Internal engine combustion system
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsMohan Kumar Munirathna, Satheesha Krishna, Alokekumar Das, Roy Mathew
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine (ICE) system, comprising an ICE; an exhaust conduit for transporting exhaust gases from the ICE to an exhaust outlet; an exhaust aftertreatment system (EATS) disposed in the exhaust conduit downstream the ICE; a flex bellow disposed in-between the ICE and the EATS; and a heater arrangement, the heater arrangement being arranged within the flex bellow and further provided in the form of a coil having one or more heating regions and one or more portions configured to induce turbulent flow of the exhaust gases. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a vehicle comprising the ICE system.
Claims14
An internal combustion engine (ICE) system, comprising:
- an ICE;
- an exhaust conduit for transporting exhaust gases from the ICE to an exhaust outlet;
- an exhaust aftertreatment system (EATS) disposed in the exhaust conduit downstream the ICE;
- a flex bellow disposed in-between the ICE and the EATS;
- a reductant injector arranged in-between the ICE and the flex bellow;
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- a heater arrangement, the heater arrangement being arranged within the flex bellow and further provided in the form of a coil having one or more heating regions and one or more portions configured to induce turbulent flow of the exhaust gases mixed with reductant;
- wherein the flex bellow comprises a single cavity defined by an inner wall of the flex bellow, the single cavity being configured to receive the exhaust gases mixed with reductant via a common inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.