Patent ID: 11933206
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. A processing unit for an exhaust gas system that includes one or multiple exhaust gas catalytic converters downstream from an internal combustion engine, the processing unit configured to:
ascertain a respective local temperature at each of multiple locations within the one or the multiple catalytic converters;
ascertain, for each respective one of a plurality of sections or partial volumes of the one or multiple catalytic converters, a respective instantaneous local expected conversion capability of the respective section or partial volume, wherein the ascertainment of the respective local expected conversion capabilities is based on the ascertained respective local temperatures of the multiple locations; and
ascertain an instantaneous global expected conversion capability of the one or the multiple catalytic converters as a whole based on a combination of the ascertained local expected conversion capabilities; and
control, based on the ascertained instantaneous global expected conversion capability, an operation of at least one of (a) the one or multiple exhaust gas catalytic converters, (b) components that affect an operability of one or multiple exhaust gas catalytic converters according to the operation of the components, and (c) the internal combustion engine.