Patent ID: 7121079
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: B01D,F01N,Y02A,Y02T

Abstract:
1. System ( 16 ) for treating the exhaust gases (G) of a motor vehicle combustion engine ( 10 ), particularly a lean-burn diesel engine or petrol engine, comprising a burnt gas (G) exhaust circuit ( 14 ), of the type in which the exhaust circuit ( 14 ) comprises a burnt gas (G) ionization system ( 22 ) and an ionized air injection system ( 24 ) upstream and/or downstream of the burnt gas (G) ionization system ( 22 ), which comprises means ( 26 ) for ionizing the ambient air that convert a portion of the oxygen present in the ambient air to ozone, and of the type in which the air ionization means ( 26 ) and the burnt gas (G) ionization system ( 22 ) each consist of at least one reactor ( 26 , 32 ) of the non-thermal plasma-generating discharge type, characterized in that the burnt gas (G) ionization system (