IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,598,239
Granted Patent B2
US 11,598,239 · App. 17/707,312 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Crossflow PNA-SCR aftertreatment device

Inventors: Lars Krister Henrichsen (Columbus, IN); Krishna P. Chilumukuru (Columbus, IN); Michael Haas (Columbus, IN); Matthew L. Anderson (Columbus, IN)
Assignee: Cummins Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,598,239
App. No.
17/707,312
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust aftertreatment system includes a cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst. The cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst includes a housing and a substrate assembly. The substrate assembly includes a plurality of first substrate layers defining a plurality of first flow channels and a plurality of second substrate layers defining a plurality of second flow channels. The exhaust aftertreatment system includes a passive NO x adsorber. The passive NO x adsorber includes a housing. The housing includes an inlet in exhaust gas receiving communication with the plurality of first flow channels of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst. The housing includes an outlet in exhaust gas providing communication with the plurality of second flow channels of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst. The passive NO x adsorber includes a substrate positioned in the housing. The substrate includes a passive NO x adsorber washcoat.

Claims (28)

1. An exhaust aftertreatment system, comprising:

a cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst, comprising:

a housing defining a first inlet in exhaust gas receiving communication with an engine, and

a substrate assembly positioned within the housing, the substrate assembly comprising:

a plurality of first substrate layers defining a plurality of first flow channels, the plurality of first substrate layers being uncoated, and

a plurality of second substrate layers defining a plurality of second flow channels, the plurality of second substrate layers comprising a selective catalytic reduction washcoat; and

a passive NO x adsorber, comprising:

a housing, comprising:

an inlet in exhaust gas receiving communication with the plurality of first flow channels of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst, and

an outlet in exhaust gas providing communication with the plurality of second flow channels of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst, and

a substrate positioned in the housing, the substrate comprising a passive NO x adsorber washcoat.

2. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , wherein:

the housing of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst further comprises a first outlet, a second inlet, and a second outlet,

the plurality of first flow channels extend along a first exhaust flow axis between the first inlet and the first outlet, and

the plurality of second flow channels extend along a second exhaust flow axis between the second inlet and the second outlet, the first exhaust flow axis being nonparallel with the second exhaust flow axis.

3. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 2 , wherein the first exhaust flow axis is perpendicular to the second exhaust flow axis.

4. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 2 , further comprising a reductant doser positioned between the outlet of the passive NO x adsorber and the second inlet of the housing of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst, the reductant doser structured to controllably inject a reductant into exhaust gas upstream of the plurality of second flow channels of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst.

5. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of second substrate layers are thermally coupled with the plurality of first substrate layers.

6. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 5 , wherein exhaust gas flowing through the plurality of first flow channels is structured to pre-heat the plurality of second substrate layers.

7. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first substrate layers and the plurality of second substrate layers are layered in alternating order.

8. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of first substrate layers and the plurality of second substrate layers further comprises a particulate filter.

9. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 8 , wherein the particulate filter comprises particulate filter channels defined by the plurality of first substrate layers.

10. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 9 , wherein the particulate filter comprises particulate filter channels defined by the plurality of second substrate layers.

11. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a number of the plurality of first substrate layers and a number of the plurality of second substrate layers is M:N, where M>N.

12. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , further comprising a connecting passage in fluid receiving communication with the plurality of first substrate layers and in fluid providing communication with the plurality of second substrate layers.

13. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , wherein the passive NO x adsorber is positioned fluidly downstream of the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst.

14. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas is structured to pre-heat the cross-flow selective catalytic reduction catalyst.

15. The exhaust aftertreatment system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first substrate layers define a first flow direction, and the plurality of second substrate layers define a second flow direction perpendicular to the first flow direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: HENRICHSEN, LARS KRISTER; CHILUMUKURU, KRISHNA P.; HAAS, MICHAEL; ANDERSON, MATTHEW L.
To: CUMMINS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Division 16497438
Provisional Application 62479686 · Mar 31, 2017
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