Exhaust catalyst system
First Claim
1. A catalyst device comprising:
- a plurality of sections having a material for adsorbing and catalyst for appropriate chemical treatment of NOx, the plurality of sections for connection to an exhaust of an engine;
a source of regeneration fluid; and
a plurality of valves positioned between the sections, the valves regulating flow of exhaust through the sections and regulating flow of regeneration fluid through the sections, wherein the valves are configured to allow flow in only one direction through each section;
wherein each section, one at a time, is in a regeneration stage to reduce adsorbed NOx.
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Abstract
A catalyst system that may regenerate while removing pollutants from an exhaust gas of an engine. The system may have a converter with multiple segments of chambers. At least one of the chambers may be regenerated while the remaining chambers are removing pollutants from the exhaust. The chambers may be rotated in turn for one-at-a-time regeneration. More than one chamber may be regenerated at a time to remove collected pollutants. The system may have plumbing and valves, and possibly mechanical movement of the chambers, within the system to effect the changing of a chamber for regeneration. The chambers connected to the exhaust may be in series or parallel. A particulate matter filter may be connected to the system, and it also may be regenerated to remove collected matter.
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33 Claims
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1. A catalyst device comprising:
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a plurality of sections having a material for adsorbing and catalyst for appropriate chemical treatment of NOx, the plurality of sections for connection to an exhaust of an engine; a source of regeneration fluid; and a plurality of valves positioned between the sections, the valves regulating flow of exhaust through the sections and regulating flow of regeneration fluid through the sections, wherein the valves are configured to allow flow in only one direction through each section; wherein each section, one at a time, is in a regeneration stage to reduce adsorbed NOx. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A catalyst system comprising:
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at least two chambers having a catalyst material, the chambers connected to an exhaust of an engine; and wherein the at least two chambers are separately connectable one at a time to a regenerating fluid, wherein regeneration flow through the chambers is independent of exhaust flow through the chambers, wherein regeneration fluid flows through the chambers in the same direction as exhaust flow. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A catalytic converter comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of chambers; and wherein; at least two chambers of the plurality of chambers are for processing an engine exhaust fluid; at least one chamber of the plurality of chambers is temporarily for being regenerated; and a plurality of valves positioned between the chambers, the valves configured to divert fluid flow from the chamber being regenerated such that it bypasses the chambers for processing exhaust fluid, wherein the valves are configured to direct a regeneration fluid through the chamber being regenerated in the same direction as the exhaust fluid flows through the chambers processing the exhaust fluid. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for attaining a regenerative catalyst system, comprising:
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providing a multi-unit catalyst system; connecting the system to an exhaust system so that at least one unit is not connected to the exhaust system; connecting the at least one unit to a source of gas to regenerate the at least one unit without reversing flow direction; and upon a partial or more regeneration of the at least one unit, exchanging the at least one unit with another at least one unit of the multi-unit catalyst system, for a partial or more regeneration of the another at least one unit. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. Means for regenerating a catalyst, comprising:
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means for removing pollutants from an exhaust of an engine; and means for regenerating; and wherein; the means for removing pollutants is partitioned into a plurality of segments; at least one segment of the plurality of segments is connected to the means for regenerating; and the at least one segment is exchanged occasionally with another at least one segment from the plurality of segments;
wherein flow through the regenerating segment is independent of and in the same direction as flow through remaining segments. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A regeneration system comprising:
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a unit having at least two catalyst segments; a mechanism for selecting out a segment from the unit for regeneration; sensors in the segments; a plurality of valves situated between the segments, the valves configured to divert flow for regeneration without reversing flow direction; and a controller connected to the sensors and to the mechanism for selecting out a segment. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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Specification