US20010013223A1 - Exhaust-gas cleaning system with nitrogen oxide accumulator catalyst and sulphur oxide trap and operating method therefor - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for operating an exhaust-gas cleaning system which comprises a nitrogen oxide adsorption accumulator and a sulphur oxide trap and to an exhaust-gas cleaning system which can be operated using this method.
- Exhaust-gas cleaning systems with a nitrogen oxide (NO X ) adsorption accumulator such as an NO X adsorber catalytic converter, are used in particular in motor vehicles with an internal-combustion engine in order to minimize the nitrogen oxide emissions.
- NO X nitrogen oxide
- a nitrogen oxide (NO X ) adsorption accumulator such as an NO X adsorber catalytic converter
- NO X adsorber catalytic converter In operating phases involving conditions which are unfavourable to nitrogen oxide reduction, such as in lean-burn mode, it is known for nitrogen oxide to be temporarily stored in the NO X accumulator by an adsorption process. This stored nitrogen oxide can then be converted back to nitrogen in a suitable subsequent reduction operating phase, such as in rich-burn mode.
- lean-burn and rich-burn mode are understood to mean operation with oxygen-rich and low-oxygen exhaust-gas composition, respectively, for example as a result of an engine being operated with a lean or rich engine air ratio (i.e., with an air/fuel ratio for the air/fuel mixture burnt in the engine which is above or below the stoichiometric value).
- the SO X trap prevents sulphur poisoning of the NO X adsorber. This is because, particularly when the engine is in lean-burn mode, sulphur which is contained in standard fuels and engine oils leads to sulphur dioxide being present in the exhaust gas. The sulphur dioxide is taken up by the NO X adsorber as a result of sulphates being formed, thereby reducing the capacity of this adsorber to store NO X .
- the SO X trap prevents this by trapping the sulphur oxides before they reach the NO X adsorption accumulator. It is subjected to a desulphurization treatment at the latest when its SO X storage capacity is exhausted. To achieve effective desulphurization, it is known to set elevated exhaust-gas temperatures of, for example, over 600° C. and a rich exhaust air ratio, i.e. a ratio which is below the stoichiometric level.
- Patent DE 197 47 222 C1 describes a method for operating an exhaust-gas cleaning system in which on demand, from time to time, an NO X accumulator catalytic converter is desulphurized, i.e., accumulated sulphate is removed.
- the exhaust-gas cleaning system comprises secondary-air supply means having a secondary-air line and a secondary-air pump which can be controlled, for example, by an engine management system.
- a problem with the conventional periodic regeneration of the SO X trap is that the NO X accumulator catalytic converter which follows it is exposed to the sulphur components released from the SO X trap, and in unfavourable circumstances this may lead to its ability to store NO X being partially blocked by the accumulation of sulphates.
- DE 198 02 631 A1 discloses an exhaust-gas cleaning system in which this problem is combatted by providing a bypass around the NO X accumulator catalytic converter in the exhaust system, via which bypass the exhaust gas is guided past the NO X accumulator catalytic converter while the SO X accumulator catalytic converter is desulphurized.
- the present invention is based on the technical problem of providing an exhaust-gas cleaning system and an operating method which enable the SO X trap to be desulphurized with the minimum possible outlay and without there being any risk of sulphur poisoning of the nitrogen oxide accumulator catalytic converter.
- the direction of flow of the exhaust gas during the desulphurizing phases is selected to be different from during the normal operating phases.
- the exhaust gas which is to be cleaned is passed firstly via the SO X trap and then via the NO X adsorption accumulator.
- the sulphur oxide constituents of the exhaust gas, which are undesirable in the nitrogen oxide adsorption accumulator, remain trapped in the SO X trap, provided that the storage capacity of the SO X trap has not yet been exhausted and there is as yet no saturation behaviour.
- the exhaust-gas flow is switched over in such a way that it passes through the two exhaust-gas cleaning components, namely the SO X trap and NO X adsorption accumulator, in the reverse direction (i.e., is passed firstly via the NO X adsorption accumulator and then via the SO X trap) .
- secondary air is fed into the exhaust gas downstream of the SO X trap during the desulphurization phase.
- the secondary air is used to oxidize undesirable sulphur compounds, such as H 2 S and COS, which are released in the SO X trap, for which purpose an oxidation catalytic converter is connected downstream of the SO X trap.
- An exhaust-gas cleaning system is equipped with an SO X trap and an NO X adsorption accumulator and can be operated according to the present invention. For this purpose, it has means for reversing the direction of flow of the exhaust gas in such a manner that the exhaust-gas stream can optionally be passed firstly through the SO X trap and then through the NO X adsorption accumulator or, conversely, firstly through the NO X adsorption accumulator and then through the SO X trap.
- a configuration of the exhaust-gas cleaning system according to the present invention provides, as further components, an oxidation catalytic converter and secondary-air supply means.
- FIG. 1 depicts an exhaust-gas cleaning system in a normal operating phase
- FIG. 2 depicts the exhaust-gas cleaning system from FIG. 1 in a desulphurization operating phase.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 diagrammatically depict a part of an exhaust-gas cleaning system which is of interest in the context of the present invention, having an SO X trap 1 , which is also referred to as an SO X accumulator catalytic converter, and a catalytically active nitrogen oxide adsorber, i.e., an NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 .
- the SO X trap 1 and the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 are connected in series in a common housing 3 which is arranged in an associated section 4 of an exhaust system which carries the exhaust gas 5 which is to be cleaned.
- the two exhaust-gas cleaning components 1 , 2 may be arranged in separate housings but in series in the exhaust-gas system section 4 .
- the exhaust-gas cleaning system shown has means for reversing the direction of flow of the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust system section 4 in which the SO X trap 1 and the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 are arranged.
- These means include a branching junction 6 , at which the two connections of the exhaust system section 4 which includes the SO X trap 1 and the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 meet an exhaust-gas supply line 7 and an exhaust-gas discharge line 8 .
- a controllable flap 9 which can be switched between a normal operating position shown in FIG. 1 and a desulphurization position shown in FIG. 2.
- the flap 9 passes the exhaust gas supplied by the supply line 7 into the left-hand part, as seen in FIG. 1, of the exhaust system section 4 , so that in that section it firstly flows via the SO X trap 1 and then via the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 , from where it returns to the branching junction 6 and, through the flow-guiding effect of the flap 9 , is passed into the discharge line 8 .
- the flap 9 In its position shown in FIG.
- the flap 9 passes the supplied exhaust gas into the right-hand part of the exhaust system section 4 which includes the two exhaust-gas cleaning components 1 , 2 , so that the exhaust gas flows firstly via the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 and then via the SO X trap 1 , from where it returns to the branching junction 6 and, in turn, is passed into the discharge line 8 under the action of the flap 9 .
- any other conventional flow-guiding means which can be switched between two positions in order: in one position, to guide the exhaust gas in one direction and, in the other position, to guide the exhaust gas in the other direction through the exhaust system section 4 which includes the SO X trap 1 and the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 (e.g., a corresponding four-way valve or a suitable slide or opener element).
- further exhaust-gas cleaning components in particular further catalytic converter bodies, may be provided in addition to the exhaust-gas cleaning components shown in the present case, for example a three-way catalytic converter or a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter may be provided in the exhaust-gas discharge line 8 .
- the exhaust-gas cleaning system which has been constructed in this way and is suitable in particular for cleaning the exhaust gases from a spark-ignition or diesel engine of a motor vehicle, allows the following advantageous method of operation.
- the flap 9 is set into its normal operating position shown in FIG. 1.
- the exhaust gas 5 which is to be cleaned then firstly reaches the SO X trap 1 , which adsorbs any sulphur compounds which are contained in the exhaust gas, after which the exhaust gas from which the sulphur has been removed is fed to the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 .
- the function of the NO X accumulator catalytic converter then differs according to whether, during the normal operating phase, it is being run in adsorption mode or in desorption mode.
- the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 In the adsorption mode, the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 adsorbs nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas, while in desorption mode it releases the nitrogen oxides which have been adsorbed and temporarily stored again, and these nitrogen oxides are then reduced to form nitrogen, for which purpose the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 can simultaneously act as a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, or a catalytic converter of this type may be connected downstream as a separate catalytic converter body, as is standard procedure for the person skilled in the art.
- the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 is preferably operated as long as possible in adsorption mode, during which the exhaust gas may be of lean composition, until the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 has reached a certain level of loading, after which the accumulated nitrogen oxides are released again during a short desorption phase.
- the desorption operation is known to generally include the setting of a rich exhaust-gas composition, for example by suitably altering the air/fuel mixture which is burnt by the combustion device generating the exhaust gas and/or by injecting a reducing agent, such as ammonia, into the exhaust gas upstream of the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 .
- the SO X trap 1 is positioned upstream of the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 and prevents sulphur poisoning of the latter. If, after a prolonged period of normal operation, the SO X trap 1 has reached a certain degree of saturation, normal operation is interrupted by a so-called desulphurization phase. For this purpose, the flap 9 is moved into its desulphurization position shown in FIG. 2, with the result that the incoming exhaust gas is then passed firstly via the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 and only then into the SO X trap 1 . Moreover, the standard desulphurization conditions are established, with regard, for example, to composition and temperature of the exhaust-gas stream.
- the reversal of flow of the exhaust gas in the exhaust system section 4 during the desulphurization phase with respect to the direction of flow of the exhaust gas in normal operation means that the exhaust gas which leaves the SO X trap 1 during the desulphurization operation and contains the released sulphur or corresponding sulphur compounds does not enter the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 . This prevents the possibility of sulphur which is released in the SO X trap 1 during the desulphurization from being accumulated in the NO X accumulator catalytic converter 2 .
- oxidation catalytic converter 10 Since emission of the sulphur compounds, such as H 2 S and/or COS, which enter the exhaust gas during the desulphurization of the SO X trap 1 to the environment is generally undesirable, it is possible to provide an oxidation catalytic converter 10 as one possible remedy.
- This oxidation catalytic converter is arranged downstream of the SO X trap 1 , as seen in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas during desulphurization, in the same exhaust system section 4 , as indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 2, or in the adjoining exhaust-gas discharge line 8 .
- a suitably designed control unit (not shown) is provided, which, for example, may simultaneously be used to control the combustion device which generates the exhaust gas, a measure which is inherently common to the person skilled in the art and therefore requires no further explanation.
- the operating method according to the present invention and the exhaust-gas cleaning system according to the present invention are suitable for cleaning exhaust gases not only from a motor vehicle engine but also from a stationary combustion device.
- the exhaust-gas cleaning allows periodic adsorption and desorption of an NO X adsorption accumulator; protection for the NO X adsorption accumulator from sulphur poisoning by an associated SO X trap; and periodic desulphurization of the SO X trap without the NO X adsorption accumulator being exposed to sulphur compounds which are released.
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- This application claims the priority of German application No. 199 60 430.4, filed Dec. 15, 1999, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
- The present invention relates to a method for operating an exhaust-gas cleaning system which comprises a nitrogen oxide adsorption accumulator and a sulphur oxide trap and to an exhaust-gas cleaning system which can be operated using this method.
- Exhaust-gas cleaning systems with a nitrogen oxide (NOX) adsorption accumulator, such as an NOX adsorber catalytic converter, are used in particular in motor vehicles with an internal-combustion engine in order to minimize the nitrogen oxide emissions. In operating phases involving conditions which are unfavourable to nitrogen oxide reduction, such as in lean-burn mode, it is known for nitrogen oxide to be temporarily stored in the NOX accumulator by an adsorption process. This stored nitrogen oxide can then be converted back to nitrogen in a suitable subsequent reduction operating phase, such as in rich-burn mode. The terms lean-burn and rich-burn mode are understood to mean operation with oxygen-rich and low-oxygen exhaust-gas composition, respectively, for example as a result of an engine being operated with a lean or rich engine air ratio (i.e., with an air/fuel ratio for the air/fuel mixture burnt in the engine which is above or below the stoichiometric value).
- The SOX trap prevents sulphur poisoning of the NOX adsorber. This is because, particularly when the engine is in lean-burn mode, sulphur which is contained in standard fuels and engine oils leads to sulphur dioxide being present in the exhaust gas. The sulphur dioxide is taken up by the NOX adsorber as a result of sulphates being formed, thereby reducing the capacity of this adsorber to store NOX. The SOX trap prevents this by trapping the sulphur oxides before they reach the NOX adsorption accumulator. It is subjected to a desulphurization treatment at the latest when its SOX storage capacity is exhausted. To achieve effective desulphurization, it is known to set elevated exhaust-gas temperatures of, for example, over 600° C. and a rich exhaust air ratio, i.e. a ratio which is below the stoichiometric level.
- A further special method for periodically desulphurizing a nitrogen oxide or sulphur oxide accumulator of an exhaust-gas cleaning system using secondary-air supply means is described in German patent application 199 22 962, which is not a prior publication. In this method, during part of the desulphurization period, the exhaust-gas cleaning system is operated in such a way that, after a predeterminable desulphurization temperature has been reached, the accumulator air ratio (i.e., the air ratio in the exhaust gas supplied to the accumulator which is to be desulphurized), is made to oscillate between an oxidizing atmosphere, on the one hand, and a reducing atmosphere, on the other hand, by correspondingly changing the amount of secondary air supplied.
- Patent DE 197 47 222 C1 describes a method for operating an exhaust-gas cleaning system in which on demand, from time to time, an NOX accumulator catalytic converter is desulphurized, i.e., accumulated sulphate is removed. The exhaust-gas cleaning system comprises secondary-air supply means having a secondary-air line and a secondary-air pump which can be controlled, for example, by an engine management system.
- A problem with the conventional periodic regeneration of the SOX trap is that the NOX accumulator catalytic converter which follows it is exposed to the sulphur components released from the SOX trap, and in unfavourable circumstances this may lead to its ability to store NOX being partially blocked by the accumulation of sulphates. DE 198 02 631 A1 discloses an exhaust-gas cleaning system in which this problem is combatted by providing a bypass around the NOX accumulator catalytic converter in the exhaust system, via which bypass the exhaust gas is guided past the NOX accumulator catalytic converter while the SOX accumulator catalytic converter is desulphurized.
- The present invention is based on the technical problem of providing an exhaust-gas cleaning system and an operating method which enable the SOX trap to be desulphurized with the minimum possible outlay and without there being any risk of sulphur poisoning of the nitrogen oxide accumulator catalytic converter.
- In the method according to the present invention, the direction of flow of the exhaust gas during the desulphurizing phases is selected to be different from during the normal operating phases. During the normal operating phases, the exhaust gas which is to be cleaned is passed firstly via the SOX trap and then via the NOX adsorption accumulator. The sulphur oxide constituents of the exhaust gas, which are undesirable in the nitrogen oxide adsorption accumulator, remain trapped in the SOX trap, provided that the storage capacity of the SOX trap has not yet been exhausted and there is as yet no saturation behaviour. If the desulphurization phase is selected, the exhaust-gas flow is switched over in such a way that it passes through the two exhaust-gas cleaning components, namely the SOX trap and NOX adsorption accumulator, in the reverse direction (i.e., is passed firstly via the NOX adsorption accumulator and then via the SOX trap) . This prevents sulphur compounds released during the desulphurization of the SOX trap from polluting the NOX adsorption accumulator.
- In an embodiment of the present invention, secondary air is fed into the exhaust gas downstream of the SOX trap during the desulphurization phase. The secondary air is used to oxidize undesirable sulphur compounds, such as H2S and COS, which are released in the SOX trap, for which purpose an oxidation catalytic converter is connected downstream of the SOX trap.
- An exhaust-gas cleaning system is equipped with an SOX trap and an NOX adsorption accumulator and can be operated according to the present invention. For this purpose, it has means for reversing the direction of flow of the exhaust gas in such a manner that the exhaust-gas stream can optionally be passed firstly through the SOX trap and then through the NOX adsorption accumulator or, conversely, firstly through the NOX adsorption accumulator and then through the SOX trap.
- A configuration of the exhaust-gas cleaning system according to the present invention provides, as further components, an oxidation catalytic converter and secondary-air supply means.
- Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
- FIG. 1 depicts an exhaust-gas cleaning system in a normal operating phase; and
- FIG. 2 depicts the exhaust-gas cleaning system from FIG. 1 in a desulphurization operating phase.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 diagrammatically depict a part of an exhaust-gas cleaning system which is of interest in the context of the present invention, having an SOX trap 1, which is also referred to as an SOX accumulator catalytic converter, and a catalytically active nitrogen oxide adsorber, i.e., an NOX accumulator
catalytic converter 2. In the example shown, the SOX trap 1 and the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 are connected in series in acommon housing 3 which is arranged in an associatedsection 4 of an exhaust system which carries theexhaust gas 5 which is to be cleaned. Alternatively, the two exhaust-gas cleaning components gas system section 4. - The exhaust-gas cleaning system shown has means for reversing the direction of flow of the exhaust gas flowing through the
exhaust system section 4 in which the SOX trap 1 and the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 are arranged. These means include abranching junction 6, at which the two connections of theexhaust system section 4 which includes the SOX trap 1 and the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 meet an exhaust-gas supply line 7 and an exhaust-gas discharge line 8. In the branchingjunction 6 there is acontrollable flap 9 which can be switched between a normal operating position shown in FIG. 1 and a desulphurization position shown in FIG. 2. - In the normal operating position shown in FIG. 1, the
flap 9 passes the exhaust gas supplied by thesupply line 7 into the left-hand part, as seen in FIG. 1, of theexhaust system section 4, so that in that section it firstly flows via the SOX trap 1 and then via the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2, from where it returns to thebranching junction 6 and, through the flow-guiding effect of theflap 9, is passed into thedischarge line 8. In its position shown in FIG. 2, by contrast, theflap 9 passes the supplied exhaust gas into the right-hand part of theexhaust system section 4 which includes the two exhaust-gas cleaning components catalytic converter 2 and then via the SOX trap 1, from where it returns to thebranching junction 6 and, in turn, is passed into thedischarge line 8 under the action of theflap 9. - As an alternative to the
flap 9, it is possible to use any other conventional flow-guiding means which can be switched between two positions in order: in one position, to guide the exhaust gas in one direction and, in the other position, to guide the exhaust gas in the other direction through theexhaust system section 4 which includes the SOX trap 1 and the NOX accumulator catalytic converter 2 (e.g., a corresponding four-way valve or a suitable slide or opener element). Furthermore, it will be understood that, depending on the particular requirements, further exhaust-gas cleaning components, in particular further catalytic converter bodies, may be provided in addition to the exhaust-gas cleaning components shown in the present case, for example a three-way catalytic converter or a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter may be provided in the exhaust-gas discharge line 8. The exhaust-gas cleaning system which has been constructed in this way and is suitable in particular for cleaning the exhaust gases from a spark-ignition or diesel engine of a motor vehicle, allows the following advantageous method of operation. - During so-called normal operating phases, the
flap 9 is set into its normal operating position shown in FIG. 1. Theexhaust gas 5 which is to be cleaned then firstly reaches the SOX trap 1, which adsorbs any sulphur compounds which are contained in the exhaust gas, after which the exhaust gas from which the sulphur has been removed is fed to the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2. The function of the NOX accumulator catalytic converter then differs according to whether, during the normal operating phase, it is being run in adsorption mode or in desorption mode. In the adsorption mode, the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 adsorbs nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas, while in desorption mode it releases the nitrogen oxides which have been adsorbed and temporarily stored again, and these nitrogen oxides are then reduced to form nitrogen, for which purpose the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 can simultaneously act as a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, or a catalytic converter of this type may be connected downstream as a separate catalytic converter body, as is standard procedure for the person skilled in the art. It is known the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 is preferably operated as long as possible in adsorption mode, during which the exhaust gas may be of lean composition, until the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 has reached a certain level of loading, after which the accumulated nitrogen oxides are released again during a short desorption phase. The desorption operation is known to generally include the setting of a rich exhaust-gas composition, for example by suitably altering the air/fuel mixture which is burnt by the combustion device generating the exhaust gas and/or by injecting a reducing agent, such as ammonia, into the exhaust gas upstream of the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2. - Therefore, during normal operation outlined above, the SOX trap 1 is positioned upstream of the NOX accumulator
catalytic converter 2 and prevents sulphur poisoning of the latter. If, after a prolonged period of normal operation, the SOX trap 1 has reached a certain degree of saturation, normal operation is interrupted by a so-called desulphurization phase. For this purpose, theflap 9 is moved into its desulphurization position shown in FIG. 2, with the result that the incoming exhaust gas is then passed firstly via the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2 and only then into the SOX trap 1. Moreover, the standard desulphurization conditions are established, with regard, for example, to composition and temperature of the exhaust-gas stream. If, despite the SOX trap 1, some sulphur has been accumulated in the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2, this sulphur is also removed during the desulphurization operation. The desulphurization operation releases the sulphur which has been accumulated in sulphate form in the SOX trap 1, so that the ability of this trap to take up sulphur is restored. - The reversal of flow of the exhaust gas in the
exhaust system section 4 during the desulphurization phase with respect to the direction of flow of the exhaust gas in normal operation means that the exhaust gas which leaves the SOX trap 1 during the desulphurization operation and contains the released sulphur or corresponding sulphur compounds does not enter the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2. This prevents the possibility of sulphur which is released in the SOX trap 1 during the desulphurization from being accumulated in the NOX accumulatorcatalytic converter 2. - Since emission of the sulphur compounds, such as H2S and/or COS, which enter the exhaust gas during the desulphurization of the SOX trap 1 to the environment is generally undesirable, it is possible to provide an oxidation
catalytic converter 10 as one possible remedy. This oxidation catalytic converter is arranged downstream of the SOX trap 1, as seen in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas during desulphurization, in the sameexhaust system section 4, as indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 2, or in the adjoining exhaust-gas discharge line 8. To enable the problematical sulphur compounds to be converted optimally in the oxidationcatalytic converter 10 despite the fact that the composition of the exhaust gas supplied in the oxidationcatalytic converter 10 is generally selected to be rich for the desulphurization of the SOX trap 1, for this situation secondary-air supply means 11 of conventional type are additionally provided, as diagrammatically indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 2. At a secondary-air inlet point 12 which lies between the SOX trap 1 and the oxidationcatalytic converter 10, the secondary-air supply means 11 feed air into theexhaust system section 4 during a desulphurization operation. As a result, sufficient oxygen to convert the sulphur compounds which have been released is admixed with the exhaust gas flowing to the oxidationcatalytic converter 10. - It will be understood that, to control operation of the exhaust-gas cleaning system, a suitably designed control unit (not shown) is provided, which, for example, may simultaneously be used to control the combustion device which generates the exhaust gas, a measure which is inherently common to the person skilled in the art and therefore requires no further explanation.
- It is clear from the above explanation of an advantageous example that the operating method according to the present invention and the exhaust-gas cleaning system according to the present invention are suitable for cleaning exhaust gases not only from a motor vehicle engine but also from a stationary combustion device. The exhaust-gas cleaning allows periodic adsorption and desorption of an NOX adsorption accumulator; protection for the NOX adsorption accumulator from sulphur poisoning by an associated SOX trap; and periodic desulphurization of the SOX trap without the NOX adsorption accumulator being exposed to sulphur compounds which are released.
- The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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