Patent ID: 6536679
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: F01N,F01P,F02B,F23N,Y02A,Y02T

Abstract:
A heating system for a motor vehicle, which is driven by an internal combustion engine (10), in which a heater (30) includes a combustion chamber (32) with a fuel injection device (34) and an ignition device (35) and also includes an air blower (40), and is triggered as a function of operating parameters and/or ambient parameters of the motor vehicle and/or of the internal combustion engine (10) or by actuating signals, characterized in that the combustion chamber (32) is connected to the exhaust system (62) of the internal combustion engine (10) in the region of an exhaust manifold (62) of the internal combustion engine (10), between outlet valves (24) and an exhaust gas catalytic converter (56), via an exhaust line (42), wherein an exhaust gas turbine (52) of an exhaust gas turbocharger (50) is disposed downstream of the orifice of the exhaust line (42) into the exhaust system (62).