| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 060275000 | By electrolysis, electrical discharge, electrical field, or vibration generator | 29 |
| 20090007544 | Method and Device for Reducing the Number of Particles in the Exhaust Gas of an Internal Combustion Engine - A device for reducing the number of particles in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes at least two structures through which an exhaust gas can flow, initially through a first structure and then through a second structure during operation. An electrical potential difference can be generated between the structures. In this way, the exhaust gas downstream of the second structure has fewer particles, averaged over time, than the exhaust gas upstream of the first structure. In addition, the particles downstream of the second structure have a larger mean diameter than those upstream of the first structure, so that it is possible to reduce emissions, in particular of fine dust, in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines. A method for reducing the number of particles in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, is also provided. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090031703 | PLASMA BURNER AND DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER TRAP - A plasma burner and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) trap that can effectively oxidize and remove a particulate material (PM) within an exhaust gas by preheating fuel and mixing the fuel with the exhaust gas are provided. The DPF includes: a filter that is connected to an exhaust conduit at a side opposite to that of an engine; a plasma burner that is provided within the exhaust conduit between the engine and the filter, and that includes a fuel inlet that supplies fuel and a flame vent that projects a flame by a plasma discharge, and that heats exhaust gas; and a fuel inflow conduit that connects the fuel inlet and a fuel tank. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090049820 | DEVICE FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GASES OF A VEHICLE BY SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION INCLUDING A HEATED PIPING - A device for purifying exhaust gases of a vehicle by selective catalytic reduction including a heated piping. The heated piping comprises a fluid conveying pipe including a thermoplastic elastomer, a heating element arranged inside the conveying pipe, and an anti-abrasive layer. Preferably, the conveying pipe is made of a polyolefinic matrix based thermoplastic elastomer in which it is intimately dispersed a dynamically vulcanised and EPDM based elastomeric phase. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090049821 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFIER - An exhaust gas purer ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090107112 | Simple device for completely converting diesel fuel into useful energy and little carbon exhaust - This invention is for a simple device for converting the oxygen in air to Ozone which then passes into the combustion chamber for a diesel fueled engine. When this device is used the amount of energy obtained from the diesel fuel combustion is is increased by about 25%. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090145108 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purifying system is used for purifying exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine installed in a vehicle. The exhaust gas purifying system includes an electrochemical device and a control device. The electrochemical device includes an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The control device is operable to control the internal combustion engine and the electrochemical device. The control device receives data on condition of the internal combustion engine and controls amount of electric current to be supplied to the electrochemical device based on the data. The data represents amount of exhaust gas. When the control device recognizes that the amount of exhaust gas is increased, the control device increases the amount of electric current to be supplied to the electrochemical device. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090165439 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust pipe and an energy applying device. Exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine flows into the exhaust pipe. The energy applying device applies energy to the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust pipe. The energy applied to the exhaust gas is greater than the energy for decomposing nitrogen monoxide (NO) and less than the energy for decomposing nitrogen (N | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090211231 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine reduces the amount of NOx in exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust passage of the engine. The system has a plasma generator including two electrodes spaced away from each other in the exhaust passage, a high-frequency power supply connected to one of the electrodes, and a NOx absorber provided between the electrodes. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090241514 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR THE TREATMENT OF COMBUSTION EXHAUST GASES - A catalytic converter for the treatment of combustion exhaust gases includes a first large surface, which is exposed to the exhaust gas to be purified and which has a layer of a catalytically active material suitable for converting gas components, and a planar first electrode which is in physical contact with the layer made of a catalytically active material suitable for converting gas components, and which is able to receive an electric pumping voltage. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090277157 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING FUEL EFFICIENCY AND REDUCING EMISSIONS IN FOSSIL-FUEL BURNING ENGINES - A system for realizing improved fuel efficiency and reduced fuel emissions in an internal combustion engine. The system comprises a nano-jet filter includes a fuel channeling chamber having a set of aligned magnetic members such that the flow of fuel passes through a magnetic field created by the set of aligned magnetic members. The system further comprises a nano-jet saver, having a chamber equipped with additional sets of magnets in order to magnetize larger fuel molecules and traverse hyper magnet gradients. The purpose of using a hyper magnetic field is to change conventional fuel into “nano” fuel. Having fuel particles with a smaller diameter, both better fuel efficiency and reduced emissions are achieved as the fuel burns more completely and more cleanly. With any fossil-fuel internal-combustion engine, an operator can expect to see a reduction in emissions to the environment, fuel savings, and better performance while using an apparatus that consumes no external energy. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100186376 | ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED CATALYTIC CONVERTER APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF USING SAME - The present invention provides an electrically stimulated catalytic converter for treating engine exhaust from a vehicle engine. The electrically stimulated catalytic converter includes an exhaust conduit having one end thereof adapted to be connected to an exhaust pipe, and the other end thereof opened to the atmosphere outside the vehicle or connected to a reduced-size catalytic converter; and a corona charger apparatus operatively connected to the exhaust conduit. The corona charger apparatus is housed with a housing unit disposed between the ends the exhaust conduit. The corona charger is intrusively or non-intrusively associated with a main flow path defined by the exhaust conduit. The corona charger includes at least one electrode which may be recessed away from the main flow path. A plurality of corona chargers may be used in various combinations. The electrically stimulated catalytic converter is adapted to reduce exhaust pollution. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186377 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An exhaust gas control apparatus includes a PM trapping filter provided in an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine, an oxygen concentration sensor provided upstream of the filter, a device that estimates the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas supplied to the oxygen concentration sensor, and a device that estimates the amount of PM trapped in the filter based on the estimated exhaust gas air-fuel ratio and the oxygen concentration sensor output. The amount of PM trapped in the filter is estimated using the fact that the oxygen concentration sensor output value changes according to the exhaust gas air-fuel ratio and the amount of PM accumulated on the oxygen concentration sensor. As a result, the structure of the exhaust passage is able to be kept simple because only an oxygen concentration sensor is added upstream of the filter. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100192542 | Plasma Reactor - A plasma reactor has high durability with performance to generate stable and uniform plasma. The reactor has a variety of advantages such as increasing the range of commercial applications since the reactor has a structure that allows simple and efficient installation and operation in a system at a position required by the system. The reactor includes a stack constructed by sequentially stacking plus and minus electrodes and spacers and a reactor body provided at one side of the stack to hold the stack. The plus and minus electrodes are arranged alternately with spacers to define passages through which gas is allowed to pass. Each of the plus and minus electrodes has deformation preventing means to disperse stress of the electrodes and to prevent a local thermal stress caused by thermal expansion and contraction, thereby increasing thermal shock-resistant performance. External terminals for connection to the plus and minus electrodes are provided on the reactor body. A projection is formed on a surface of the reactor body in a direction perpendicular to a stack direction of the stack to allow the reactor to be easily fixed to a case. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110030347 | AFTER-TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS RIGHT AFTER A COMBUSTION CHAMBER - Provided is an after-treatment apparatus for exhaust gas right after a combustion chamber, which apparatus comprises a discharge device with an electrode exposed to an exhaust port installed in a cylinder head, an antenna installed on the back face of a valve head, an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in a valve stem with one end connected to the antenna and the other end, covered with an insulator or dielectric and extending to and connected to a power-receiving portion, which is positioned at a location fitting into the guide hole or at a location farther from the valve head in the valve stem, and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic waves to the power-receiving portion. The after-treatment apparatus is configured such that discharge is generated with the electrode of the discharge device and electromagnetic waves fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line are radiated from the antenna. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110047976 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS - An exhaust gas treatment apparatus | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110072786 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS - There is provided an exhaust gas treatment apparatus | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110113755 | FILTER DEVICE FOR FILTERING AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST GAS - A filter device for filtering automobile exhaust gas includes a case, front and rear support flanges mounted inside the case, and the filter member mounted between the front and rear support flanges. The front and rear support flanges are fixed vertically to the front and rear end portions of the filter member, respectively. The filter member includes a laminated or rolled-up metallic foam filter and a metallic mat or a jacket wrapping around the metallic foam filter. The porous pipe mounted inside the filter member is formed with a plurality of holes. The porous pipe is structured such that the width thereof decreases gradually towards the rear end portion or increase gradually towards the rear end portion, or the holes in the rear end portion are smaller, or a conical member is inserted in the inside space, or a pyramidal member is inserted in the inside space. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120000186 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE - The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment device of a diesel engine that is capable of increasing the concentration of PM in the EGR gas, wherein an exhaust gas separator | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120102926 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS CONTAINING PARTICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING THE DEVICE AND PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method and a device for treating exhaust gas containing particles, include a particle separator and at least one particle agglomeration device positioned upstream of the particle separator in exhaust gas flow direction. The particle agglomeration device includes at least one apparatus for forming an electrical field and a particle buffer storage device, through which the exhaust gas can flow. The particles are stored on top of each other at the particle buffer storage device in such a way that particle agglomerates are formed, which are removed from the particle buffer storage device again after a short period of time and supplied to the particle separator for conversion. A motor vehicle having the device and performing the method is also provided. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120255284 | PARTICULATE MATTER TREATMENT SYSTEM - A particulate matter treatment system includes an electrode provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, a power supply connected to the electrode and operable to apply a voltage to the electrode, a particle number detector that detects the number of particles of particulate matter downstream of the electrode, and a determining device that determines that the system is at fault when an absolute value of the amount of change in the number of particles of particulate matter detected by the particle number detector when the voltage applied from the power supply to the electrode is changed is smaller than a threshold value. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120272641 | PARTICULATE MATTER CONTROL SYSTEM AND ITS FAILURE DETERMINATION METHOD - A particulate matter control system includes: an electrode that is provided in an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine; a power supply that is connected to the electrode and that applies voltage; a particle number detecting unit that detects the particle number of particulate matter on a downstream side of the electrode; a calculation unit that calculates a reduction rate of the particle number at the time when voltage is applied on the basis of the particle number detected by the particle number detecting unit at the time when voltage is applied and the particle number detected by the particle number detecting unit at the time when no voltage is applied; and a determination unit that determines that there is a failure when the reduction rate of the particle number, calculated by the calculation unit, is smaller than a threshold. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120285146 | GAS TREATMENT DEVICE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A gas treatment device includes an electric discharger, an electromagnetic wave oscillator, an antenna, and a fan. The electric discharger ionizes gas in a target space. The electromagnetic wave oscillator oscillates an electromagnetic wave to be radiated to the target space. The electromagnetic wave is radiated by the antenna toward a gas ionization region in which gas ionized by the electric discharger is provided. The electric discharger ionizes gas and the antenna radiates the electromagnetic wave thereto to generate plasma. The fan moves at least a part of the electric discharger, thereby changing a location of the gas ionization region, thereby moving the location of the plasma. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130167511 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE PUMP CURRENT OF A SENSOR ELEMENT - A method for operating a sensor element, in particular a lambda sensor, for determining the concentration of a gas component of a gas mixture, in which the gas component is removed from a measuring gas chamber by applying a pump voltage and the concentration of the gas component in the gas mixture is inferred therefrom. Oscillations of the pump current caused by dynamic pressure variations are taken into consideration for a correction of the sensor signal in that a frequency analysis of the pump current is carried out. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130255231 | DEVICE FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS CONTAINING SOOT PARTICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING THE DEVICE - A device for treating exhaust gas containing soot particles includes at least one ionization element for ionizing soot particles, at least one filter element having at least one section to which an electric potential can be applied and at least one agglomeration unit for at least partial agglomeration of electrically charged soot particles. The agglomeration unit is disposed between the ionization element and the filter element and the agglomeration unit has at least one outer pipe and at least one inner element. The filtering power of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is therefore increased by an increase in the agglomeration rate of the soot particles. A motor vehicle having the device is also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140000243 | PARTICULATE MATTER PROCESSING APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140250868 | CARBON BUILDUP REMOVAL DEVICE WITH PROTECTION FUNCTION OF VIBRATION DETECTION - A carbon buildup removal device with protection function of vibration detection is provided for electrically connecting to an engine from which carbon buildup is to be removed. The carbon buildup removal device includes a gas output unit and a vibration detection unit. The gas output unit outputs a gas that is supplied to the engine. The vibration detection unit includes a vibration detector that detects vibration of the automobile and a controller that is electrically connected to the vibration detector and the gas output unit. By using the vibration detector in combination with the controller, when the engine stops operating or is operating abnormally, power supplied to the gas output unit is cut off so as to prevent excessive accumulation of gas and thus back fire or excessive pressure to thereby improve stability and safety of carbon buildup removal operation of the engine. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150033708 | EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - A diesel engine exhaust treatment device includes an exhaust flow divider in an exhaust path. The flow divider causes exhaust to flow EGR gas with PM unevenly distributed and remaining discharged gas in a divided manner. EGR gas is recirculated to a combustion chamber, and the discharged gas is atmospherically discharged. First and second corona discharge passages are provided at the exhaust flow divider. Corona discharge in the first discharge passage causes the PM, water vapor, and oxygen in the exhaust to generate electron attachment. Electrostatic force causes the exhaust to flow the EGR gas with the electron-attached PM, water vapor, and oxygen unevenly distributed and the remaining discharged gas in a divided manner. The discharged gas is guided to the second discharge passage. Corona discharge in the second discharge passage causes gas molecules in the discharged gas to dissociate, and NOx in the discharged gas is reduced to nitrogen. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150113959 | PARTICULATE MATTER PROCESSING APPARATUS - Aggregation of the particulate matter is facilitated. A particulate matter processing apparatus ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150377189 | COHERENT-STRUCTURE FUEL TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Fuel efficiency in a combustion engine is increased by treating the fuel in a reaction chamber prior to delivering the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine. The method includes the step of entraining a stream of exhaust gas to travel upstream through the reactor chamber in a first flow pattern. The method also includes the step of entraining a stream of fuel to travel downstream through the reactor chamber in a second flow pattern, where at least one of the first and second flow patterns comprises a structured turbulent flow. | 12-31-2015 |
