[특허]Combination emission abatement assembly and method of operating the same

Arvin Technologies, Inc.

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Combination emission abatement assembly and method of operating the same

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	F01N-003/00
미국특허분류(USC)	060/295; 060/274; 060/275; 060/276; 060/297; 060/324; 422/169; 422/183; 422/186
출원번호	US-0246118 (2002-09-18)
발명자 / 주소	Taylor, III,William Tumati,Prasad Daniel,Michael J.
출원인 / 주소	Arvin Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Barnes &
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 16 인용 특허 : 95

초록

A combination emission abatement assembly includes a first emission device such as a NOx trap and a second emission abatement device such as a soot particulate filter. Reformate gas from a fuel reformer is used to selectively regenerate both the NOx trap and the soot particulate filter. A method of operating an emission abatement device is also disclosed.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of operating a combination emission abatement assembly having a NOx trap and a soot particulate filter, the method comprising the steps of: determining if regeneration of the NOx trap is to be performed and generating a regenerate-trap signal in response thereto, operating a fuel reformer so as to produce and advance a reformate gas in the form of hydrogen-rich gas to the NOx trap in response to generation of the regenerate-trap signal, determining if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed and generating a regenerate-filter signal in response thereto, and operating the fuel reformer so as to produce and advance a reformate gas in the form of hydrogen-rich gas to the soot particulate filter in response to generation of the regenerate-filter signal, the fuel reformer being separate from the NOx trap and the soot particulate filter such that the fuel reformer is not integrated into the NOx trap and not integrated into the soot particulate filter. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: positioning a reformate gas diverter valve in a first valve position so as to direct the reformate gas to the NOx trap in response to generation of the regenerate-trap signal, and positioning the reformate gas diverter valve in a second valve position so as to direct the reformate gas to the soot particulate filter in response to generation of the regenerate-filter signal. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: positioning an exhaust gas diverter valve in a first valve position so as to reduce a flow of exhaust gas through the NOx trap in response to generation of the regenerate-trap control signal, and positioning the exhaust gas diverter valve in a second valve position so as to reduce the flow of exhaust gas through the soot particulate filter in response to generation of the regenerate-filter control signal. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of advancing exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine through the NOx trap and the soot particulate filter, wherein the determining steps are performed contemporaneously with the exhaust gases advancing step. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining if regeneration of the NOx trap is to be performed comprises sensing the amount of NOx in a flow of exhaust gas. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed comprises sensing a pressure drop across the soot particulate filter. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining if regeneration of the NOx trap is to be performed comprises determining if a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the NO x trap was last regenerated. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed comprises determining if a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the soot particulate filter was last regenerated. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed comprises determining if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed to remove soot therefrom, the step of generating a regenerate-filter signal comprises generating the regenerate-filter signal in response to determining if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed to remove soot therefrom, and the step of operating the fuel reformer so as to produce and advance a reformate gas to the soot particulate filter comprises operating the fuel reformer so as to produce and advance the reformate gas to the soot particulate filter to remove soot therefrom in response to generation of the regenerate-filter signal. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the fuel reformer is a plasma fuel reformer. 11. A combination emission abatement assembly, comprising: a NOx trap for removing NOx from an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, a soot particulate filter for removing soot from the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, the soot particulate filter being positioned downstream from the NOx trap, and a plasma fuel reformer for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel into a reformate gas, the plasma fuel reformer being fluidly coupled to both the NOx trap and soot particulate filter. 12. The combination emission assembly of claim 11, further comprising a flow diverter valve fluidly coupled to the NOx trap, the soot particulate filter, and the plasma fuel reformer, the flow diverter valve being operable to divert the reformate gas from the plasma fuel reformer between the NOx trap and the soot particulate filter. 13. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 12, further comprising an electronic control unit electrically coupled to the plasma fuel reformer and the flow diverter valve, the electronic control unit being configured to control operation of both the plasma fuel reformer and the flow diverter valve so as to (i) advance the reformate gas to the NOx trap during a first period of time, and (ii) advance the reformate gas to the soot particulate filter during a second period of time. 14. A combination emission abatement assembly, comprising: a NOx trap having a reformate gas inlet, a soot particulate filter having a reformate gas inlet, a fuel reformer having a reformate gas outlet fluidly coupled to both the reformate gas inlet of the NOx trap and the reformate gas inlet of the soot particulate filter, the fuel reformer being separate from the NOx trap and the soot particulate filter such that the fuel reformer is not integrated into the NOx trap and not integrated into the soot particulate filter, and an electronic control unit electrically coupled to the fuel reformer, the electronic control unit comprising (i) a processor, and (ii) a memory device electrically coupled to the processor, the memory device having stored therein a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: (a) determine if regeneration of the NOx trap is to be performed and generate a regenerate-trap signal in response thereto, (b) operate the fuel reformer so as to produce and advance a reformate gas in the form of hydrogen-rich gas to the NOx trap in response to generation of the regenerate-trap signal, (c) determine if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed and generate a regenerate-filter signal in response thereto, and (d) operate the fuel reformer so as to produce and advance a reformate gas in the form of hydrogen-rich gas to the soot particulate filter in response to generation of the regenerate-filter signal. 15. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, further comprising a reformate gas diverter valve electrically coupled to the electronic control unit, wherein: the reformate gas diverter valve is fluidly coupled to (i) to reformate gas inlet of the NOx trap, (ii) the reformate gas inlet of soot particulate filter, and (iii) to reformate gas outlet of the fuel reformer, and the plurality of instructions, when executed by to processor, further cause to processor to (i) position the reformate gas diverter valve in a first valve position so as to direct to reformate gas to the NOx trap in response to generation of the regenerate-trap signal, and (ii) position the reformate gas diverter valve in a second valve position so as to direct the reformate gas to the soot particulate filter in response to generation of the regenerate-filter signal. 16. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, further comprising an exhaust gas diverter valve electrically coupled to the electronic control unit, wherein: to NOx trap has an exhaust gas inlet, the soot particulate filter has an exhaust gas inlet, the exhaust gas diverter valve is fluidly coupled to (i) an exhaust outlet of an internal combustion engine, (ii) the exhaust gas inlet of the NOx trap, and (iii) the exhaust gas inlet of the soot particulate filter, and the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to (i) position the exhaust gas diverter valve in a first valve position so as to reduce a flow of exhaust gas through the NOx trap in response to generation of to regenerate-trap control signal, and (ii) position the exhaust gas diverter valve in a second valve position so as to reduce the flow of exhaust gas through the soot particulate filter in response to generation of the regenerate-filter control signal. 17. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, wherein the soot particulate filter is positioned downstream of the NO x trap. 18. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, further comprising a NOx sensor configured to sense the amount of NOx in a flow of exhaust gas, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to determine if regeneration of the NOx trap is to be performed based on output from the NOx sensor. 19. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, further comprising a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure drop across the soot particulate filter, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to determine if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed based on output from the pressure sensor. 20. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed byte processor, further cause the processor to generate the regenerate-trap signal if a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the NOx trap was last regenerated. 21. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to generate the regenerate-filter signal if a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the soot particulate filter was last regenerated. 22. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to determine if regeneration of the soot particulate filter is to be performed to remove soot therefrom and generate a regenerate-filter signal in response thereto, and to operate the fuel reformer so as to produce and advance the reformate gas to the soot particulate filter to remove soot therefrom in response to generation of the regenerate-filter signal. 23. The combination emission abatement assembly of claim 14, wherein the fuel reformer is a plasma fuel reformer.

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