Exhaust gas control apparatus and control method for exhaust gas control apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10138792-B2
Application number	US-201815958498-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2018
Priority date	Apr 25, 2017
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

An exhaust gas control apparatus includes a dust collection device, an oxidation treatment device, and an ECU. The dust collection device applies a DC voltage between a charging electrode and a counter electrode, and collects particulate matter on an oxidation substrate. The ECU estimates a distribution of a deposition amount of the particulate matter deposited on the oxidation substrate in a flow direction of exhaust gas, based on input information including at least a flow rate of exhaust gas and a mass of particulate matter in exhaust gas, setting information including at least an electric field intensity between the charging electrode and the counter electrode, and history information on the oxidation treatment. The ECU carries out the oxidation treatment when the deposition amount of at least a part of the deposited particulate matter exceeds a threshold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exhaust gas control apparatus comprising:
a dust collection device configured to apply a direct current voltage between a charging electrode and a counter electrode, and to collect particulate matter on an oxidation substrate that is arranged inside the counter electrode, the charging electrode being arranged in a flow channel for exhaust gas containing particulate matter, and the counter electrode constituting at least a part of an inner wall surface of the flow channel;
an oxidation treatment device configured to apply an alternating current voltage between an oxidation electrode and the counter electrode, and to subject the particulate matter deposited on the oxidation substrate to an oxidation treatment, the oxidation electrode being provided in the oxidation substrate and being at least partially covered with a dielectric; and
an electronic control unit configured to control the dust collection device and the oxidation treatment device,
the electronic control unit being configured to estimate a distribution of a deposition amount of the particulate matter deposited on the oxidation substrate in a flow direction of exhaust gas, based on input information including at least a flow rate of exhaust gas and a mass of the particulate matter in exhaust gas, setting information including at least an electric field intensity between the charging electrode and the counter electrode, and history information on the oxidation treatment by the oxidation treatment device, and
the electronic control unit being configured to carry out the oxidation treatment by the oxidation treatment device when the deposition amount of at least a part of the deposited particulate matter exceeds a threshold.

2. The exhaust gas control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the oxidation electrode is constituted of a plurality of partial electrodes that are aligned in the flow direction of exhaust gas, and
the oxidation treatment device is configured to be able to carry out the oxidation treatment individually for each of the partial electrodes.

3. The exhaust gas control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to carry out the oxidation treatment by that one of the partial electrodes which corresponds to a region where the deposition amount exceeds the threshold.

4. The exhaust gas control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging electrode includes a plurality of discharge portions that are aligned in the flow direction of exhaust gas,
the dust collection device is configured to be able to carry out discharge individually for each of the discharge portions, and
the electronic control unit is configured to change a charging position on the oxidation substrate by changing over that one of the discharge portions which is to be discharged.

5. The exhaust gas control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to change over that one of the discharge portions which is to be discharged, in accordance with a change in the distribution of the deposition amount.

6. The exhaust gas control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the oxidation electrode is constituted of a plurality of partial electrodes that are aligned in the flow direction of exhaust gas,
the oxidation treatment device is configured to be able to carry out the oxidation treatment individually for each of the partial electrodes,
the electronic control unit is configured to carry out the oxidation treatment by that one of the partial electrodes which corresponds to a region where the deposition amount exceeds the threshold, and
the electronic control unit is configured to change over that one of the discharge portions which is to be discharged in such a manner as to shift the charging position from a position of that one of the partial electrodes for which the oxidation treatment is carried out to another position, when a deposition speed of the particulate matter at the position of that one of the partial electrodes for which the oxidation treatment is carried out is higher than an oxidation speed of the particulate matter.

7. A control method for an exhaust gas control apparatus that includes a dust collection device, an oxidation treatment device, and an electronic control unit, the dust collection device being configured to apply a direct current voltage between a charging electrode and a counter electrode, and to collect particulate matter on an oxidation substrate that is arranged inside the counter electrode, the charging electrode being arranged in a flow channel for exhaust gas containing particulate matter, and the counter electrode constituting at least a part of an inner wall surface of the flow channel, the oxidation treatment device being configured to apply an alternating current voltage between an oxidation electrode and the counter electrode, and to subject the particulate matter deposited on the oxidation substrate to an oxidation treatment, the oxidation electrode being provided in the oxidation substrate and being at least partially covered with a dielectric, and the electronic control unit being configured to control the dust collection device and the oxidation treatment device,
the control method comprising:
estimating, by the electronic control unit, a distribution of a deposition amount of the particulate matter deposited on the oxidation substrate in a flow direction of exhaust gas, based on input information including at least a flow rate of exhaust gas and a mass of the particulate matter in exhaust gas, setting information including at least an electric field intensity between the charging electrode and the counter electrode, and history information on the oxidation treatment by the oxidation treatment device; and
carrying out, by the electronic control unit, the oxidation treatment by the oxidation treatment device when the deposition amount of at least a part of the deposited particulate matter exceeds a threshold.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sugimoto Kazuhiro

Classifications

• F01N2240/04

  an electric, e.g. electrostatic, device other than a heater · CPC title

• B03C3/49

  tubular · CPC title

• F01N2250/08

  filtering and inertial particulate separation · CPC title

• F01N3/01 Primary

  by means of electric or electrostatic separators · CPC title

• F01N9/002 Primary

  of filter regeneration · CPC title