Patent ID: 8407989

Claim:
A method of regenerating a particulate filter of an exhaust system of an engine system, comprising: determining a condition indicative of an accumulation of hydrocarbons in the particulate filter; monitoring the particulate filter to determine when to initiate regeneration of the particulate filter; selecting a hold time at a first temperature based on the determined condition; selecting a regeneration profile for regeneration of the particulate filter based on the determined condition; and regenerating the particulate filter in accordance with the regeneration profile wherein determining the condition includes determining whether at least one of the following events have occurred: a burner of the exhaust system upstream of the particulate filter fails to ignite, a flame in the burner gets extinguished, a cumulative crank time of an engine of the engine system exceeds a preselected value, a servicing of the engine system, and a fault event of the engine system; and wherein determining the condition further includes determining a number of events that occurred, duration, or type of the events that occurred.