Emission
control system (34) for
exhaust gas treatment in a
hybrid motor vehicle (10) with a NO x -generating
internal combustion engine (26) and an
electric motor (105), wherein both the
internal combustion engine (26) and the
electric motor (105) are designed to provide torque that is functionally coupled to a
powertrain (106) of the vehicle (10), comprising the emission
control system (34): a first
electric heating device (208) which is functionally arranged in an
exhaust pipe (204) which is functionally connected to the
internal combustion engine (26), wherein the
exhaust pipe (204) carries the
exhaust gas (206); a first NO x -Storage catalyst (LNT device) (210) which is arranged in the
exhaust pipe (204) downstream of the first
electric heating device (208); a second LNT device (220) which is arranged in the exhaust
pipe (204) downstream of the first LNT device (210); a passive
selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device (230) arranged in the exhaust line (204) downstream of the second LNT device (220); a
hydrocarbon oxidation catalyst device (240) arranged in the exhaust line (204) downstream of the passive SCR device (230); a second
electric heating device (218) arranged in the exhaust
pipe (204), wherein the second electric heating device (218) is designed to facilitate the regeneration of the second LNT device (220), the SCR device (230), and / or the
hydrocarbon oxidation catalyst device (240); and a
control unit (103) which is functionally connected to the first electric heating device (208), wherein the first NO x-Sensor (252a), the first temperature sensor (254a) and the controller (103) for executing a method for controlling the NO x -NO emissions x -generating internal
combustion engine (26), the method encompasses: Monitoring a torque request for the vehicle (10); Determine if the torque demand is high enough to initiate
combustion, NO x to generate an output that exceeds a preselected threshold; Operating the internal
combustion engine (26) at a reduced torque that is lower than the torque requirement; and Operating the
electric motor (105) with the internal combustion engine (26) to provide sufficient torque to meet the torque requirement, wherein the reduced torque in addition to the sufficient torque is equal to the torque requirement.