size of the hydrolysis catalytic converter is reduced, allowing compact construction.