Exhaust gas purification apparatus for internal combustion engine

An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising:

• a first heat exchanger arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and configured to carry out heat exchange between outside air and exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine;
• a second heat exchanger arranged in the exhaust passage, and configured to carry out heat exchange between a circulating heating medium and the exhaust gas;
• a carbon dioxide separator arranged in the exhaust passage at the downstream side of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, and configured to separate carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas;
• a circulator configured to circulate the heating medium in the second heat exchanger;
• and
• a controller configured to control the circulator,
• wherein the second heat exchanger is arranged in the exhaust passage at the upstream side of the first heat exchanger, and
• the controller does not circulate the heating medium through the second heat exchanger, in cases where a first exhaust gas temperature, which is the temperature of the exhaust gas after the exhaust gas and the outside air carry out heat exchange in the first heat exchanger and which is the temperature of the exhaust gas at the time when the heating medium is not circulated through the second heat exchanger, is equal to or less than a first threshold value.

An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising:

• a first heat exchanger arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and configured to carry out heat exchange between outside air and exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine;
• a second heat exchanger arranged in the exhaust passage, and configured to carry out heat exchange between a circulating heating medium and the exhaust gas;
• a carbon dioxide separator arranged in the exhaust passage at the downstream side of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, and configured to separate carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas;
• a circulator configured to circulate the heating medium in the second heat exchanger;
• and
• a controller configured to control the circulator,
• wherein the controller does not circulate the heating medium through the second heat exchanger, in cases where a second amount of decrease, which is an amount of decrease in the temperature of the exhaust gas by the second heat exchanger at the time when the heating medium circulates through the second heat exchanger, is equal to or less than the second threshold value.