Apparatus for purifying exhaust gases of internal combustion engines

Patent · Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5585145

Kakinuma, O; Oya, H

Apparatus for purifying the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines is disclosed is comprised of a pair of upstream exhaust pipes, a catalytic converter, and a downstream exhaust pipe. The catalytic converter comprises a shell having an inlet chamber, catalyst chamber, and an outlet chamber. The axial lines of the inlet ports are arranged to cross each other in the inlet chamber at a position near, but upstream of, the upstream facing end of said monolithic catalyst element, so that gas flow can diffuse to the entire plane of the element.

• Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo K K (Japan)
• Patent Number(s): US 4206179
• OSTI ID: 5585145
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
330700 -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Emission Control
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
CONTROL
DESIGN
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PURIFICATION
WASTES