Patent ID: 7266943
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: B01D,F01N,F01P,F02B,F02M,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A diesel exhaust after-treatment system for the cleanup of regulated and unregulated pollutants from an exhaust of a diesel engine, the system comprising: a diesel particulate converter having an agglomerator for the agglomeration of particulate matter and a separator for the separation of particulate matter, the agglomerator constructed of composite wire mesh media; a soot collection chamber for collecting and retaining entrapped soot; an exhaust cooling system for cooling the exhaust; and wherein the exhaust-cooling system includes a radiation mode cooling section, a first convection mode cooling section utilizing a source of ambient air to cool the exhaust, and a second convection mode cooling section utilizing a source of liquid to cool the exhaust, the radiation-mode cooling section includes one or more pipes having larger surface area than conventional piping and a blackened outside surface, for maximum cooling effect.