Exhaust discharge system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11732633-B2
Application number	US-202217568453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 4, 2022
Priority date	Jan 4, 2022
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

An exhaust discharge system and method of assembling is disclosed. The exhaust discharge system may comprises an ejector tube and an exhaust stack. The ejector tube includes an outlet having an outlet cross-section. The ejector tube is configured to convey treated exhaust to the outlet. The outlet cross-section is oriented at an outlet angle to a first horizontal plane. The exhaust stack includes a first conduit and a second conduit. The second conduit includes an exit port. The exit-port cross-section is oblong in shape.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exhaust discharge system comprising:
an ejector tube including an outlet having an outlet cross-section, the ejector tube configured to convey treated exhaust to the outlet, the outlet disposed inside a skirt portion of an exhaust stack, wherein the outlet cross-section is oriented at an outlet angle to a first horizontal plane, wherein the outlet angle is an acute angle; and
the exhaust stack disposed downstream of the ejector tube, the exhaust stack in fluid communication with the ejector tube via the outlet, the exhaust stack including:
a first conduit defining a first flow passageway and arranged around a first longitudinal axis, the first conduit including the skirt portion and a body portion disposed downstream of the skirt portion, the skirt portion oriented to slope outward from the body portion; and
a second conduit disposed downstream of the first conduit, the second conduit defining a second flow passageway and arranged around a second longitudinal axis, the second conduit including a sidewall and an exit port, the exit port having an exit-port cross-section, wherein the exit-port cross-section is oblong in shape,
wherein the second longitudinal axis is disposed at an intersection angle to the first longitudinal axis, the intersection angle in a range of 125° to 150°.

2. The exhaust discharge system of claim 1 , wherein the outlet is oriented to substantially emit treated exhaust directly out of the exit port of the second conduit.

3. The exhaust discharge system of claim 1 , wherein the exit port has a perimeter that is oval shaped.

4. The exhaust discharge system of claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the second conduit intersects the first conduit at the intersection angle.

5. The exhaust discharge system of claim 1 , in which the skirt portion includes a base configured to be mounted on an outside surface of a housing that is configured to at least partially enclose an engine of a machine.

6. The exhaust discharge system of claim 5 , wherein the exhaust stack has a junction at which the second conduit intersects the first conduit, wherein further a first length of the second conduit from the exit port to the junction is greater than a height of the first conduit from the base to the junction.

7. The exhaust discharge system of claim 6 , wherein the second conduit is a cylinder and the junction encircles the second conduit.

8. The exhaust discharge system of claim 1 , wherein the exit port has a perimeter defined by the sidewall.

9. A method of assembling an exhaust discharge system for a machine, the exhaust discharge system including an ejector tube and an exhaust stack, the ejector tube including an inlet and an outlet and configured to convey treated exhaust from the inlet to the outlet, the exhaust stack including a first conduit and a second conduit, the first conduit defining a first flow passageway and arranged around a first longitudinal axis, the first conduit including a skirt portion and a body portion, the skirt portion oriented to slope outward from the body portion, the second conduit defining a second flow passageway downstream of the first flow passageway and arranged around a second longitudinal axis, the second conduit including a sidewall and an exit port, the exit port having an exit-port cross-section, wherein the exit-port cross-section is oblong in shape, wherein the second longitudinal axis is disposed at an intersection angle to the first longitudinal axis, the intersection angle in a range of 125° to 150°, the method comprising:
disposing the outlet of the ejector tube inside the skirt portion of the exhaust stack so that an outlet cross-section is oriented at an outlet angle to a first horizontal plane, the outlet angle an acute angle, the ejector tube configured to convey treated exhaust to the outlet.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the outlet is oriented to substantially emit treated exhaust directly out of the exit port of the second conduit.

11. The method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the skirt portion includes a base configured to be mounted on an outside surface of a housing that is configured to at least partially enclose an engine of a machine, and
wherein the exhaust stack has a junction at which the second conduit intersects the first conduit, wherein further a first length of the second conduit from the exit port to the junction is greater than a height of the first conduit from the base to the junction.

12. An exhaust system disposed on a machine having an engine and a housing that at least partially encloses the engine, the exhaust system comprising:
an aftertreatment apparatus configured to receive exhaust from the engine and to output a treated exhaust;
an ejector tube configured to receive the treated exhaust from the aftertreatment apparatus, the ejector tube including an outlet having an outlet cross-section, the ejector tube configured to convey the treated exhaust to the outlet, the outlet disposed inside a skirt portion of an exhaust stack, wherein the outlet cross-section is oriented at an outlet angle to a first horizontal plane, wherein the outlet angle is an acute angle; and
an exhaust stack disposed downstream of the ejector tube, the exhaust stack in fluid communication with the ejector tube via the outlet, the exhaust stack including:
a first conduit defining a first flow passageway and arranged around a first longitudinal axis, the first conduit including the skirt portion and a body portion disposed downstream of the skirt portion, the skirt portion oriented to slope outward from the body portion, the skirt portion including a base disposed on the housing; and
a second conduit disposed downstream of the first conduit, the second conduit defining a second flow passageway and arranged around a second longitudinal axis, the second conduit including a sidewall and an exit port, the exit port having an exit-port cross-section, wherein the exit-port cross-section is oblong in shape,
wherein the second longitudinal axis is disposed at an intersection angle to the first longitudinal axis, the intersection angle in a range of 125° to 150°.

13. The exhaust system of claim 12 , wherein the outlet is oriented to substantially emit treated exhaust directly out of the exit port of the second conduit to the atmosphere.

14. The exhaust system of claim 12 , wherein the exit port has a perimeter that is oval shaped.

15. The exhaust system of claim 12 , wherein the sidewall of the second conduit intersects the first conduit at the intersection angle.

16. The exhaust system of claim 12 , wherein the exhaust stack has a junction at which the second conduit intersects the first conduit, wherein further a first length of the second conduit from the exit port to the junction is greater than a height of the first conduit from the base to the junction.

17. The exhaust system of claim 16 , wherein the second conduit is a cylinder and the junction encircles the second conduit.

18. The exhaust system of claim 12 , wherein the exit port has a perimeter defined by the sidewall.

19. The exhaust system of claim 12 , wherein the exit port is oriented on the machine to emit exhaust toward a rear of the machine.

20. The exhaust system of claim 12 , wherein the exhaust stack has a junction at which the second conduit intersects the first conduit, wherein the junction encircles the first conduit and is oriented to slope in an upward direction from below the exit port to an opposite side of the first conduit.

Assignees

• Caterpillar Inc

Inventors

• Hasan Saad
• Gavin Gerald W
• Hatfield Daniel Allen
• Wu Jingshu

Classifications

• F01N13/082 Primary

  of tailpipe, e.g. with means for mixing air with exhaust for exhaust cooling, dilution or evacuation (F01N13/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E02F9/0866 Primary

  Engine compartment, e.g. heat exchangers, exhaust filters, cooling devices, silencers, mufflers, position of hydraulic pumps in the engine compartment · CPC title

• F01N2340/04

  Arrangement of the exhaust system relative to a vehicle or parts thereof · CPC title

• F01N2470/10

  Tubes having non-circular cross section · CPC title

• F01N2470/24

  Concentric tubes or tubes being concentric to housing, e.g. telescopically assembled · CPC title