Urea water supply system for construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10066531-B2
Application number	US-201515022933-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2015
Priority date	Mar 17, 2014
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

In order to purify NOx in exhaust gas discharged from an engine, a urea water supply system is configured by a urea water injection valve, a urea water tank, urea water supply piping ( 22 ) and a urea water supply device ( 30 ). Cooling water piping ( 40 ) that allows cooling water of the engine to flow through is laid along the urea water supply piping ( 22 ), while the cooling water piping ( 40 ) is connected to the urea water supply device ( 30 ) at a connection portion ( 34 ) of an inflow pipe and a connection portion ( 35 ) of an outflow pipe, and a part ( 46 ) of the inflow pipe is installed to be close to connection portions ( 31, 32, 33 ) of the urea water supply piping ( 22 ) to the urea water supply device ( 30 ) within a predetermined distance range in which heat of the cooling water reaches the connection portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A urea water supply system for a construction machine, comprising:
an engine as a drive source placed on a revolving superstructure;
a NOx selective catalytic reduction device interposed in an exhaust passage of the engine;
a urea water injection valve that injects urea water to an exhaust upstream side of the NOx selective catalytic reduction device;
a urea water tank that stores the urea water;
urea water supply piping with one end connected to the urea water injection valve, and the other end connected to the urea water tank;
a urea water supply device that is interposed in the urea water supply piping, and feeds the urea water under pressure to the urea water injection valve;
a plurality of connectors which connect the urea water supply piping to the urea water supply device, and
cooling water piping that extends along the urea water supply piping, allows cooling water of the engine to flow through and is connected to the urea water supply device,
wherein:
the urea water supply piping comprises a first piping in which the urea water flows from the urea water tank to the urea water supply device, a second piping which returns the urea water from the urea water supply device to the urea water tank, and a third piping which feeds the urea water under pressure from the urea water supply device to the urea water injection valve,
the connectors comprise a first connector which connects the first piping to the urea water supply device, a second connector which connects the second piping to the urea water supply device, a third connector which connects the third piping to the urea water supply device, a fourth connector, and a fifth connector,
the cooling water piping comprises an inflow pipe connected to the urea water supply device with the fourth connector and in which the cooling water flows from the engine, and an outflow pipe connected to the urea water supply device with the fifth connector and which feeds the cooling water from the urea water supply device to the urea water tank,
the first connector, the second connector, the third connector, the fourth connector and the fifth connector are disposed perpendicularly to a respective same outer surface of the urea water supply device, and
the inflow pipe includes a warming pipe section disposed to extend to cross the first connector, the second connector and the third connector of the urea water supply piping between the first connector, the second connector, the third connector of the urea water supply piping and the fourth connector, the fifth connector of the cooling water piping, and to further extend to cross the first connector, the second connector and the third connector of the urea water supply piping on a side thereof opposite to the fourth connector and the fifth connector to surround the first connector, the second connector and the third connector.

2. The urea water supply system for a construction machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first connector, the second connector and the third connector are disposed in a line on the respective same outer surface of the urea water supply device, and the warming pipe section surrounds the first connector, the second connector and the third connector.

3. The urea water supply system for a construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a thermal insulating cover that covers and keeps the warming pipe section, the first connector, the second connector and the third connector warm.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Mano Hidenori
• Kamiya Shohei
• Fujii Toshinori

Classifications

• F01N3/2066 Primary

  Selective catalytic reduction [SCR] · CPC title

• F01N3/2896 Primary

  Liquid catalyst carrier · CPC title

• F01N3/2889

  with heat exchangers in a single housing · CPC title

• F01N2610/1406

  Storage means for substances, e.g. tanks or reservoirs · CPC title

• F01N13/14

  having thermal insulation {(exhaust manifolds F01N13/102)} · CPC title