Invention Grant
- Patent Title: NO/NO2 ratio adjustment using non-thermal plasma
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Application No.: US15941703Application Date: 2018-03-30
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Publication No.: US10598070B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Cary A. Henry , Scott T. Eakle
- Applicant: Southwest Research Institute
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
- Current Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Agency: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC
- Main IPC: F01N9/00
- IPC: F01N9/00 ; F01N3/20 ; F01N11/00

Abstract:
The systems and methods described herein beneficially provide an exit gas having a third, relatively low, NO/NO2 ratio that closely approximates the NO/NO2 ratio found in the exhaust of various internal combustion engines. The systems and methods described herein receive a feed gas having a first, relatively high NO/NO2 ratio. The feed gas is apportioned into a first feed gas portion that is passed through a non-thermal plasma generation system to provide an intermediate gas having a second, relatively very low, NO/NO2 ratio and a second feed gas portion having the first NO/NO2 ratio. The intermediate gas and the second feed gas portion are combined to provide the exist gas having the third, relatively low, NO/NO2 ratio. The systems and methods described herein beneficially provide an exit gas having a variable NO/NO2 ratio to simulate exhaust from a variety of internal combustion engines.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190301339A1 NO/NO2 RATIO ADJUSTMENT USING NON-THERMAL PLASMA Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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