Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exhaust system for dual fuel engines
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Application No.: US14732833Application Date: 2015-06-08
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Publication No.: US09719393B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Michael Golin , Adam J. Kotrba , Robert Applegate
- Applicant: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Lake Forest
- Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Lake Forest
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F01N3/00
- IPC: F01N3/00 ; F01N3/20 ; F01N9/00

Abstract:
An exhaust system for a dual-fuel engine includes an exhaust treatment component in an exhaust passageway. The exhaust treatment component is configured to treat exhaust from the combustion of a second fuel and not from combustion of a first fuel. A thermal enhancement device is in communication with the exhaust passageway and positioned upstream from the exhaust treatment component. A controller activates and deactivates the thermal enhancement device based on switching from the first fuel to the second fuel, wherein the first fuel has a higher sulfur content than the second fuel. The thermal enhancement device increases the temperature of an exhaust to combust a residual amount of the first fuel present in the exhaust passageway during the switch between the first fuel and the second fuel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150267584A1 Exhaust System For Dual Fuel Engines Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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