Exhaust aftertreatment system having a diesel particulate filter manufactured for reducing thermal gradients

A diesel particulate filter includes a honeycomb structure having a plurality of elongated cell walls defining a plurality of passages and a skin layer surrounding the honeycomb structure. The filter is regenerated by oxidizing particulate matter trapped within the honeycomb structure by heating at...

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Main Authors DRISCOLL JAMES J, WEBER JAMES R, VERKIEL MAARTEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.09.2008
Subjects
BLASTING
ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL
GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES
GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL
HEATING
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
STEAM ENGINES
WEAPONS
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Summary:A diesel particulate filter includes a honeycomb structure having a plurality of elongated cell walls defining a plurality of passages and a skin layer surrounding the honeycomb structure. The filter is regenerated by oxidizing particulate matter trapped within the honeycomb structure by heating at least a portion of the honeycomb structure. A thermal gradient between the honeycomb structure and the skin layer is limited to less than a crack causing thermal gradient by utilizing at least one of maintaining a ratio of a heat capacity of the skin layer to a heat capacity of the cell walls at less than about 5, blocking at least those passages comprising a perimeter of the honeycomb structure, and heating the skin layer from an external side.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070712615