Multiple Flow Path Exhaust Treatment System

摘要

A vehicle exhaust system for an engine having a plurality of combustion chambers includes a first emission treatment device, a second emission treatment device and a housing defining a first exhaust passageway in fluid communication with the combustion chambers and containing the first emission treatment device. A second parallel exhaust passageway is in fluid communication with the combustion chambers and contains the second emission treatment device. The first and second passageways share a common wall having a serpentine shape such that the cross-sectional area of the passageways varies along a direction of exhaust flow. The first emission treatment device is positioned at a location of increased cross-sectional area in the first passageway and the second emission treatment device is positioned at an axially offset location of increased cross-sectional area in the second passageway.