Catalytic combustion engine exhaust gas purifier with additional air supply

• US 5,590,522 A
• Filed: 01/31/1995
• Issued: 01/07/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Finn Katalyt Oy
• Original Assignee: Finn Katalyt Oy
• Inventors: Kynsilehto, Eero, Aitta, Eero
• Primary Examiner(s): Hart, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US08/343,430
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 60/299, 60/308, 422/176, 422/180
• US Class Current: 60/299
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/0097 the purifying devices are arranged in a single housing
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2450/22 by welding or brazing
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2470/18 the axis of inlet or outlet tubes being other than the longitudinal axis of apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/2892 Exhaust flow directors or the like, e.g. upstream of catalytic device
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/34 using air conduits or jet air pumps, e.g. near the engine exhaust port
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

The invention relates to a catalytic combustion engine exhaust gas purifier with additional air supply. The exhaust gas purifier comprises a housing structure (1) accommodating an exhaust gas inlet (2), at least one catalyst element (3), means (4) for laminarizing the exhaust gas flow, means (5 and 6) for dividing the housing structure (1) into several chambers (7-9), an exhaust gas outlet (10) and, additionally, means (11) for supplying additional air (17 and 18) into the exhaust gas flow (14 and 15) in the housing structure (1). One or more suction plates (19 and 20) are provided in the chamber (8) after the means (4) laminarizing the exhaust gas flow and at the same time in the vicinity of the means (11) supplying additional air. The suction plates (19 and 20) comprise exhaust gas ports and additional air (17 and 18) ports, and the suction plates (19 and 20) are arranged against the exhaust gas flow (14 and 15) and the additional air flow (17 and 18) so that the additional air is arranged to be sucked through the additional air ports and from the suction plates (19 and 20) into the exhaust gas flow (15) passing through the exhaust gas ports of the suction plates (19 and 20).

Claims

1. In a catalytic combustion engine exhaust gas purifier with additional air supply having a housing structure accommodating an exhaust gas inlet, at least one catalyst element, laminarizing means for laminarizing flow of the exhaust gas in first direction, means for dividing the housing structure into several chambers, and an exhaust gas outlet, the improvement comprising:

means for supplying additional air into the housing structure in a second flow direction, and

at least one suction plate in the housing structure after the laminarizing means in the first direction of the exhaust gas flow and in the vicinity of the means for supplying the additional air, the suction plate having an exhaust gas port and an additional air port, and being arranged across the first and second directions of the exhaust gas and additional air flows so that the additional air is sucked through the additional air port and from the suction plate into the exhaust gas flow through the exhaust gas port.

2. The exhaust gas purifier according to claim 1, wherein the additional air port is spaced radially from the exhaust gas port.

3. The exhaust gas purifier according to claim 1, and further comprising further additional air port in a successive suction plate in the first flow direction is in a position dissimilar to that of the air port first mentioned.

4. The exhaust gas purifier according to claim 1, and further comprising successive suction plates in the first direction, wherein sizes of exhaust gas ports of the successive suction plates increase in the first flow direction.

5. The exhaust gas purifier according to claim 1, and further comprising successive suction plates in the first direction wherein lengths of edges of exhaust gas ports in the successive suction plates increase.

6. The exhaust gas purifier according to claim 1, wherein the means for supplying additional air comprises a flow space at a surface of the housing structure.

7. In a catalytic combustion engine exhaust gas purifier having a housing accommodating an inlet for exhaust gas, a catalyst element for receiving the exhaust gas from the inlet, laminarizing means for laminarizing a flow of the exhaust gas from the catalyst element in a first direction, and an outlet for the exhaust gas, the improvement comprising:

air-supply means for supplying air into the housing; and

suction means comprising a suction plate extending in the housing across the first flow direction and having an exhaust gas port for passing the laminarized flow of the exhaust gas in the first direction substantially unimpeded and an air port radially spaced from the exhaust gas port for at least some of the air to be sucked through the air port into the exhaust gas.