Modular Reductant Dosing Manifold for Engine Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and variability of engine configurations require custom engineering for reductant dosing systems, leading to high costs and time consumption in integrating components like reductant pumps, injectors, and control systems, making it inefficient for compliance with stringent NOX emission regulations.
Innovation Solution
A modular reductant dosing manifold and cabinet with a housing that includes a pump interface, reductant supply passage, control valves, and a power system integration, allowing for plug-and-play functionality across different engine configurations, simplifying fluid, power, and data communication connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If custom engineering is used to integrate reductant dosing system components for each engine configuration, then the system can be adapted to specific engine requirements, but the manufacturing cost and installation time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The manifold is designed as a universal component that can be adapted to multiple engine configurations through standardized mounting interfaces and modular architecture. The housing includes multiple mounting locations and connection ports that can accommodate different pump, injector, and sensor arrangements without requiring custom engineering for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The reductant dosing system is segmented into modular components (manifold, pump, injector, sensors) that can be independently selected and configured. The manifold itself is divided into functional sections (reductant delivery, pressurized air delivery, mounting interfaces) that can be independently designed and assembled to meet specific engine requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom engineering is performed for each reductant dosing system integration, then specific engine requirements are met, but the time and cost for system integration increase
Solution Approach 1:
The manifold is pre-configured with standardized mounting interfaces, pre-routed passages, and pre-positioned connection points for pumps, injectors, and sensors. This preliminary preparation allows for rapid assembly and installation without requiring time-consuming custom engineering or field modifications for each engine application.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal manifold design enables a single component to serve multiple engine configurations through standardized interfaces and modular architecture, eliminating the need for time-consuming custom fabrication and installation procedures for each specific application.
3Reliability
If multiple dedicated components are used in the reductant dosing system, then system functionality is comprehensive, but the number of connections and mounting locations required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The manifold merges multiple functions (reductant delivery, pressurized air delivery, mounting, sealing) into a single integrated component. Multiple connection ports and mounting locations are consolidated into one manifold housing, reducing the total number of separate connections and mounting operations required while maintaining comprehensive system functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The multifunctional manifold serves as a central hub that integrates pump mounting, injector mounting, sensor mounting, reductant delivery, and pressurized air delivery into a single component, thereby reducing the overall complexity of connections and mounting locations while preserving complete system functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A reductant dosing manifold is disclosed. The reductant dosing manifold may have a housing with a pump interface configured to directly connect the reductant dosing manifold to a reductant pump, and a reductant supply passage in fluid communication with the pump interface. The housing may also have a reductant outlet port, and a pressurized reductant passage connecting the pump interface to the reductant outlet port.