# US 2014/0196442 A1 · Reductant aqueous solution mixing device and exhaust aftertreatment device provided with the same

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- Number: US 2014/0196442 A1
- Document ID: US20140196442A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/000,580
- Filed: 2013-01-17
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-17
- Assignees: Komatsu Ltd.
- Inventors: Takashi Katou; Hiroyuki Tomioka; Boku Itou
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196442A1

## CPC

- F01N 3/10: by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
- F01N 3/208: {Control of selective catalytic reduction [SCR], e.g. by adjusting the dosing of reducing agent}
- F01N 13/1827: {Sealings specially adapted for exhaust systems (sealings in general F16J15/00)}
- F01N 2240/20: a flow director or deflector
- F01N 2470/02: Tubes being perforated
- F01N 2610/02: the substance being ammonia or urea
- F01N 2610/1453: Sprayers or atomisers; Arrangement thereof in the exhaust apparatus
- Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies
- F01N: GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with gas exhaust of propulsion units in vehicles B60K13/00; combustion-air intake silencers specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines F02M35/00; protecting against, or damping, noise in general G10K11/16)
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A mixing device includes: an elbow pipe attached to an outlet pipe of a filter device; a straight pipe connected to a downstream side of the elbow pipe; and an injector attached to the elbow pipe and injecting a reductant aqueous solution into an inside of the elbow pipe toward the straight pipe. The elbow pipe is provided with an injector attachment to which the injector is attached with a bolt. An attachment face of the injector attachment is substantially flush with an end of an injection nozzle of the injector. The injector attachment is provided with a recess at which an end of the injection nozzle is exposed, the recess being enlarged toward the straight pipe. A heat-insulation layer located near an outer periphery of the recess is provided inside the injector attachment. An end of the bolt penetrates the injector from an outside to reach the heat-insulation layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A reductant aqueous solution mixing device interposed between a filter device that captures particulate matters in an exhaust gas and a selective catalytic reduction device disposed downstream of the filter device, the reductant aqueous solution mixing device adding a reductant aqueous solution in the exhaust gas, and the reductant aqueous solution mixing device comprising:
an elbow pipe attached to an outlet pipe of the filter device, the elbow pipe changing a flow direction of the exhaust gas flowing from the filter device;
a straight pipe connected to a downstream side of the elbow pipe, the straight pipe extending in a direction intersecting an axial line of the outlet pipe of the filter device; and
an injector attached to the elbow pipe, the injector injecting the reductant aqueous solution into an inside of the elbow pipe toward the straight pipe,
wherein:
the elbow pipe is provided with an injector attachment on which the injector is attached by a bolt,
the injector attachment has an attachment face for the injector to be attached thereon, the attachment face being substantially flush with an end of an injection nozzle of the injector,
the injector attachment is provided with a recess at which the end of the injection nozzle is exposed, the recess enlarging toward the straight pipe,
a heat-insulation layer located near an outer periphery of the recess is provided inside the injector attachment,
an end of the bolt penetrates the injector from an outside to reach the heat-insulation layer in the injector attachment,
the injector attachment comprises a base plate on which the attachment face is provided and a sub-plate bonded to the base plate on a side near an inside of the elbow pipe,
the heat-insulation layer is provided in a closed space defined by bonding the base plate and the sub-plate,
an injection opening for exposing the end of the injection nozzle to the inside of the elbow pipe is provided to the injector attachment,
a gasket is interposed between the injector attachment and the injector,
the gasket comprises (i) an inner plate that is in contact with the attachment face of the injector attachment and has an inner opening corresponding to the injection opening, (ii) an outer plate that is in contact with the injector and has an outer opening corresponding to the injection opening, (iii) an annular outer periphery support ring held between outer peripheries of the inner plate and the outer plate, and (iv) an annular inner periphery heat-insulation ring held by a periphery of the inner opening of the inner plate and a periphery of the outer opening of the outer plate,
a gasket-side heat-insulation space covered with the inner plate, the outer plate, the outer periphery support ring and the inner periphery heat-insulation ring is provided inside the gasket,
an annular abutment portion to be in contact with the gasket is provided at a position of the injector close to an outer periphery of the injector and spaced away from the end of the injection nozzle,
an injection-nozzle-side heat-insulation space opened toward an inside of the straight pipe through the injection opening is defined between the end of the injection nozzle and the abutment portion, and
the injection-nozzle-side heat-insulation space is covered with the gasket.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The reductant aqueous solution mixing device according to claim 1, wherein an opening degree of the recess is in a range from 120 to 140 degrees.

### Claim at position 3

3-5. (canceled)

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The reductant aqueous solution mixing device according to claim 1, wherein the heat-insulation layer is an air layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

An exhaust after treatment device, comprising:
a filter device that captures particulate matters in an exhaust gas;
a reductant aqueous solution mixing device according to claim 1, the reductant aqueous solution mixing device being disposed downstream of the filter device in parallel to the filter device; and
a selective catalytic reduction device disposed downstream of the reductant aqueous solution mixing device, the selective catalytic reduction device reducing and purifying a nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas.