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Device for distributing fluids in exhaust systems

US9453444B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Fischer · Coburg, DE
Michael Muller · Harper Woods, US
Jurgen Schmidt · Los Alamos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2011
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus for distributing fluids in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes an injection device, wherein a combination of a plurality of individual measures for achieving a uniform mixing of the fluids with the exhaust gas and a complete vaporizing of the fluids in the exhaust gas is provided. The individual measure comprises at least one of at least one swirl-generating device and at least one mixing apparatus. The individual measure also includes at least one catalyst. The individual measure further includes an injection nozzle of the injection device which is arranged at a predefined spacing from a wall of the exhaust tract.

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