System for assisting regeneration of a storage/release NOx trap for a motor vehicle diesel engine

摘要

A system for assisting regeneration of a storage/release NOx trap integrated in an exhaust line (5) of a motor vehicle diesel engine (4) is characterized in that it comprises gas admission means for admitting gas into the engine, means for injecting fuel (11) into the cylinders thereof in the form of at least pilot and main injections, and means for controlling (12) said gas admission and/or fuel injection means for periodically switching the engine (4) between a lean-mixture standard operating mode in which NOx is stored in the trap (6) and a rich-mixture regeneration operating mode, with at least two pilot injections (1, 2) and one main injection (3), in which NOx is released from the trap (6) and the trap is regenerated.