18946290. AFTERTREATMENT HEATER POWER ELECTRONICS (Eaton Intelligent Power Limited)

AFTERTREATMENT HEATER POWER ELECTRONICS

Organization Name

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Inventor(s)

Thomas Joseph Stoltz of Allen Park MI (US)

Viken Rafi Yeranosian of Farmington Hills MI (US)

Sarah Elizabeth Behringer of Redford MI (US)

Elizabeth Jane Mercer of West Bloomfield MI (US)

Nicole Downing of Ferndale MI (US)

James E. Mccarthy, Jr. of Kalamazoo MI (US)

AFTERTREATMENT HEATER POWER ELECTRONICS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18946290 titled 'AFTERTREATMENT HEATER POWER ELECTRONICS

Original Abstract Submitted

A system includes prime mover structured to generate power for a mobile vehicle; a power converter structured to receive a portion of the generated power, and to provide configured electrical power to an electric heater device configured to selectively heat an exhaust fluid of the prime mover; at least one aftertreatment component positioned downstream of the electric heater device, and configured to treat at least one constituent of the exhaust fluid; and a controller, including: an operating conditions circuit structured to interpret an operating parameter of at least one of the power converter, the electric heater device, or the exhaust fluid; an aftertreatment diagnostic circuit structured to determine a component diagnostic value in response to the operating parameter; and an emissions reporting circuit structured to transmit an emissions description in response to the component diagnostic value.