Urea injector in exhaust gas turbine housing
AssigneeVolvo Lastvagnar AB
InventorsLucan Megas, Lennart Zander, Lennart Andersson
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Abstract
Vehicle powered by a combustion engine having an exhaust pipe, a turbine housing connected to the exhaust pipe which exhibits an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a chamber located between the inlet opening and outlet opening in which a turbine wheel is rotatably arranged on a rotational shaft which is mounted in bearings in the housing and extends through a through-hole in the chamber. An injector is provided for injecting urea while the combustion engine is in a predetermined operating conditions into exhaust gases generated by the combustion engine.
Claims10
An exhaust arrangement for an internal combustion engine, said arrangement comprising:
- a turbine housing having an inlet opening adapted to receive exhaust gases from a combustion engine into said housing and an outlet opening adapted to convey urea-treated exhaust gases out of said housing;
- a turbine located in said housing in an exhaust gas flow path between said inlet opening and outlet opening, said turbine including a turbine wheel arranged on a rotational shaft, said rotation shaft being positioned in a through-hole into said housing;
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- an urea injector having an outlet orifice located in said housing for injecting urea directly thereinto for mixture with exhaust gases in said housing for the purpose of reducing the NOx content of the receiving exhaust gases, said injector being configured to minimize contact of injected urea with said through-hole.
A combustion engine powered vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle powered by a combustion engine, said engine being associated with an exhaust arrangement for treating and carrying exhaust gases away therefrom;
- said exhaust arrangement including a turbine housing having an inlet opening adapted to receive exhaust gases from a combustion engine into said housing and an outlet opening adapted to convey urea-treated exhaust gases out of said housing;
- a turbine located in said housing in an exhaust gas flow path between said inlet opening and outlet opening, said turbine including a turbine wheel arranged on a rotational shaft, said rotation shaft being positioned in a through-hole into said housing;
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- an urea injector having an outlet orifice located in said housing for injecting urea directly thereinto for mixture with exhaust gases in said housing for the purpose of reducing the NOx content of the receiving exhaust gases, said injector being configured to minimize contact of injected urea with said through-hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.