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Device for the distribution of flowable additives in exhaust gas systems

US8615984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG · DE
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Heinz Kornherr · Sindelfingen, DE
Michael Mueller · Nagold, DE
Klaus Schoenberger · Mainz, DE
Bernhard Aichhorn · Linz, AT
Gert Barnstedt · Steyr, AT
Hans-Juergen Bruene · Steyr, AT

Key dates

Filing date	May 7, 2008
Grant date	Dec 31, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device is provided for the distribution of flowable additives in exhaust gas systems of an internal combustion engine, in particular for the distribution of a water/urea mixture in an exhaust gas system of a diesel engine, having an injection device in particular opening into the exhaust tract before a so-called SRC catalytic converter, with a swirl generation device being provided for the improvement of the mixing of the exhaust gas with the additive in the introduction region of the additive in the exhaust tract.

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