Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exhaust gas treatment system warm-up methods
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Application No.: US15479603Application Date: 2017-04-05
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Publication No.: US10167795B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Lorenzo Disaro′ , Roberto Romanato
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Main IPC: F01N3/00
- IPC: F01N3/00 ; F02D41/02 ; F01N3/20 ; F02B37/18 ; F02D41/00

Abstract:
Provided are methods for warming up a vehicle exhaust treatment system prior to an engine start, wherein the vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (ICE), a supercharger capable of delivering air to an ICE intake, an exhaust gas treatment system including an exhaust gas treatment device and an upstream electric heating device and capable of accepting exhaust gas from the ICE, and optionally a turbocharger having a turbine in fluid communication with the exhaust gas treatment system. Methods include establishing fluid communication between the supercharger and the exhaust gas treatment system, engaging the supercharger to communicate air to the exhaust gas treatment system via the supercharger, and engaging the heating device. The method can further comprise reducing turbine resistance by reducing the power position of the turbine or opening a wastegate. The methods can further include first satisfying a start condition, and/or subsequently detecting a termination condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180291827A1 EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM WARM-UP METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-10-11
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