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US5328359A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Ignition stage for a high temperature combustor

Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
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Filing: 1992-05-19
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Granted: 1994-07-12
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Expires: 2012-05-19
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Abstract

Abstract A catalytic reactor serves as the ignition stage for a multi-stage combustor. In one embodiment, the catalytic reactor includes a stack of corrugated metal strips, each strip having a catalyst coating on exactly one side, wherein a coated side of one strip faces an uncoated side of the adjacent strip. Thus, the reactor defines channels each having two walls, exactly one of which bears a catalyst coating. Another embodiment takes the form of a spiral formed by winding two strips, each strip having a catalyst coating on one side. The coated side of one strip faces the uncoated side of the other. Thus, the spiral includes channels having a catalyst coating on only one wall. In still another embodiment, a single strip has bands of coated and uncoated regions on both sides. At any given point on the strip, one side of the strip has a catalyst coating and the other side has no coating. One forms the catalytic reactor by folding the strip back and forth upon itself, in a zigzag pattern, and enclosing the folded strip within a canister.

Inventors

  • 👤 William B. Retallick

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 09:11
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/10; F01N3/24; F01N3/28; F01N3/2803; F01N3/2807; F01N3/281; F01N3/2814; B; B01; B01J; B01J35/00; B01J35/50; B01J35/56; F01N2330/00; F01N2330/02; F01N2330/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49345; Y10T29/49348

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 90 words
A catalytic reactor made from two strips of metal, each strip having two sides, at least one strip having bands on both sides that are coated with catalyst, the bands being staggered such that everywhere on the strip one side or the other is coated with catalyst, and nowhere along the strip are both sides coated with catalyst, the strips being wound into a spiral to define a plurality of turns, each strip having means for maintaining at least a portion of the strip spaced apart from the other strip.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 90 words
A catalytic reactor made from two strips of metal, each strip having two sides, at least one strip having bands on both sides that are coated with catalyst, the bands being staggered such that everywhere on the strip one side or the other is coated with catalyst, and nowhere along the strip are both sides coated with catalyst, the strips being wound into a spiral to define a plurality of turns, each strip having means for maintaining at least a portion of the strip spaced apart from the other strip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
The reactor of claim 1, wherein the maintaining means comprises corrugations formed in the strips, the corrugations of adjacent turns of the spiral being out of phase with each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
The reactor of claim 1, wherein the channels are sufficiently short that a fuel-air mixture passing through the reactor is not completely combusted.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 82 words
A catalytic reactor made from a single strip of metal, the strip having bands on both sides that are coated with catalyst, the bands being staggered such that everywhere on the strip one side or the other is coated with catalyst, and nowhere along the strip are both sides coated with catalyst, the strip being folded back and forth upon itself, the strip including means for maintaining at least a portion of each fold in spaced apart relation from an adjacent fold.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 82 words
A catalytic reactor made from a single strip of metal, the strip having bands on both sides that are coated with catalyst, the bands being staggered such that everywhere on the strip one side or the other is coated with catalyst, and nowhere along the strip are both sides coated with catalyst, the strip being folded back and forth upon itself, the strip including means for maintaining at least a portion of each fold in spaced apart relation from an adjacent fold.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 28 words
The reactor of claim 4, wherein the maintaining means includes corrugations formed in the strip, wherein the corrugations in adjacent folds are out of phase with each other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 23 words
The reactor of claim 4, wherein the channels are sufficiently short that a fuel-air mixture passing through the reactor is not completely combusted.

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