APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID DEPOSITS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for mitigating on-board diagnostic (OBD) faults generated by an OBD system of an internal combustion engine (ICE) system having a selective catalytic reduction system with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) decomposition tube, comprising:
- a fault mitigation module configured to monitor at least one OBD signal of the OBD system and issue a request for regenerating the DEF decomposition tube when a value of the at least one OBD signal reaches a predetermined regeneration threshold corresponding with the at least one OBD signal, the regeneration threshold being reachable prior to an OBD fault threshold corresponding with the at least one OBD signal; and
a regeneration module configured to regenerate the DEF decomposition tube according to the issued request.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, described herein is an apparatus for mitigating on-board diagnostic (OBD) faults generated by an OBD system of an internal combustion engine (ICE) system having a selective catalytic reduction system with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) decomposition tube. The apparatus includes a fault mitigation module that is configured to monitor at least one OBD signal of the OBD system and issue a request for regenerating the DEF decomposition tube when a value of the at least one OBD signal reaches a predetermined regeneration threshold corresponding with the at least one OBD signal. The regeneration threshold is reachable prior to an OBD fault threshold corresponding with the at least one OBD signal. The apparatus also includes a regeneration module that is configured to regenerate the DEF decomposition tube according to the issued request.
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1. An apparatus for mitigating on-board diagnostic (OBD) faults generated by an OBD system of an internal combustion engine (ICE) system having a selective catalytic reduction system with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) decomposition tube, comprising:
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a fault mitigation module configured to monitor at least one OBD signal of the OBD system and issue a request for regenerating the DEF decomposition tube when a value of the at least one OBD signal reaches a predetermined regeneration threshold corresponding with the at least one OBD signal, the regeneration threshold being reachable prior to an OBD fault threshold corresponding with the at least one OBD signal; and a regeneration module configured to regenerate the DEF decomposition tube according to the issued request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for mitigating on-board diagnostic (OBD) faults generated by an OBD system of an internal combustion engine (ICE) system and caused by solid diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) deposits, comprising:
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a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system comprising a DEF injector and DEF decomposition tube, the DEF injector configured to inject DEF into the DEF decomposition tube; and a controller comprising; a diagnostic fault module configured to monitor a plurality of OBD signals of the OBD system and set a diagnostic fault when a monitored OBD signal reaches a fault threshold corresponding with the monitored OBD signal; a fault mitigation module configured to monitor at least one OBD signal of the plurality of OBD signals that is susceptible to solid DEF deposits within the decomposition tube, the fault mitigation module being configured to request regeneration of the DEF decomposition tube when the at least one monitored OBD signal susceptible to solid DEF deposits within the decomposition tube reaches a corresponding regeneration threshold, wherein the regeneration threshold is set to be reached before the fault threshold corresponding with the at least one monitored susceptible OBD signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for mitigating on-board diagnostic (OBD) faults in an internal combustion engine (ICE) system having a selective catalytic reduction system with a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) decomposition tube, the method comprising;
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monitoring a plurality of OBD signals; setting a diagnostic fault when one of the plurality of OBD signal reaches a corresponding fault threshold; monitoring at least one OBD signal of the plurality of OBD signals that is susceptible to solid DEF deposits within the decomposition tube; requesting regeneration of the DEF decomposition tube when the at least one OBD signal susceptible to solid DEF deposits within the decomposition tube reaches a corresponding regeneration threshold, the regeneration threshold being reachable before the fault threshold corresponding with the at least one susceptible OBD signal; regenerating the DEF decomposition tube according to the regeneration request; and suspending monitoring of the at least one susceptible OBD signal during regeneration of the DEF decomposition tube. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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