[특허]Exhaust after-treatment system having a secondary tank

Caterpillar Inc.

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Exhaust after-treatment system having a secondary tank

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	F01N-003/00
미국특허분류(USC)	060/295; 060/284; 060/286; 239/130; 239/133; 137/571; 137/341; 222/146.2
출원번호	US-0905332 (2007-09-28)
등록번호	US-8096112 (2012-01-17)
발명자 / 주소	Dalton, Dale Arnold
출원인 / 주소	Caterpillar Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 10 인용 특허 : 6

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An exhaust after-treatment system having a main tank configured to retain and supply a reductant is disclosed. The exhaust after-treatment system includes a main heat source disposed in the main tank and configured to thaw the reductant. The exhaust after-treatment system also includes a secondary tank configured to retain a supply of reductant and a pump configured to pass reductant from the secondary tank to the main tank. The exhaust after-treatment system further includes a secondary heat source configured to thaw the reductant within the secondary t...

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1. An exhaust after-treatment system, comprising: a main tank sized to retain a first supply of reductant when full;a main heat source disposed within the main tank;a secondary tank sized to retain a second supply of reductant when full, the second supply being smaller than the first supply;a secondary heat source disposed within the secondary tank, wherein the main heat source is configured to heat the reductant in the main tank without heating the reductant in the secondary tank and the secondary heat source is configured to heat the reductant in the secondary tank without heating the reductant in the main tank; anda pump configured to pump reductant from the secondary tank to the main tank. 2. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 1, wherein a reductant supply line directs the reductant from the secondary tank to an inlet of the main tank, and a reductant exit line delivers the reductant through an outlet of the main tank to an injector fluidly coupled to the main tank, wherein the main heat source extends from a location proximate the inlet to a location proximate the outlet. 3. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 2, wherein the main heat source is positioned to melt a passage through frozen reductant in the main tank from the inlet to the outlet, and the reductant directed from the secondary tank to the main tank is passed through the main tank to the reductant exit line through the passage. 4. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 1, wherein the secondary tank is sized to hold between about ⅕th to 1/15th a volume of reductant in the main tank. 5. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 2, wherein the main heat source is an electric heater coil having a spiral configuration with a decreasing diameter from the location proximate the inlet to the location proximate the outlet. 6. The exhaust-after treatment system of claim 1, further including a controller configured to selectively direct reductant from the secondary tank to the main tank and to an injector. 7. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to empty the reductant in the secondary tank when a temperature of the reductant in the secondary tank exceeds a threshold temperature, the threshold temperature being a value below a decomposition temperature of the reductant. 8. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 7, further including, a first sensor disposed within the main tank and configured to generate signals indicative of a temperature of reductant therein; and a second sensor disposed within the secondary tank configured to generate signals indicative of the temperature of reductant therein. 9. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 1, wherein the main tank and the secondary tank are fluidly coupled in parallel to an injector that is configured to inject reductant from exhaust after-treatment system. 10. The exhaust after-treatment system of claim 1, wherein the secondary tank includes a reductant inlet and a reductant outlet, and the secondary heat source extends from a location proximate the inlet of the secondary tank to a location proximate the outlet of the secondary tank. 11. A method of operating an exhaust after-treatment system, comprising: thawing reductant stored in a main tank which holds a first quantity of reductant;thawing reductant stored in a secondary tank which holds a second quantity of reductant and is positioned remote from the main tank, the second quantity being smaller than the first quantity;directing reductant from the secondary tank to the main tank to facilitate the thawing of reductant in the main tank;selectively directing reductant from the main tank and reductant from the secondary tank to an injector; andremoving the reductant from the secondary tank when a temperature of the reductant in the secondary tank exceeds a threshold temperature. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein thawing reductant in the main tank includes thawing a passage within the frozen reductant in the main tank using a heater that extends from a reductant inlet of the main tank to a reductant outlet of the main tank. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein directing reductant from the secondary tank to the main tank includes directing the reductant through the thawed passage within the frozen reductant. 14. The method of claim 11, further including injecting the reductant through the injector into an exhaust gas stream. 15. The method of claim 11, further including monitoring temperature of the reductant in the main tank and the secondary tank. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein removing the reductant in the secondary tank includes stopping a flow of reductant to the secondary tank, and directing reductant from the secondary tank to the main tank when the reductant temperature in the secondary tank exceeds a threshold temperature which is a value below a decomposition temperature of the reductant. 17. A power unit comprising: an engine;an exhaust system configured to direct a flow of exhaust gas from the engine to the atmosphere;an exhaust gas treatment system including:an injector configured to inject a reductant into the flow of exhaust gas;a main tank sized to retain a first supply of the reductant and including a reductant inlet and a reductant outlet;a main heat source disposed in the main tank and extending from a location proximate the inlet to a location proximate the outlet, the main heat source being configured to melt a passage in frozen reductant in the main tank from the inlet to the outlet;a secondary tank sized to retain a second supply of the reductant, wherein the second supply is smaller than the first supply and wherein the main tank and the secondary tank are fluidly coupled in parallel to the injector; anda pump configured to pump reductant from the secondary tank to the main tank to assist in the heating of reductant in the main tank. 18. The power unit of claim 17, wherein the control system is further configured to stop a flow of reductant into the secondary tank, and empty the reductant in the secondary tank when a temperature of the reductant in the secondary tank exceeds a threshold temperature, the threshold temperature being a temperature below a decomposition temperature of the reductant. 19. The power unit of claim 17, further including a control system that is configured to monitor a temperature of the reductant in the secondary tank and empty the secondary tank when the temperature exceeds a threshold temperature. 20. The power unit of claim 17, wherein the main tank and the secondary tank are positioned remote from each other.

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