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Article: German Inventor Develops Nitrogen Oxide Storage-Type Catalytic Converter Operating Method
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 1 -- Bodo Odendall of Neuburg, Germany, has developed a method for operating a nitrogen oxide storage-type catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for operating a nitrogen oxide storage-type catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, in which the nitrogen oxides which have been produced by the internal combustion engine are stored in the storage catalytic converter in the first operating phase (lean phase) as a storage phase for a specific storage time, and in which, after expiration of the storage time at a specific ...