Exhaust purification device for internal combustion engine
US8549845B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 5, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/40
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An exhaust purification device for an internal combustion engine is provided that can promote the reduction of NOx in a NOx purification catalyst from immediately after startup of the internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification device includes: a fuel reformer that is provided separately from exhaust plumbing 4, reforms fuel and produces a reducing gas that contains carbon monoxide, hydrogen and hydrocarbons, and supplies the reducing gas upstream of the NOx purification catalyst into the exhaust path; an exhaust gas temperature sensor 34 that detects a temperature TEX of the exhaust flowing in the exhaust plumbing 4; and a reformer control part 41 that starts supply of the reducing gas to the exhaust plumbing 4 by starting control of the fuel reformer 50 in a case where the temperature TEX thus detected by this exhaust gas temperature sensor 34 is no higher than a predetermined first determination temperature T1, and stops the supply of reducing gas to the exhaust plumbing 4 by stopping control of the fuel reformer 50 in a case where the temperature detected by the exhaust gas temperature sensor 34 is at least a second determination temperature T2, which is higher than th…
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