Regulating strategy for a catalytic converter concept for exhaust-gas aftertreatment having a plurality of nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F01N-003/00
F01N-003/10
F02D-041/02
F01N-003/08
F01N-009/00
F01N-013/00
F02D-041/06
F02D-041/14
출원번호
US-0121083
(2009-09-21)
등록번호
US-9328682
(2016-05-03)
우선권정보
DE-10 2008 048 854 (2008-09-25)
국제출원번호
PCT/EP2009/006809
(2009-09-21)
§371/§102 date
20110803
(20110803)
국제공개번호
WO2010/034452
(2010-04-01)
발명자
/ 주소
Hoyer, Ruediger
Franoschek, Stefan
Eckhoff, Stephan
출원인 / 주소
UMICORE AG & CO. KG
대리인 / 주소
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
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초록▼
The present invention relates to a regulating strategy for a special catalytic converter for exhaust-gas aftertreatment. The catalytic converter concept is distinguished in that at least two nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters are used in the exhaust section of a vehicle. The first, possibly
The present invention relates to a regulating strategy for a special catalytic converter for exhaust-gas aftertreatment. The catalytic converter concept is distinguished in that at least two nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters are used in the exhaust section of a vehicle. The first, possibly close-coupled unit is followed by one or more nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters, which are possibly situated in the underbody of the vehicle. The nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters are then regenerated as a function of the exceedance of nitrogen oxide threshold vales downstream thereof.
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1. A method for the treatment of exhaust gases of a predominantly lean-operated internal combustion engine, having an exhaust-gas purification device which has a first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, and downstream thereof in the same exhaust section, one or more further nitrogen oxide s
1. A method for the treatment of exhaust gases of a predominantly lean-operated internal combustion engine, having an exhaust-gas purification device which has a first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, and downstream thereof in the same exhaust section, one or more further nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters which are in each case arranged spatially separate from one another, wherein, a) the initiation of the rich phase for the regeneration of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters takes place by attaining predefined nitrogen oxide threshold values downstream of the individual catalytic converters, andb) the termination of the rich phase for the regeneration of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters is commenced when a certain lambda value is undershot downstream of the catalytic converter downstream of which the present rich phase was initiated as a result of the predefined nitrogen oxide threshold values being attained,c) with the respective predefined nitrogen oxide threshold values being selected to be progressively lower in the flow direction, andd) with a catalytic converter being considered by a control unit of the exhaust gas-purification device to be a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter only where it attains a predefined level of nitrogen oxide storage activity under the present conditions after the regeneration, and wherein, if the catalytic converter being considered does not attain a predefined level of nitrogen oxide storage activity under the present conditions after the regeneration, it is excluded from regeneration monitoring by the control unit. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein,the desulphurization of the further catalytic converters is initiated if their temperature is >550° C. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is close-coupled to a point where an exhaust manifold of the engine merges into an exhaust line of the exhaust gas purification device. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is close-coupled to a point where an exhaust manifold of the engine merges into an exhaust line of the exhaust gas purification device, and wherein a spacing between adjacent nitrogen oxide catalytic converters is 40 to 150 cm. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the respective predefined nitrogen oxide threshold values that are progressively lower in the flow direction differ by a factor of 1.5 to 15. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein, for all instances of initiation under a) and termination under b) for a catalytic converter considered by the control unit of the exhaust gas-purification device to be a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, regeneration monitoring and termination of the initiated rich phase is limited to a looped rich phase monitoring of only that downstream, lower threshold nitrogen oxide storage catalyst which was the source of the initiation. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the respective, predefined oxide threshold value of each catalytic converter considered to be a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter by the control unit is monitored irrespective of the engine load present at the time of regeneration. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the catalytic converter that does not attain a predefined level of nitrogen oxide storage activity after regeneration is either maintained excluded by the control unit if it is irreversibly deactivated or incorporated back into a regulating circuit of the exhaust-gas purification device if a reduction in the nitrogen oxide storage activity is reversible and there is regained a predefined level of nitrogen oxide storage activity after regeneration in a subsequent regeneration monitoring cycle. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is within 30 cm from a point where an exhaust manifold of the engine merges into an exhaust line of the exhaust gas purification device. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein,the nitrogen oxide storage activity is reduced as a result of an effect selected from the group consisting of excessively high temperature, as a result of thermal ageing and as a result of poisoning or combinations thereof. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein,the respective nitrogen oxide threshold values are specified such that the nitrogen oxide threshold value downstream of the final catalytic converter lies below the relevant legal limit in the majority of operating states of the engine. 12. The method according to claim 10, wherein,the number of nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters is selected such that the nitrogen oxide threshold value downstream of the final catalytic converter lies below the relevant legal limit in the majority of operating states of the engine. 13. The method according to claim 10, wherein,an SCR catalytic converter is situated downstream of one or more nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is close-coupled to a point where an exhaust manifold of the engine merges into an exhaust line of the exhaust gas purification device. 15. The method according to claim 1, wherein,the respective nitrogen oxide threshold values are specified such that the nitrogen oxide threshold value downstream of the final catalytic converter lies below the relevant legal limit in the majority of operating states of the engine. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein,the number of nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters is selected such that the nitrogen oxide threshold value downstream of the final catalytic converter lies below the relevant legal limit in the majority of operating states of the engine, and wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is close coupled to a point where an exhaust manifold of the engine merges into an exhaust line of the exhaust gas purification device, and there are a plurality of nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters comprised of the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter and at least second and third nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters downstream of the close coupled nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, and said plurality of nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters have pre-selected nitrogen oxide threshold values that progressively step down in a downstream direction along a characteristic curve. 17. The method according to claim 15, wherein,an SCR catalytic converter is situated downstream of one or more nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters. 18. The method of claim 15, wherein the first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is close-coupled to a point where an exhaust manifold of the engine merges into an exhaust line of the exhaust gas purification device. 19. The method according to claim 1, wherein,the number of nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters is selected such that the nitrogen oxide threshold value downstream of the final catalytic converter lies below the relevant legal limit in the majority of operating states of the engine. 20. The method according to claim 19, wherein,an SCR catalytic converter is situated downstream of one or more nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters. 21. The method according to claim 1, wherein,an SCR catalytic converter is situated downstream of one or more nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters. 22. The method according to claim 21, wherein,the termination of the rich phase for the regeneration of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters is initiated only when a certain lambda value is undershot downstream of the respective SCR catalytic converter. 23. The method according to claim 1, wherein,a desulphurization process is initiated if the temperature of the close-coupled nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is >600° C. 24. The method according to claim 23, wherein,the sulphur-containing exhaust gas which is generated is conducted past one or more downstream nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter(s) by means of a bypass line. 25. A method for the treatment of exhaust gases of a predominantly lean-operated internal combustion engine, having an exhaust-gas purification device which has a first nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter, and downstream thereof in the same exhaust section, one or more further nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters which are in each case arranged spatially separate from one another, wherein there is carried out a regulation strategy that includes: a) during a lean operation state of the engine, and for each of said nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters, a monitoring under present conditions of (i) whether each nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter has a predefined level of nitrogen oxide storage activity, and, if (i) is satisfied, (ii) whether a respective, predefined nitrogen oxide threshold value is attained downstream of the individual catalytic converter satisfying (i);b) the initiation of the rich phase for the regeneration of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters takes place by attaining the respective predefined nitrogen oxide threshold values downstream of the individual catalytic converters, andc) the termination of the rich phase for the regeneration of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters is commenced when a certain lambda value is undershot downstream of the catalytic converter for which the present rich phase was initiated as a result of the predefined nitrogen oxide threshold value being attained,d) with the respective predefined nitrogen oxide threshold values being pre-selected under the regulation strategy to be progressively lower in the flow direction, ande) when any one of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters being monitored under (i) is deemed not to meet the predefined level of nitrogen oxide storage activity under the present conditions, it is excluded from consideration under (ii) for each regeneration cycle in which it is determined not to satisfy (i). 26. The method of claim 25 wherein there are at least three nitrogen oxide storage catalysts being monitored under (i), and the preselected nitrogen oxide threshold value that triggers initiation of the rich phase for the second in line catalyst falls, in value, between the preselected values for the first and third in line nitrogen oxide storage catalysts being monitored under (i). 27. The method of claim 25 wherein a previously excluded nitrogen oxide storage catalyst that is found in a more current monitoring to satisfy (i), is incorporated back in the regulation strategy and considered under (ii).
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