Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Exhaust system of an internal combustion engine

Abstract:

An exhaust system (1) of an internal combustion engine, prior to a first heating-up of the exhaust system (1), has a particle filter (2) and an exhaust line (3) upstream of the particle filter (2). The exhaust system (1) has a carrier element (11) with ash-forming components or ash applied thereto. The carrier element (11) may be on a side of the particle filter (2) facing toward the exhaust line (3). Alternatively, the exhaust system (1) may have a catalytic converter (4) upstream of the particle filter (2), the carrier element (11) that with the ash-forming components or the ash may be applied to the catalytic converter (4).