Engine exhaust catalyst heating system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10458300-B2
Application number	US-201615359386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	Aug 30, 2016
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

An engine system may include an intake line, and a cylinder deactivation (CDA) device selectively deactivating a portion of combustion chambers in the engine. The engine system may further include a first exhaust manifold connected to a first plurality of combustion chambers mounted with the CDA device, a second exhaust manifold connected to a second plurality of combustion chambers without the CDA device, a first exhaust line connected to the first exhaust manifold, a second exhaust line connected to the second exhaust manifold, and a third exhaust line connected with the first and second exhaust lines through an exhaust gas processing device. In addition, a turbocharger including a turbine is mounted at the first exhaust line and rotated by exhaust gas. An air injection device may supply air to the second exhaust manifold or the second exhaust line in a catalyst heating mode of the exhaust gas processing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine system comprising:
an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers generating a driving torque by combustion of a fuel;
an intake line for supplying air to the combustion chambers;
a cylinder deactivation (CDA) device mounted at a portion of combustion chambers among the plurality of combustion chambers and selectively deactivating the portion of combustion chambers;
a first exhaust manifold connected to a first plurality of combustion chambers mounted with the CDA device;
a second exhaust manifold connected to a second plurality of combustion chambers without the CDA device;
a first exhaust line flowing an exhaust gas exhausted from the first exhaust manifold;
a second exhaust line flowing an exhaust gas exhausted from the second exhaust manifold;
a third exhaust line connected with the first exhaust line and the second exhaust line through an exhaust gas processing device;
a turbocharger including a turbine mounted at the first exhaust line and rotated by the exhaust gas and a compressor rotated in connection with the turbine for compressing external air;
an electric supercharger including a motor mounted at the intake line to supply supercharged air to the combustion chambers and an electric compressor operated by the motor; and
an air injection device supplying the air to both the second exhaust manifold and the second exhaust line in a catalyst heating mode of the exhaust gas processing device,
wherein the exhaust gas having been discharged from the first exhaust manifold is directly discharged to the turbine and the exhaust gas having been discharged from the second exhaust manifold is directly discharged to the exhaust gas processing device.

2. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the air injection device includes:
an air line branched from the intake line and joined to the second exhaust manifold or the second exhaust line; and
an air control valve mounted at the air line and controlling an air amount supplied to the second exhaust manifold or the second exhaust line.

3. The engine system of claim 2 , wherein
the intake line includes a bypass line bypassing a part of the air supplied to the electric supercharger,
wherein a bypass valve is mounted at the bypass line, and
wherein the air line is branched from a downstream side of the bypass valve.

4. The engine system of claim 3 , wherein
in the catalyst heating mode of the exhaust gas processing device,
the combustion chamber is deactivated and the bypass valve is blocked by the operation of the CDA device, the air flowing in the intake line is compressed by the operation of the electric supercharger, and the air control valve is configured to be partially opened to supply the air flowing in the intake line to both the second exhaust manifold and the second exhaust line.

5. The engine system of claim 4 , wherein the catalyst heating mode of the exhaust gas processing device is turned ON when a catalyst temperature of the exhaust gas processing device is less than a predetermined temperature.

6. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein
the combustion chambers are included in a four-cylinder engine sequentially including four combustion chambers of a first combustion chamber, a second combustion chamber, a third combustion chamber, and a fourth combustion chamber, and
the CDA device is mounted at the second combustion chamber and the third combustion chamber.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hyungbok
• Park Jong Il
• Choi Kwanhee
• Lee Joowon
• Han Dong Hee
• Lim Hyun Jun

Classifications

• B01D53/9495

  Controlling the catalytic process · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• B01D53/9454

  characterised by a specific device · CPC title

• F01N13/107

  More than one exhaust manifold or exhaust collector · CPC title

• F02D17/02 Primary

  Cutting-out (cutting-out engines in multiple engine arrangements F02D25/04) · CPC title