Mixer
AssigneeEberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsEnver KURPEJOVIC, Krishna Kumar VEMPATI, Krishna Siva Prasad Reddy YENUGULA, Ruben HASS
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Abstract
A mixer for an exhaust system for mixing reactant injected into an exhaust gas stream with exhaust gas includes a mixer body (22). The mixer body includes a reactant passage body area (24) with a reactant passage opening (26), a mixer plate body area (30) adjoining the reactant passage body area (24) on one side in a mixer longitudinal direction (L) and a mixer main body area (36) adjoining the reactant passage body area (24) in the mixer longitudinal direction (L) on another side opposite the one side.
Claims20
A mixer for an exhaust system for mixing reactant injected into an exhaust gas stream with exhaust gas, the mixer comprising a mixer body, the mixer body comprising:
- a reactant passage body area with a reactant passage opening;
- a mixer plate body area adjoining the reactant passage body area on a first mixer body side in a mixer longitudinal direction;
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- a mixer main body area adjoining the reactant passage body area on a second mixer body side, the second mixer body side being opposite the first mixer body side in the mixer longitudinal direction.
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, the exhaust system comprising:
- an exhaust gas pipe;
- a reactant release device releasing reactant in a main reactant release direction into the exhaust gas pipe;
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- a mixer arranged in the exhaust gas pipe for mixing reactant injected into an exhaust gas stream with exhaust gas, the mixer comprising a mixer body, the mixer body comprising:
- a reactant passage body area with a reactant passage opening;
- a mixer plate body area adjoining the reactant passage body area on a first mixer body side in a mixer longitudinal direction;
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- a mixer main body area adjoining the reactant passage body area on a second mixer body side, the second mixer body side being opposite the first mixer body side in the mixer longitudinal direction.
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