Abstract:
A reduction process is executed when a catalyst bed temperature is lower than a target temperature of the catalyst bed temperature in a burn-off process. When an execution condition for the burn-off process is satisfied, the reduction process is executed, and execution of the burn-off process is prohibited until an accumulation amount of sulfur oxide in the oxidation catalyst becomes equal to or less than an allowable amount through the execution of the reduction process.
Abstract:
A fuel addition valve (14) that adds fuel into the exhaust gas passage of the engine in the form of fine fuel droplets, an upstream NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst (12), and a downstream NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst (13) are arranged in this order. Platinum Pt and palladium Pd, as noble metal, are supported on the downstream NOx adsorption-reduction NOx catalyst (13) such that the ratio of the mole number of the platinum Pt to the sum of the mole numbers of the platinum Pt and the palladium Pd is approx. 50% to approx. 80%. Only platinum Pt is supported on the upstream NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst (12). According to this structure, even when liquid fuel is supplied into exhaust gas, NOx can be effectively released from the NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst, and further the amount of NOx that the NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst can adsorb at a low temperature increases.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to perform removal of NOx in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine equipped with an NOx catalyst while suppressing the consumption amount of reducing agent used for NOx removal even when the NOx catalyst is deteriorated. To achieve the object, when the degree of deterioration of the NOx catalyst is lower than or equal to a specific deterioration degree, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is adjusted to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or a rich air-fuel ratio. On the other hand, when it is determined that the degree of deterioration of the NOx catalyst is higher than the specific deterioration degree, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is adjusted to a specific lean air-fuel ratio.
Abstract:
The invention provides a technology that enables to prevent sulfur components contained in reducing agent added from flowing into an NOx catalyst thereby keeping a high NOx removing rate. An S-trapping catalyst 11 for trapping sulfur components contained in exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine 1, an S-trapping catalyst 12 for trapping sulfur components contained in reducing agent added to the exhaust gas from which sulfur components have been trapped by the S-trapping catalyst 11 are provided, thereby preventing an NOx catalyst 14 from being poisoned by sulfur.
Abstract:
A fuel addition valve (14) that adds fuel into the exhaust gas passage of the engine in the form of fine fuel droplets, an upstream NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst (12), and a downstream NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst (13) are arranged in this order. Platinum Pt and palladium Pd, as noble metal, are supported on the downstream NOx adsorption-reduction NOx catalyst (13) such that the ratio of the mole number of the platinum Pt to the sum of the mole numbers of the platinum Pt and the palladium Pd is approx. 50% to approx. 80%. Only platinum Pt is supported on the upstream NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst (12). According to this structure, even when liquid fuel is supplied into exhaust gas, NOx can be effectively released from the NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst, and further the amount of NOx that the NOx adsorption-reduction catalyst can adsorb at a low temperature increases.
Abstract:
There is provided a technique which can reduce the NOx stored in an NOx storage reduction catalyst (3). In case where concentrated reduction is carried out so as to add a reducing agent to the NOx storage reduction catalyst in a concentrated manner when a shift has been made from a state in which reduction of the NOx stored in said NOx storage reduction catalyst is unable to be performed in spite of a request for reduction of the NOx into a state in which reduction of the NOx is able to be performed, the level of concentration upon addition of the reducing agent is changed based on the amount of the NOx stored in the NOx storage reduction catalyst and the temperature of the NOx storage reduction catalyst.
Abstract:
An SO x trap catalyst (11) able to trap SO x contained in exhaust gas is arranged in an engine exhaust passage upstream of an NO x storing catalyst (12). When the SO x trap rate by the SO x trap catalyst (11) falls, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the SO x trap catalyst (11) is maintained lean and in that state the SO x trap catalyst (11) is raised in temperature. The SO x trapped at that time diffuses inside the SO x trap catalyst (11), whereby the SO x trap rate is restored.
Abstract:
A NO x storing catalyst (11) comprising a precious metal catalyst (46) and NO x absorbent (47) is arranged in an exhaust passage. When the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is lean, the storing catalyst cold stores the NO 2 contained in the exhaust in the absorbent when the catalyst is inactive and hot stores the cold stored NO 2 in the absorbent when the catalyst is made active. The NO 2 contained in the exhaust is cold stored in the absorbent when the catalyst is not activated, and when a predetermined NO x storing catalyst restoring condition (107) is met, a NO x storing catalyst restoring control (109, 115) including raising the NO x storing catalyst temperature to a predetermined temperature to activate it (109) is executed so as to restore the cold storing capability of the NO x absorbent.