Reducing agent injection nozzle
AssigneeAlbonair GmbH
InventorsWerner Overhoff, Sascha Dolenec, Sebastian Muhlenbrock
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Abstract
The invention relates to an injection nozzle (1) for injection of a reducing agent into an exhaust gas system (2) of an internal combustion engine for selective catalytic reduction, especially for atomization by means of compressed air or propellant gas, the nozzle (1) having at least one outlet opening, the nozzle (1) upstream of the outlet opening having a variable volume (8) which after completion of injection of the liquid is increased in order to draw gas from the vicinity (2) through the outlet opening into the nozzle (1).
Claims16
An injection nozzle (1) for injection of a reducing agent into an exhaust gas system (2) of an internal combustion engine for selective catalytic reduction, for atomization by means of compressed air or propellant gas, the nozzle (1) having at least one outlet opening, wherein the nozzle (1) upstream of the outlet opening has a variable volume (8) which after completion of injection of the liquid is increased in order to draw gas from the vicinity (2) through the outlet opening into the nozzle (1), wherein the variable volume (8) is delimited by a position-variable, flexible element (6), which can be deflected out of its rest position in order to reduce the variable volume (8), and which has reset forces to automatically return to its rest position in order to increase the variable volume (8), and wherein the variable volume (8) is delimited by a flexible element (6) which during injection of the liquid is deflected out of its rest position in order to reduce the variable volume (8), after completion of the injection of the liquid the flexible element (6) returning to its rest position and increasing the variable volume (8).
A method for operation of an exhaust gas after treatment system with an injection nozzle (1) with at least one outlet opening for injection of a reducing agent into an exhaust gas stream (2) of an internal combustion engine for selective catalytic reduction, characterized in that after completion of injection a variable volume (8) which is located upstream of the outlet opening is increased so that gas from the vicinity (2) is drawn through the outlet opening into the nozzle (1) and forces the reducing agent back, wherein the variable volume (8) is reduced during injection by a flexible element (6) which delimits the variable volume (8), especially a membrane or a spring-loaded piston, being exposed to compressed air which is used for atomization of the reducing agent and being deflected out of its rest position, after completion of injection of the reducing agent the exposure to compressed air being ended and the flexible element (6) returning reversibly to its rest position as a result of its reset forces and increasing the variable volume (8).
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