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Exhaust gas treatment system including an enhanced SCR diagnostic unit

US9194268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 2013
Grant dateNov 24, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention include a method for performing diagnostics of a selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) device in an exhaust gas treatment system of an internal combustion engine. The method includes monitoring an amount of sulfur in the SCR device of the exhaust treatment system and monitoring, by an SCR diagnostics module, an efficiency of the SCR device and indicating when the efficiency of the SCR device falls below an efficiency diagnostics threshold. Based on determining that the amount of sulfur in the SCR device is above a first threshold, the method includes disabling an operation of the SCR diagnostics module.

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