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Particulate matter sensor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1531499
A sensor for detecting particulate matter in an exhaust stream of an engine. The sensor may be a spark-plug-like device having an extended center electrode composed of a stainless steel or other material. The electrode may have a thin passivating layer formed on it. The layer may be grown or deposited on the electrode within the exhaust system. The sensor may detect charge transients indicative of particulate concentration in the exhaust stream. Information about particulate matter in the exhaust system along with other engine information may be processed for controlling or adjusting parameters of the engine to affect the particulate matter in the exhaust system.
Research Organization:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC04-02AL67636
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ)
Patent Number(s):
6,971,258
Application Number:
10/749,498
OSTI ID:
1531499
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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