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Apparatus for photocatalytic destruction of internal combustion engine emissions during cold start

Patent ·
OSTI ID:672504
A method and apparatus are disclosed for the destruction of emissions from an internal combustion engine wherein a substrate coated with TiO{sub 2} is exposed to a light source in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine thereby catalyzing oxidation/reduction reactions between gaseous hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and oxygen in the exhaust of the internal combustion engine. 4 figs.
Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Institute
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Richland, WA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,778,664/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-717,036
OSTI ID:
672504
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English