摘要:
This invention relates to an electrically-heated catalyst (EHC) and a start-up method of a gas turbine engine for combusting a hydrocarbonaceous fuel/oxygen-containing gas mixture using this electrically-heated catalyst. The catalytic structure is electrically heated to a predetermined temperature prior to start up of the turbine so as to reduce emissions during the start-up of the system. The EHC unit is a stacked or spirally wound layering of flat and corrugated thin metal foils which forms a plurality of axially-extending, longitudinal channels. The channels are preferably coated on one surface with a catalytic material, leaving the other surface free from the reaction to act as a heat sink, making the design an IHE (integral heat exchange) catalytic unit. The preferred embodiment of the EHC has electrodes outside of the fuel/oxygen-containing mixture stream, and uses electrical power having a predetermined voltage in the range of 100 to 200 volts to heat the unit. A method for using the EHC in the start-up of a gas turbine is also disclosed wherein an electrical power is applied to heat the EHC a predetermined temperature prior to the fuel/oxygen-containing mixture being introduced and may be left on for a certain period of time after the introduction of the fuel/oxygen-containing mixture. The EHC may be maintained at the desired predetermined temperature by modulating the applied voltage. The electrical power is terminated when any one of several conditions are met including when the heat of the catalytic reaction is sufficient to maintain the catalyst at its steady-state condition or when a certain period of time has elapsed.
摘要:
A plurality of corrugated sheet metal portions are put on one another to constitute a honeycomb metallic catalyst bed. Each sheet metal portion has a plurality of straight, parallel, alternate ridge and groove portions, so that when each upper sheet metal portion is properly put on a corresponding lower sheet metal portion having the groove portions of the upper sheet metal portion put on the ridge portions of the lower sheet metal portion, there are defined therebetween a plurality of through cells each having a regular square cross section. A case encases therein the honeycomb metallic catalyst bed. Inlet and outlet pipes are connected to front and rear ends of the case.
摘要:
An electrically heatable converter body formed of thin metal core elements and a housing. The thin metal core elements have a distal end and a proximal end. The distal ends are secured to the housing, and at least some, preferably all, of the proximal ends are free of attachment to any rigid member.
摘要:
There has been provided an improved reinforcing web for multicellular honeycomb converter core bodies. The reinforcing web contains at least one flat thin metal strip to which is secured at least one corrugated thin metal strip as by brazing or welding. The reinforcing web is located centrally of the core body and gives the converter bodies hereof sufficient axial strength to survive the severe durability tests imposed by the automotive manufacturers.
摘要:
This invention is an improved catalyst structure and its use in highly exothermic processes like catalytic combustion. This improved catalyst structure employs integral heat exchange in an array of longitudinally disposed adjacent reaction passage-ways or channels, which are either catalyst-coated or catalyst-free, wherein the configuration of the catalyst-coated channels differs from the non-catalyst channels such that, when applied in exothermic reaction processes, such as catalytic combustion, the desired reaction is promoted in the catalytic channels and substantially limited in the non-catalyst channels. The invention further comprises an improved reaction system and process for combustion of a fuel wherein catalytic combustion using a catalyst structure employing integral heat exchange, preferably the improved structures of the invention, affords a partially-combusted, gaseous product which is passed to a homogeneous combustion zone where complete combustion is promoted by means of a flameholder.
摘要:
A matrix for a catalytic reactor used for exhaust gas purification in internal combustion engines includes corrugated strips of sheet steel that are coatable with catalyst material. The sheets are folded to produce several layers in a tubular housing which is traversed by a flow of exhaust gases. The individual layers are part of a continuous length or strip of sheet steel which is folded in a meandering or serpentine fashion. A zigzag folding pattern is especially preferred. This arrangement simplifies manufacturing and results in improved radial equalization of exhaust gases. Uniformity of flow profile is improved by cutouts provided in the matrix material.
摘要:
A channel system is disclosed for optimizing the relation between pressure drop and heat, moisture and/or mass transfer of fluids flowing through the system. In at least one embodiment, the channel system includes at least one channel having at least one channel wall and at least one flow director having a height, the flow director extending in a fluid flow direction and transversely to the channel. It further includes an upstream portion, a downstream portion and an intermediate portion between the upstream and downstream portions, the upstream portion deviating, in the fluid flow direction, from the channel wall inwardly into the channel, and the downstream portion returning, in the fluid flow direction, towards the channel wall, wherein a transition between the intermediate portion and the downstream portion is curved with a radius.
摘要:
A honeycomb body is formed of alternating layers that are smooth and partially structured. The layers form cavities that allow a fluid to flow in an axial flow direction. The structured layers have structural extremities in contact with smooth neighboring layers and inverted sections in the vicinity of their structural extremities. The sections protrude into the cavities and have a form approximately inverse of the structural extremities in a cross-section through the honeycomb body that runs perpendicularly to the flow direction in such a way that breaks are formed in the structural extremities. Counter-structures are configured in the vicinity of the inverted sections and/or structural extremities in the smooth layers. The structures engage with the structural extremities and/or inverted section. In the honeycomb body, relative displacements of the two layers in the flow direction are prevented by the co-operation of the inverted sections and the counter-structures.
摘要:
A honeycomb structured body in which a plurality of porous ceramic members are combined with one another by interposing an adhesive layer, each of the porous ceramic members having a plurality of cells placed in parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween and having an outer edge wall on the outer edge surface thereof, wherein each of the porous ceramic members has a filling body which is provided so as to fill in at least one corner portion of at least one outermost cell of the porous ceramic members, a cross-sectional shape of the outermost cell at the face orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the cells is an almost tetragon, and a cross-sectional shape of the filling body at the face orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the cells is an almost right triangle.
摘要:
A honeycomb body that is formed of alternating layers that are substantially smooth and layers that are at least partially structured, in particular a catalytic converter support and/or filter, preferably for the exhaust gas system of a motor vehicle. The layers form cavities that allow a fluid to flow in an axial flow direction. The structured layers have structural extremities in contact with smooth neighboring layers and inverted sections in the vicinity of their structural extremities. The sections protrude into the cavities and have a form approximately inverse of the structural extremities in a cross-section through the honeycomb body that runs perpendicularly to the flow direction in such a way that breaks are formed in the structural extremities in the vicinity of the inverted sections. Counter-structures are configured in the vicinity of the inverted sections and/or structural extremities in the essentially smooth layers. The structures engage with the structural extremities and/or inverted sections, in particular in a positive fit. In the inventive honeycomb body, relative displacements of the two layers in the flow direction are prevented by the co-operation of the inverted sections and the counter-structures that are allocated to the latter, by the engagement of the counter-structure with the inverted section. This also prevents the telescoping of honeycomb bodies.