Exhaust system for an ammonia-burning combustion engine
AssigneeJohnson Matthey Public Limited Company
InventorsKevin Doura, John Kilmartin, Jing Lu, Nicholas McNamara, Thomas Yeh
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for ammonia combustion and exhaust gas treatment, the system comprising: an internal combustion engine for combusting ammonia; and an exhaust system comprising an intake for receiving an exhaust gas from the combustion engine, an upstream injector for adding hydrogen gas to the exhaust gas and a downstream catalyst article, wherein the downstream catalyst article comprises a three-way catalyst (TWC) composition. The invention further relates to a method for the treatment of an exhaust gas from an ammonia internal combustion engine.
Claims10
A system for ammonia combustion and exhaust gas treatment, the system comprising:
- an internal combustion engine for combusting ammonia;
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- an exhaust system comprising an intake for receiving an exhaust gas from the combustion engine, an upstream injector for adding hydrogen gas to the exhaust gas and a downstream catalyst article,
- wherein the downstream catalyst article comprises a three-way catalyst (TWC) composition.
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