patent · US7523607
System and method for reducing vehicle emissions and/or generating hydrogen
28 April 2009
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This patent is cited by material in the archive, so it is indexed here by number, title and inventor. The archive holds no copy of its text.
Abstract
Emissions from systems that use a catalytic converter are substantially reduced by introducing hydrogen, or a hydrogen containing fluid or fuel component, into the exhaust stream being scrubbed by the catalytic converter, resulting in instant lightoff and a significant reduction in emissions. Hydrogen for injection into the exhaust stream may, optionally, be generated within the vehicle using heat recovered from the catalytic converter, and/or the engine or elsewhere in the e...
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
- Original PDF
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- Filed
- 2005-02-14
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2009-04-28
- Inventors
- John Timothy Sullivan