Patent ID: 9115660
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B01D,F01N,F02D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An exhaust purifying system for an internal combustion engine capable of a lean burn operation, the exhaust purifying system comprising: an NOx storage-reduction catalyst (hereinafter referred to as an “NSR catalyst”) disposed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; an NOx selective catalytic reduction (hereinafter referred to as an “SCR”) disposed downstream of the NSR catalyst; an exhaust gas sensor disposed downstream of the SCR, the exhaust gas sensor producing an output according to an NH an electric control unit programmed to perform a rich spike, wherein the electric control unit is further programmed to start the rich spike at a predetermined timing during a lean burn operation and terminates the rich spike at a timing when the exhaust gas sensor issues a predetermined output characteristic indicative of a rise in the NH a second exhaust gas sensor disposed downstream of the NSR catalyst and upstream of the SCR, the second exhaust gas sensor producing an output according to the oxygen concentration, wherein the electric control unit is further programmed to: perform a first rich spike at a predetermined air-fuel ratio; perform a second rich spike at an air-fuel ratio leaner than the predetermined air-fuel ratio; and switch operation mode from the first rich spike to the second rich spike at a timing when the second exhaust gas sensor issues a predetermined output characteristic indicative of a reduction in the oxygen concentration when the internal combustion engine runs at heavy load.