US3700029A - Vehicle pollution control unit - Google Patents

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US3700029A
US3700029A US52895A US3700029DA US3700029A US 3700029 A US3700029 A US 3700029A US 52895 A US52895 A US 52895A US 3700029D A US3700029D A US 3700029DA US 3700029 A US3700029 A US 3700029A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/02—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust
    • F01N3/04—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust using liquids
    • F01N3/043—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust using liquids without contact between liquid and exhaust gases
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
    • Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S55/00—Gas separation
    • Y10S55/30—Exhaust treatment

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  • a housing contains a hollow tube having heat transfer plates attached which extend the length of the housing. Baffles are positioned along the length of the housing between the heat transfer plates. The housing is capped on both ends and is provided with an inlet and outlet pipe for the exhaust gases to pass through. A fluid coolant is circulated through the tube to cool the exhaust gases within the housing.
  • the apparatus should be inexpensive and easy to mount on automobiles and should provide for the breakdown of the noxious exhaust gases into various non-noxious components.
  • the present invention provides such an apparatus by subjecting the hot exhaust gases to a significently lower temperature thereby oxidizing and breaking the noxious exhaust gases into the various non-noxious components.
  • This invention is an apparatus for controlling the pollutants existing in engine exhaust gases.
  • a cylindrical hollow housing capped on either end by a plate contains a hollow tube.
  • Heat transfer plates extending within the housing are fixed to the tube and are spaced apart by baffles.
  • the plates and baffles are configured to force the incoming exhaust gases into a swirl.
  • Hollow pipes are provided in either end of the housing for connecting to the exhaust system of the engine thereby allowing the exhaust gases to pass therethrough.
  • a fluid coolant is circulated through the tube.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle pollution control unit which breaks noxious exhaust gases from an engine into various nonnoxious entites.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of an automobile having a vehicle pollution control unit incorporating the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the control unit shown in FIG. 1 with a portion of the device cut away to show its components.
  • FIG. 1 there is illustrated an automobile 10 having an internal combustion engine 1 1 and a radiator 12.
  • a conventional exhaust pipe 13 is fixedly fastened to the exhaust manifold of engine 11 with a muffler 15 connected to its opposite end.
  • a second pipe 14 is connected to the opposite end of mufiler 15 and is fixedly fastened to the inlet of vehicle pollution control unit 16.
  • a third pipe 19 is connected to the opposite end of unit 16 allowing the exhaust gases to escape to the atmosphere out through outlet 24.
  • a suitable clamping device 22 extends around pipe 19 being firmly anchored to the frame of automobile 10.
  • clamp 23 extends around the body of unit 16 and is firmly anchored to the frame of automobile 10.
  • clamps 22 and 23 prevent the pipe and unit from falling from the autom obile when subjected to shock.
  • unit 16 requires coolant from radiator 12.
  • coolant hoses 17 and 18 are connected to radiator 12 and extend back to the rear of automobile 10 fastening to unit 16.
  • Clamp 21 extends around hoses 17 and 18 and is anchored to the frame of automobile 10 thereby securing the hoses to the automobile. Additional clamps may be used throughout the automobile at strategic locations to secure hoses 17 and US to the automobile. Likewise, clamps will be used to secure muffler l5 and pipes 14 and 13 to the automobile.
  • radiator 12 may be provided with two hollow pipes opening into the interior of the radiator and sized to receive hoses 17 and 18.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the control unit and is cut away to show the components.
  • end plate 30 has been removed from the device for sake of clarity. Of course, in actual use plate 30 would be secured to housing 31.
  • Unit 16 has a hollow cylindrical housing 31 securely fastened to forward end plate 30 and back end plate 32.
  • Housing 31 and plates 30 and 32 may be made from stainless steel with back plate 32 being welded to housing 31.
  • Forward plate 30 is secured to housing 31 by welding or by fastening devices. In the latter case, right angle brackets, not shown, are fixedly fastened to the interior of housing 31 having nuts for engaging screws passing through plate 30 and securing plate 30 to housing 31.
  • Inlet exhaust pipe 33 is integrally attached to plate 30 by weld 37.
  • outlet exhaust pipe 34 is integrally attached to plate 32 by welds not shown.
  • Pipe 33 is hollow allowing the exhaust gases to enter unit 16 in the direction of arrow 38.
  • Pipe 34 is also hollow allowing the gases to exit unit 16in the direction of arrow 39.
  • Pipe 33 is securely fastened to pipe 14 whereas pipe 34 is securely fastened to pipe 19 by conventional clamping devices.
  • a tube is provided within housing 31 for circulating the coolant from radiator 12.
  • the tube may be made from individual pre-formed copper tubes fastened together by means such as solder. Coolant flows out of radiator 12 through tubing 18 in the direction of arrow 25 entering unit 16 through inlet tube 61.
  • Tube 61 is fixedly fastened to a right angle configured tube 62 which in turn is fixedly fastened to a straight tube 63.
  • Tube 63 is fixedly fastened to a 180 degree bend 64 which has its opposite end fixedly fastened to straight tube 65.
  • Tube 65 is fixedly fastened to another 180 degree bend 66 which has its opposite end fixedly fastened to straight tube 67.
  • Tube 67 has its opposite end fixedly fastened to extension tube 68 which in turn is fixedly fastened to a straight piece of tubing 69.
  • FIG. 2 additional individual tubes are connected together forming the final configured tube.
  • the following number of individual tubes are utilized: one inlet tube 61, fifteen straight tubes, ten 180 degree bend tubes, four extension tubes 68, and one outlet tube 60.
  • Plates 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 act as heat sinks and directional fins thereby extracting the heat from the exhaust gases entering pipe 33 in the direction of arrow 38.
  • the heat from the exhaust gases is conducted to the tube and the coolant therein.
  • Each one of plates 40 through 44 have fifteen holes to receive the tube as it crosses back and forth along the length of housing 31.
  • These plates may be made from any type of metal; however, excellent results have been obtained by utilizing 25 guage aluminum sheet.
  • the plates may be fastened to the tube by any conventional means, such as soldering or bolting together. Plates 40 through 44 extend from back end plate 32 to forward end plate 30.
  • Plates 40 through 44 are identical in shape having a flat middle portion 49 integrally joined to an upward turned flange 48 on one side and a downward turned flange 50 on the opposite side.
  • Flanges 48 are turned upward at an approximate angle of thirty degrees from the flat middle portion 49.
  • Flanges 50 are turned downward at an approximate angle of thirty degrees from the flat middle portion 49.
  • Flange 48 of the top plate 44 abuts against the inside wall of housing 31 and flange 50 of the lowest plate 40 abuts against the inside wall of housing 31.
  • the remaining flanges 48 and 50 are in spaced relation from the inside wall of housing 31.
  • baffle plates 45, 46, and 47 are spaced along the length of housing 31 to direct the incoming exhaust gases.
  • Each baffle is identical having a flat portion 51 integrally joined to a downward turned flange 52. Flanges 52 are turned down approximately 30 from flat portion 51. Portions 51 are provided with three holes for receiving the coolant tube.
  • Baffle 45 is located under plate 43 and on top of plate 42. Flat portion 51 of baffle 45 abuts against the lower side of plate 43 whereas the lower edge of flange 52 abuts against the top of plate 42.
  • Portion 51 of baffle 46 abuts against the lower side of plate 42 and the lower edge of flange 52 of baffle 46 rests on the top side of plate 41.
  • Portion 51 of baffle 47 abuts against the lower side of plate 41 with the lower edge of flange 52 of baffle 47 resting on top of plate 40.
  • Holes are provided in plate 30 allowing inlet tube 61 and outlet tube to pass through the plate.
  • hole 36 in plate 30 receives tube 60 which is sufficiently long so as to allow hose 17 to be connected thereto.
  • Hose 17 may be made from a flexible material, such as rubber, and may therefore be slipped over tube 60 with a clamping device, not shown, securing hose 17 to tube 60.
  • a similar hole not shown is provided in plate 30 allowing tube 61 to extend through the plate and allowing hose 18 to be secured to tube 61.
  • a third hole 35 having an approximate diameter of 3/8 of an inch is provided in plate 30 allowing air from the outside environment to enter housing 31 to insure proper oxidation of the gases therein.
  • baffles 45, 46 and 47 extend the width of horizontal portions 49 ending approximately at the junction between flanges 48 and portion 49 and the junction between flanges 50 and portion 49.
  • the coolant from radiator 12 is circulated through the continuous length of tubing at a temperature between 200 F. and 300 F.
  • a coolant pump is not required since the continuous cycling of the coolant from the engine to the radiator produces sufficient pressure to also circulate the coolant out hose 18 and through unit 16 and back to the radiator via hose l7. Suitable chemicals may be added to the coolant in radiator 12 to prevent the water from boiling.
  • Baffles 45, 46, and 47 prevent the exhaust gases from immediately exiting outlet 34 thereby creating a back pressure in the exhaust system.
  • the back pressure insures that a greater percent of the gasoline within the engine cylinders is burned.
  • the gases entering pipe 33 are at a temperature between 700 to 1000 F. and impinge immediately on the plates, baffles, and coolant tubes which are at temperatures between 200 to 300 F. As a result of the sudden change in temperature in conjunction with the air entering hole 35 the incoming gases are broken down exiting pipe 34 as individual non-noxious components.
  • a typical automobile cruising 40 miles per hour and not equipped with the present invention may have exhaust gases exceeding 73 grams of carbon monoxide and 11 grams of hydrocarbon per mile of driving.
  • the exhaust gases contain less than 30 grams of carbon monoxide and less than 3 grams of hydrocarbon per mile of driving, and less than three oxides of nitrogen grams per mile.
  • the present invention may be utilized on other types of engines, for example, diesel engines.
  • the device may be utilized on vehicles other than automobiles.
  • the present invention provides an apparatus for controlling the pollutants existing in exhaust gases.
  • the anti-pollution device of the present invention may be quickly and inexpensively manufactured and attached to automobiles for controlling the pollutants existing in the automobile exhaust gases.
  • the anti-pollution device breaks down the noxious exhaust gases from an engine into various non-noxious entities.
  • a control unit for reducing pollutants in exhaust gases from an engine comprising:
  • a housing having an inlet and an outlet connectable to and communicating with said engine so as to receive said exhaust gases
  • baffles spaced between said plates to direct the flow of said gases
  • said plates are parallel and are in spaced relation to each other forming passages for said gases to flow.
  • a control unit for reducing pollutants in exhaust gases from an engine comprising:
  • a housing having an inlet and an outlet connectable to and communicating with said engine so as to receive said exhaust gases
  • bafifles spaced between said plates to direct the flow of said gases
  • each of said plates are parallel and are in spaced relation to each other forming passages for said gases to flow, each of said plates have a flat middle portion, an upward turned flange and a downward turned flange integrally joined together;
  • each of said baffles are positioned in said passages
  • each of said baflles have a downward turned portion abutting one of said plates directing said gases to said upward turned flanges and said downward turned flanges.
  • the unit of claim 2 additionally comprising:
  • said tube means for causing said tube to have a surface temperature between 200 Fahrenheit and 300 Fahrenheit while said exhaust gases are flowing through said housing.
  • said unit is connected to an automobile having a radiator and exhaust system, said inlet of said housing is connected to said exhaust system, said tube is connected to said radiator.
  • said tube is configured to cross back and forth the width and length of said housing passing through said plates and baffles.

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US4133652A (en) * 1976-05-25 1979-01-09 Makio Ishikawa Electronic air conditioner
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