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Apparatus for purifying exhaust waste gases
Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
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Filing: 1973-07-02
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Granted: 1976-07-13
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Expires: 1993-07-02
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for purifying exhaust waste gases including a catalytic element comprising a substrate of metal carrying a surface layer compatible with and supporting a coating of catalytic material, a major proportion of the surface coating of catalytic material comprising an unagglomerated atomic dispersion. An example of such a substrate is an aluminum bearing ferritic steel which has been heat treated in air to form an essentially alumina surface layer.
Inventors
- 👤 James Anthony Cairns
- 👤 Richard Stuart Nelson
- 👤 Stanley Frederick Pugh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:41
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/30; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/34; B01D53/92; B01D53/94; B01D53/9404; B01D53/9409; B01D53/944; B01D53/9459; B01D53/9477; B01J; B01J37/00; B01J37/02; B01J37/0215; B01J37/0225; B01J37/0226; B01J37/024; F01N13/00; F01N13/009; F01N3/28; F01N3/2803; F01N3/2807; F01N3/281; B01D2251/00; B01D2251/10; B01D2251/102; B01D2255/00; B01D2255/20; B01D2255/206; B01D2255/2061; B01D2255/207; B01D2255/20738; B01D2255/20784; F02; F02B; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
Apparatus for catalytic purification of waste exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which apparatus comprises: a housing providing a catalytic reaction chamber; inlet means for supplying air and exhaust gases to said chamber; outlet means for gases to exit from said chamber; and a catalytic element in said chamber, said catalytic element including a metal alloy substrate having an alumina surface layer, upon which surface layer a layer of catalytic material has been deposited, said alloy principally comprising iron with additions of chromium, aluminium and yttrium, the alloy substrate having the essentially alumina surface layer formed on the substrate by heat treatment of the metal alloy substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form the alumina surface layer from aluminium in the metal alloy substrate, and wherein, the major proportion of said layer of catalytic material comprises an unagglomerated atomic dispersion thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
Apparatus for catalytic purification of waste exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which apparatus comprises: a housing providing a catalytic reaction chamber; inlet means for supplying air and exhaust gases to said chamber; outlet means for gases to exit from said chamber; and a catalytic element in said chamber, said catalytic element including a metal alloy substrate having an alumina surface layer, upon which surface layer a layer of catalytic material has been deposited, said alloy principally comprising iron with additions of chromium, aluminium and yttrium, the alloy substrate having the essentially alumina surface layer formed on the substrate by heat treatment of the metal alloy substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form the alumina surface layer from aluminium in the metal alloy substrate, and wherein, the major proportion of said layer of catalytic material comprises an unagglomerated atomic dispersion thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said catalytic material comprises sputtered metal deposited upon said alumina surface layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said alloy comprises up to 15% by weight chromium, 0.5 to 12% by weight aluminium, 0.1 to 3% by weight yttrium and the balance iron.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said catalytic material comprises platinum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said catalytic material comprises a noble metal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
158 words
Apparatus for catalytic purification of waste exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which apparatus comprises: a housing providing a catalytic reaction chamber; inlet means for supplying air and exhaust gases to said chamber; outlet means for gases to exit from said chamber; and a catalytic element in said chamber, said catalytic element including a metal alloy substrate having an alumina surface layer, upon which surface layer a layer of catalytic meterial has been deposited, said alloy principally comprising with additions of chromium, aluminium and yttrium, the alloy substrate having the essentially alumina surface layer formed on the substrate by heat treatment of the metal alloy substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form the alumina surface layer from aluminium in the metal alloy substrate, and wherein said layer of catalytic material comprises a platinum layer, the major proportion of said platinum layer comprising an unagglomerated atomic dispersion of platinum formed by sputtering platinum onto the alumina surface layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
158 words
Apparatus for catalytic purification of waste exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which apparatus comprises: a housing providing a catalytic reaction chamber; inlet means for supplying air and exhaust gases to said chamber; outlet means for gases to exit from said chamber; and a catalytic element in said chamber, said catalytic element including a metal alloy substrate having an alumina surface layer, upon which surface layer a layer of catalytic meterial has been deposited, said alloy principally comprising with additions of chromium, aluminium and yttrium, the alloy substrate having the essentially alumina surface layer formed on the substrate by heat treatment of the metal alloy substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form the alumina surface layer from aluminium in the metal alloy substrate, and wherein said layer of catalytic material comprises a platinum layer, the major proportion of said platinum layer comprising an unagglomerated atomic dispersion of platinum formed by sputtering platinum onto the alumina surface layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein said alloy comprises up to 15% by weight chromium, 0.5 to 12% by weight aluminium, 0.1 to 3% by weight yttrium and the balance iron.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
172 words
Apparatus for catalytic purification of waste exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which apparatus comprises: a housing providing first and second catalytic reaction chambers connected in series; inlet means for supplying exhaust gases to the first chamber for passage through both said first and said second chambers; inlet means for supplying air to said second chamber; outlet means for gases to exit from said second chamber; and first and second catalytic elements respectively in said first and second chambers, each catalytic element including a metal alloy substrate having an alumina surface layer, upon which surface layer a layer of catalytic material has been deposited, said alloy principally comprising iron with additions of chromium, aluminium, and yttrium, the alloy substrate having the essentially alumina surface layer formed on the substrate by heat treatment of the metal alloy substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form the alumina surface layer from aluminium in the metal alloy substrate, and wherein, the major proportion of said layer of catalytic material comprises an unagglomerated atomic dispersion thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
172 words
Apparatus for catalytic purification of waste exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which apparatus comprises: a housing providing first and second catalytic reaction chambers connected in series; inlet means for supplying exhaust gases to the first chamber for passage through both said first and said second chambers; inlet means for supplying air to said second chamber; outlet means for gases to exit from said second chamber; and first and second catalytic elements respectively in said first and second chambers, each catalytic element including a metal alloy substrate having an alumina surface layer, upon which surface layer a layer of catalytic material has been deposited, said alloy principally comprising iron with additions of chromium, aluminium, and yttrium, the alloy substrate having the essentially alumina surface layer formed on the substrate by heat treatment of the metal alloy substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form the alumina surface layer from aluminium in the metal alloy substrate, and wherein, the major proportion of said layer of catalytic material comprises an unagglomerated atomic dispersion thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said catalytic material comprises sputtered metal deposited upon said alumina surface layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said alloy comprises up to 15% by weight chromium, 0.5 to 12% by weight aluminium, 0.1 to 3% by weight yttrium and the balance iron.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein said catalytic material comprises platinum.
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