Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090019843 | Approach for Delivering a Liquid Reductant into an Exhaust Flow of a Fuel Burning Engine - An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine for a vehicle is provided. The system comprises an exhaust passage for transporting exhaust gases from the engine; an injector coupled to a wall of the exhaust passage, said injector including an injection axis that is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of a mixing region of the exhaust passage; and a first mixing device arranged within the exhaust passage downstream of the injector within the mixing region, said first mixing device including a plurality of flaps, wherein said plurality of flaps are inclined relative to the longitudinal axis; a second mixing device arranged within the exhaust passage downstream of the first mixing device; wherein the injection axis of the injector intersects the first mixing device. | 01-22-2009 |
20100089037 | OPTIMIZED DISCRETE LEVEL SENSING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE REDUCTANT RESERVOIR - An example emissions-control system of a vehicle includes a reservoir configured to contain a reductant solution, and an SCR device disposed in the exhaust system and configured to consume the reductant solution. The example emissions-control system further includes a base sensor responsive to whether a volume of the reductant solution exceeds a base volume, wherein the base volume is a sum of a dead volume of the reservoir plus a standard volume, and one or more elevated sensors corresponding to one or more elevated volumes. The example emissions-control system further includes an emissions sensor responsive to a NOX level in the exhaust system, and a misformulation indicator operatively coupled to the emissions sensor and to at least one of the base sensor and an elevated sensor, and configured to indicate when an excess NOX emission follows, within an interval, an increase in the volume of the reductant solution above the base volume or an elevated volume. The example emissions-control system may further include an insufficiency indicator operatively coupled to the base volume sensor and configured to indicate when the volume of the reductant solution becomes less than the base volume. | 04-15-2010 |
20100312445 | Controlling of a Vehicle Responsive to Reductant Conditions - Controlling a vehicle responsive to reductant conditions is provided. The method for controlling a vehicle having an engine with an exhaust, the exhaust having a reductant injection system including a reductant storage vessel, the engine further having a fuel system including a fuel storage vessel, may include under degraded reductant conditions, restricting vehicle motion in response to a fuel refill of the fuel storage vessel. | 12-09-2010 |
20110061373 | VEHICLE RELOCATABLE EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS - Modification of reductant (e.g., diesel exhaust fluid, DEF) tank location, for example during vehicle up-fitting may result in less than optimal operation of the DEF system due to inaccurate DEF system calibration. In one example approach, the above issue can be at least partially addressed by adjusting control system parameters for system control and diagnostics based on an input indicative of, or any modification to, the DEF tank location. In this way, DEF tank location flexibility is maintained, while also maintaining emission control and diagnostic accuracy. | 03-17-2011 |
20110067381 | Method for NOx Reduction - The present application relates to mitigating NOx emissions, and more particularly, to vehicles including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system in the exhaust of a diesel or gasoline engine. In one example a method includes temporarily increasing a liquid reductant dosing value injected by an injector from a first dosing value to a second dosing value, the temporary increase in response to a change from injecting liquid reductant onto a first impact location on a disperser device to injecting onto a second impact location on the disperser device. | 03-24-2011 |
20120143450 | Controlling of a Vehicle Responsive to Reductant Conditions - Controlling a vehicle responsive to reductant conditions is provided. The method for controlling a vehicle having an engine with an exhaust, the exhaust having a reductant injection system including a reductant storage vessel, the engine further having a fuel system including a fuel storage vessel, may include under degraded reductant conditions, restricting vehicle motion in response to a fuel refill of the fuel storage vessel. | 06-07-2012 |
20120260629 | System and Method for Liquid Reductant Injection - A method for operating a liquid reductant injection system is provided. The method includes storing a reductant mixture of ethanol, water, and urea; drawing the stored mixture into an electrically heated pick-up tube for delivery via a delivery line to the exhaust by operating a pump in a first direction; and, clearing a return line that returns the stored mixture or the delivery line by operating the pump in a second, reverse, direction. In this way, by including ethanol in the reductant solution, a freezing point temperature of the liquid reductant may be reduced. | 10-18-2012 |
20130116881 | MOTOR-VEHICLE ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS TO DISTINGUISH DEGRADATION FROM TAMPERING - A method for responding to conditions detected in an on-board diagnostic unit of a motor vehicle and signaling degradation of a component of the motor vehicle. The method includes providing a first response if the conditions signal degradation of the component due to tampering, and providing a second response if the conditions signal degradation of the component not due to tampering. | 05-09-2013 |
20130133309 | METHODS FOR AN EXHAUST FLUID SENSOR - Various methods are provided for diagnosing an exhaust fluid sensor disposed in an exhaust fluid passage. By monitoring the sensor during conditions when it is in contact with the exhaust fluid and when it is not in contact with the exhaust fluid, an expected change in the sensor output can be monitored to identify whether the sensor is generating sufficiently accurate readings. | 05-30-2013 |
20130219865 | VEHICLE RELOCATABLE EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENTS - Modification of reductant (e.g., diesel exhaust fluid, DEF) tank location, for example during vehicle up-fitting may result in less than optimal operation of the DEF system due to inaccurate DEF system calibration. In one example approach, the above issue can be at least partially addressed by adjusting control system parameters for system control and diagnostics based on an input indicative of, or any modification to, the DEF tank location. In this way, DEF tank location flexibility is maintained, while also maintaining emission control and diagnostic accuracy. | 08-29-2013 |
20130327118 | METHODS FOR AN EXHAUST FLUID SENSOR - Various methods are provided for diagnosing an exhaust fluid sensor disposed in an exhaust fluid passage. By monitoring the sensor during conditions when it is in contact with the exhaust fluid and when it is not in contact with the exhaust fluid, an expected change in the sensor output can be monitored to identify whether the sensor is generating sufficiently accurate readings. | 12-12-2013 |