WO2005056989A1 - Filtre a suies autonettoyant par combustion destine a un moteur a combustion interne - Google Patents

Filtre a suies autonettoyant par combustion destine a un moteur a combustion interne Download PDF

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WO2005056989A1
WO2005056989A1 PCT/NL2004/000858 NL2004000858W WO2005056989A1 WO 2005056989 A1 WO2005056989 A1 WO 2005056989A1 NL 2004000858 W NL2004000858 W NL 2004000858W WO 2005056989 A1 WO2005056989 A1 WO 2005056989A1
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Johannes Hubertus Maria Strijbos
Marinus Van Helden
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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
    • F01N3/021—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters
    • F01N3/031—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters having means for by-passing filters, e.g. when clogged or during cold engine start
    • F01N3/032—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters having means for by-passing filters, e.g. when clogged or during cold engine start during filter regeneration only
    • 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
    • F01N3/021—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters
    • F01N3/023—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters using means for regenerating the filters, e.g. by burning trapped particles
    • F01N3/027—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters using means for regenerating the filters, e.g. by burning trapped particles using electric or magnetic heating means
    • F01N3/028—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters using means for regenerating the filters, e.g. by burning trapped particles using electric or magnetic heating means using microwaves
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves
    • H05B6/80—Apparatus for specific applications
    • 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
    • F01N2330/00—Structure of catalyst support or particle filter
    • F01N2330/06—Ceramic, e.g. monoliths

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  • the invention relates to a self-burncleaning sootfilter for a combustion engine, comprising a sootfilter element for filtering soot from an exhaust gas of the combustion engine, and a heating system arranged for increasing the temperature in at least a part of the sootfilter, said heating system comprising a microwave generator for generating microwaves.
  • the invention also relates to an exhaust gas system for a combustion engine, comprising such a self-burncleaning sootfilter, to a driving system comprising a combustion engine provided with such an exhaust gas system, as well as to a vehicle comprising such a driving system.
  • the invention furthermore relates to a method for cleaning a sootfilter for a combustion engine.
  • Sootfilters are used in, for example, vehicles with diesel engines to clean the exhaust gases by removing soot particles from the exhaust gases. More generally, sootfilters are used in apparatuses in which combustion takes place and soot-containing exhaust gas is released. However, in use, the sootfilter becomes saturated with soot, which affects the sootfilter operation. The saturated sootfilter has to be replaced with a new filter or the soot has to be removed from the saturated filter. Sootfilters are known in which the soot can be removed by burning the soot together with the fuel and lubrication oil remainders adhered to the soot, thereby cleaning the sootfilter. A contaminated filter can fully or almost fully be cleaned by means of such afterburning.
  • self-burncleaning sootfilters require additional means for preheating a contaminated sootfilter element prior to soot combustion.
  • One category of such known sootfilters is based upon preheating of a contaminated sootfilter element by means of microwaves.
  • the known microwave-based self-cleaning sootfilters comprise a filter housing and a lossy filter element therein. Microwaves generated by a microwave generator are injected into the filter element in order to heat the filter element prior to soot combustion.
  • the filter housing together with the filter element constitute a microwave cavity and the lossy sootfilter element acts as an absorber for the microwaves.
  • special filter elements have been developed.
  • cordierite filter elements are known which are provided with a layer which absorbs microwave radiation.
  • the known sootfilters suffer from a number of drawbacks. For example, the heating of the sootfilter element is nonuniform. This may lead to incomplete filter regeneration. Besides, due to local overheating, parts of the sootfilter element may melt. This frequently happens for filter elements comprising cordierite, but can also happen for silicon carbide elements. Furthermore, due to thermal stress induced by the microwave heating of the filter element, cracks can occur in the filter element.
  • Another drawback is, that high power and/or long preheating time of the microwave generator is required in order to heat the filter element. This results into a low efficiency of the filter regeneration process.
  • a further drawback is, that special measures taken in order to enhance the microwave absorption by the filter element, sometimes have a negative influence upon the efficiency and reliability of sootfiltering. For example, applying microwave absorbing coatings to a filter element can lead to unwanted penetration of such coatings into the filtering pores, thereby affecting the filtering characteristics of the filter element. It is a goal of the present invention to provide an improved self- cleaning sootfilter which is efficient.
  • the invention seeks to achieve said goal by providing a self- burncleaning sootfilter for a combustion engine, comprising a sootfilter element for filtering soot from an exhaust gas of the combustion engine, and a heating system arranged for increasing the temperature in at least a part of the sootfilter, said heating system comprising a microwave generator for generating microwaves, wherein the sootfilter element is substantially transparent for the microwaves generated by the microwave generator and the microwave radiation can be absorbed by soot. Because of said transparency of the sootfilter element for microwaves and because the microwave radiation can be absorbed by soot, the soot in a sootfilter according to the invention can undergo a substantially direct heating.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a longitudinal sectional view of an example of a first embodiment of a sootfilter according to the invention
  • Figure 2 schematically shows a longitudinal sectional view of an example of a part of a second embodiment of a sootfilter according to the invention
  • Figure 3 schematically shows an arrangement of a third example of an embodiment of a sootfilter according to the invention
  • Figure 4 schematically shows an example of an embodiment of a driving system according to the invention.
  • the sootfilter 1 comprises a filter housing 3 which has an inlet 4 for providing exhaust gas to be filtered to the inside of the housing 3 and an outlet 5 for discharging filtered exhaust gas.
  • a sootfilter element 2 is housed in a cilindrical part 22 of the filter housing 3, which cilindrical part 22 lies between the inlet 4 and the outlet 5.
  • the filter 1 further comprises a microwave generator 6 which can inject microwave radiation into the inside of the housing 3.
  • microwave radiation at least comprises electromagnetic radiation with a frequency in the range of 2400 - 2600 MHz. More particular, the microwave radiation can be injected into the sootfilter element 2, as will be explained below in more detail.
  • the sootfilter element 2 is substantially transparent for microwaves generated by the microwave generator 6.
  • the sootfilter element 2 may for example be a cordierite wall-flow filter element, which is a normal commercially available element. However, any high temperature ceramic filter element can be used instead, provided the element itself presents low loss to the microwaves.
  • a layer 8 made up of material suitable for gas seal and thermal isolation.
  • the housing 3 has conical sections 23, 24 connected to both sides of the cilindrical part 22. The conical section 23 is connected to the inlet 4 and the conical section 24 is connected to the outlet 5.
  • the microwave generator 6 is connected to the filter housing 3 via a waveguide 7.
  • the waveguide 7 preferably is flexible.
  • the flexibility protects the microwave generator 6 against vibrations, for example against vibrations occurring in a vehicle in which the sootfilter 1 is applied.
  • the microwave generator 6 can for example be a 2450 MHz magnetron, which has a high efficiency.
  • Microwave generators for 2450 MHz radiation are generally known from other fields of technology, such as microwave oven technology. These generators are produced in large amounts and are therefore available at low cost. However, other microwave generators can be applied as well.
  • the microwave generator 6 is located in the exhaust gas flow downstream of the sootfilter element 2. This is advantageous compared with an upstream location, because downstream the exhaust gas is already cleaned and has smaller temperature gradients, which is favourable with respect to the life span of the microwave generator 6.
  • the waveguide 7 in this example has a rectangular cross-section.
  • transverse electric (“TE") microwaves that correspond to such rectangular shaped waveguide 7 are of the so-called TE01- mode type.
  • the filter 1 comprises an orthomode coupler 9 which can be of a known type and which is located inside the housing 3 at the transition zone between the waveguide 7 and the housing 3.
  • the orthomode coupler 9 converts the TEOl-waves into TEll-waves corresponding to the circular shaped cross- section of the housing 3.
  • the filter 1 further comprises a circular polarizer 10 located inside the housing 3 between the orthomode coupler 9 and the filter element 2.
  • the circular polarizer 10 converts the TEll-wave into a circular polarized TE11- wave.
  • Circular polarization is advantageous since it contributes to the uniformness of the heating of the soot in the sootfilter element 2, especially in the tangential direction of the sootfilter.
  • the circular polarizer 10 in this example comprises two metallic fins 10.
  • the fins may be, instead of a metal, also of a low loss dielectric material.
  • the fins 10 are connected to the inner side of the filter housing 3 along which they extend in longitudinal direction.
  • the two fins 10 furthermore extend radially inward with respect to the filter 1 and are located diametrically opposite with respect to one another.
  • the realization of the circular polarizer 10 by means of these simple add-on fins is favourable because of ease of production.
  • the sootfilter 1 comprises a microwave reflection grid 11.
  • the reflection grid 11 has an adjustable position with respect to the sootfilter element 2 and is substantially disk shaped with a disk surface perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filter 1.
  • the presence of the reflection grid 11 influences positions of antinodal planes of the microwaves, that is planes in which transverse microwaves have maximum amplitude and in which therefore maximum heating power is available. It is also possible to use other types of reflection grids or to use no reflection grid at all.
  • the wall of the conical section 23 of the housing 3 can serve as reflection wall for microwaves, although this might be less preferable in some cases since a less favourable configuration of antinodal surfaces might result.
  • the sootfilter 1 further comprises a tuner 12 inside the housing 3 at or nearby an axial range of the filter 1 where the waveguide 7 is connected to the housing 3.
  • the tuner 12 is for impedance matching of microwaves in the sootfilter 1 to the microwave generator 6.
  • a further measure to contribute to the uniformness of the heating of the soot in the sootfilter element 2 is to inactivate for sootfiltering a central section of the sootfilter element 2.
  • this is achieved by partially covering each of the two axial endplanes of the sootfilter element 2 concentrically by a disk shaped blocking lid 17.
  • the two identical lids 17 prevent deposit of soot in a central section 18 of the sootfilter element 2 between the two lids 17. This prevents the occurrence of too high temperatures in the central section 18 during microwave filter regeneration.
  • the central section 18 can thus serve as a central cooling region during filter regeneration, which contributes to the uniformness of heating and afterburning of the soot in the sootfilter element 2.
  • a sootfilter element 2 can be applied in which a core similar to the central section 18 of Figure 1 is without filter material, while exhaust gas flow through the core is prevented for instance by application of a closed pipe.
  • Figure 2 shows an example of such a pipe 19 applied in a sootfilter according to the invention.
  • the pipe 19 is made of a metal or a low loss dielectric material.
  • the housing 3 is constructed of a full metallic enclosure. Thereby, leakage of microwave radiation is suppressed, since the enclosure reflects the radiation.
  • the diameters of the inletpipe 4 and the outletpipe 5 are small enough to guarantee that the microwaves cannot propagate through theses pipes. For example with standard diameters of 5 cm or smaller, microwave leakage at 2450 MHz is effectively blocked because the pipes are below "cut-off for the dominant TE11 mode of operation.
  • the microwaves travelling towards the inlet 4 or outlet 5 can be reflected back into the inside of the housing 3 by means of reflection grids, for instance a reflection grid at the transition to the outlet 5.
  • the waveguide 7 and the microwave generator 6 can be integral parts of the sootfilter 1, which also contributes to the suppression of microwave leakage.
  • the sootfilter 1 comprises means for estimating the degree of sootloading.
  • sootfilter With such means it can be determined when the sootfilter needs regeneration.
  • sootfilters For conventional sootfilters often use is made of pressure drop measurements over the filter elements in order to estimate sootloading.
  • This type of sootloading estimation can also be applied for the sootfilter according to the invention.
  • microwave technology can be applied for estimating the amount of soot contained in the sootfilter element.
  • a microwave generator for example the microwave generator 6, in combination with a known standing wave detector located in the waveguide 7 can be used for a short period of time.
  • a sootfilter according to the invention may comprise a suitable sootfilter control structure 25 for controlling the operation of the sootfilter.
  • filter regeneration is initiated by microwave-heating soot particles in the filter element 2 by means of the microwave generator 6 and optional further components.
  • a control unit 26 of the sootfilter control structure 25 may be communicatively connected to for example a sootloading sensor and to the microwave generator 6. After heating up the soot particles for a certain period of time, combustion will start at a certain moment in a number of antinodal planes 13-16 in axial direction. Then the microwave energy input can be stopped by the sootfilter control structure 25.
  • Such indicator can for example be an increase of the amount of carbon oxide gas, such as carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, in the outlet pipe 5, which increase can be detected for example by a suitable sensor in the outlet pipe 5.
  • the generated heat from the particle combustion will be transfered from the hot antinodal planes 13-16 to the soot particles between the hot planes 13-16, in such way that these soot particles will be burnt as well.
  • the oxygen required for the combustion may come from additional oxygen supply by for instance an air pump or a compressed air system. It may also come from the exhaust gases, since (diesel) exhaust gases do contain oxygen.
  • the sootfilter 1 may be implemented in different other ways. For example it is possible, among others by suitably implementing the sootfilter control structure 25, to let soot combustion take place during different consecutive time intervals, wherein in each different time interval a different part of the sootfilter element 2 is regenerated. That is, the microwave energy input is intermittently initiated and stopped several times. During a thus obtained regeneration interval of such stepwise process, those parts of the sootfilter element 2 that have already been regenerated, will not absorb microwaves anymore, whereas a yet unregenerated part of the sootfilter element 2 will be regenerated then.
  • the complete sootfilter element 2 may be regenerated, while the risk of local overheating the sootfilter element 2 is further decreased.
  • the oxygen supply is accurate. That is, if for example the oxygen-containing supply gases are colder than the combustion zone, the combustion will be cooled down which may lead to flame extinction. And, if for example oxygen supply is too high, uncontrolled fast combustion may arise, which might lead to unacceptably high temperatures. On the other hand, a too low oxygen supply causes poor combustion.
  • the sootfilter control structure 25 may optionally comprise a control unit 27 for accurately controlling the oxygen supply.
  • the control unit 27 may be arranged among others to provide an effective ratio between oxygen and organic material in the sootfilter during regeneration.
  • control unit 27 may for example be communicatively connected to an oxygen sensor for determining the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas and/or to a temperature sensor for determining exhaust gas temperature, as well as to means for controlling the oxygen supply in dependence of signals from the oxygen sensor and/or the temperature sensor.
  • Figure 1 shows such oxygen sensor 20 and such temperature sensor 21, both located downstream of the sootfilter element 2.
  • the sensors 20 and 21 are located in the outletpipe 5.
  • An advantage of this location is, that in the outletpipe 5 there are no propagating microwaves that might disturb the operation of these sensors 20 and 21. In a sootfilter the exhaust gas flow of the engine, even at idle, can be too high for maintaining propagating flame fronts and accordingly cleaning the filter.
  • the filter may be implemented such that regeneration only takes place at engine stand-still.
  • the oxygen required for the combustion can not come from the exhaust gases, but may instead be supplied by for instance an air pump or a compressed air system.
  • Another way of dealing with the problem of a too high exhaust gas flow for maintaining propagating flame fronts can be to apply a multiple branch system, which enables filter regeneration while the engine is running.
  • An example of a sootfilter according to such an optional system comprises at least two branches for flow of the exhaust gas, wherein each flow branch comprises a sootfilter element and a valve for controlling the exhaust gas flow. During engine running the exhaust gas may for instance flow through a clean filter element, while at least one other filter element can be regenerated.
  • FIG 3 shows, in a highly schematical way, an example of such a sootfilter 31.
  • the sootfilter 31 has two flow branches A and B.
  • the branches A and B are branched off from an inletpipe 34 for exhaust gas to be filtered. They join again at an outletpipe 35 for filtered exhaust gas.
  • the flow branches A and B can each comprise diverse sootfilter parts, for example those of the embodiments of Figure 1 and 2. For reasons of simplicity most of such parts are not shown in Figure 3.
  • Flow branch A comprises a sootfilter element 32A and a valve 40A for controlling the exhaust gas flow.
  • Flow branch B similarly comprises a sootfilter element 32B and a valve 40B.
  • the valves 40A and 40B are preferably located downstream of the sootfilter elements 32A and 32B, respectively.
  • upstream locations of the valves can also be applied.
  • the sootfilter 31 comprises one single microwave generator 36 which via a waveguide 37A is connected to branch A and via a waveguide 37B to branch B.
  • the microwave generator 36 can generate microwaves for both branch A and B.
  • the sootfilter 31 further comprises a microwave valve structure for controlling microwave propagation from the microwave generator 36 to the different branches A and B.
  • the microwave valve structure comprises a microwave valve 41A incorporated in waveguide 37A and a microwave valve 41B incorporated in waveguide 37B.
  • the sootfilter control structure 25 controls the operation of the sootfilter. This comprises the operation of the exhaust gas valves 40A, 40B and of the microwave valves 41A and 41B.
  • the filter element 32A has to be regenerated.
  • the exhaust gases mainly flow through branch B, that is the valve 40B in branch B is in open position then.
  • the filter element 32A is pre- heated by forcing exhaust gas through it. That is, the valve 40A in branch A is in open position then.
  • the valve 40A is closed.
  • the microwave valve 41A if not yet open, is opened and the microwave valve 41B, if not yet closed, is closed.
  • operation of the microwave generator 36 is started then, in order to heat the soot particles in the sootfilter element 32A to their ignition temperature.
  • the advantage of the initial step of pre-heating the filter element 32A by the exhaust gases is that less energy from the microwave generator 36 is required to heat the soot to ignition temperature. When combustion has started the microwave generator 36 is switched off.
  • the supply of oxygen for the soot combustion can be controlled by a control unit, for instance as described above with reference to Figures 1 and 2 or otherwise.
  • a control unit is, for each flow branch downstream of the sootfilter element, communicatively connected to an oxygen sensor for determining the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas and/or to a temperature sensor for determining exhaust gas temperature.
  • the valves 40A and 40B are adequately controlled by the control unit and possibly by other parts of the sootfilter control structure.
  • Fig. 4 schematically shows an example of a driving system 70.
  • the driving system 70 comprises a combustion engine 63 provided with an exhaust gas system 60 for the combustion engine 63.
  • the exhaust gas system 60 comprises a self-burncleaning sootfilter 61 for filtering soot from an exhaust gas of the combustion engine 63.
  • the sootfilter 61 comprises a sootfilter element 62 and a microwave generator 66 for generating microwaves.
  • the sootfilter element 62 is substantially transparent for the microwaves generated by the microwave generator 66. However, the microwave radiation can be absorbed by soot.
  • the driving system 70 of Fig. 4 further comprises an electric motor
  • the shown driving system 70 is a hybrid system including said combustion engine 63 and said electric motor 64. In the hybrid system either the combustion engine 63 or the electric motor, or the combination of both, can drive means to be driven, such as the wheels of a vehicle. In such a driving system 70, it is possible to regenerate the sootfilter element 62, for example in a way as described above with reference to Figs. 1- 2.
  • the regeneration takes place during a time period in which the operation of the hybrid driving system is substantially caused by the electric motor 64 being in operation.
  • the regeneration of the sootfilter element can for example take place when a vehicle equipped with a hybrid driving system is driven solely by the electric motor, so that there is substantially no flow of exhaust gas from the combustion engine.
  • a negative influence of the exhaust gas on the filter regeneration process is prevented. Therefore, for such a hybrid driving system there is no need for applying a multiple branch sootfilter as described above with reference to Fig. 3.
  • a compact single branch sootfilter can be applied which can be regenerated effectively during operation of the driving system.
  • the battery 65 of the hybrid driving system 70 is arranged for feeding electric energy to the microwave generator 66 of the sootfilter 61 as well, as indicated by Arrow 68 in Fig.4.
  • the microwave generator 66 of the sootfilter 61 is arranged for feeding electric energy to the microwave generator 66 of the sootfilter 61 as well, as indicated by Arrow 68 in Fig.4.
  • the filter element 32A was regenerated.
  • Regeneration of the filter element 32B can be performed in a similar way. Furthermore, instead of a two-branch system, a system with more branches can be more or less likewise applied for regeneration of one or more sootfilter elements during engine running. Also more than one microwave generator can be applied in a single sootfilter.

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L'invention concerne un filtre à suies autonettoyant par combustion destiné à un moteur à combustion interne, comportant un élément de filtre à suies (2; 32A, 32B; 62) destiné à filtrer des suies provenant des gaz d'échappement du moteur à combustion interne, et un système de chauffage conçu pour augmenter la température dans au moins une partie du filtre à suies (1; 31; 61). Ledit système de chauffage comporte un générateur de micro-ondes (6; 36; 66). Ledit élément de filtre à suies (2; 32A, 32B; 62) est essentiellement perméable aux micro-ondes produites par le générateur de micro-ondes (6; 36; 66) et le rayonnement des micro-ondes peut être absorbé par les suies.
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