Patent ID: 6408815
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B01D,F01N,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine installation in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine arranged in an engine compartment, said engine having an air intake conduit that opens to an intake manifold, and an exhaust manifold which opens to an exhaust conduit, comprising:a hydrocarbon-absorbing element, and a heating device for heating and removal of hydrocarbon from said hydrocarbon-absorbing element, wherein said heating device is an element heated by the engine exhaust, wherein said hydrocarbon-absorbing element of said heating device are so arranged in said engine compartment relative to each other that a portion of said hydrocarbon-absorbing element is exposed to the surrounding engine compartment when another portion of said element is exposed to said heating device, and wherein said hydrocarbon-absorbing element is movable such that a portion of said element moves to said heating device at the same time as another portion moves away from said heating device.