Catalyst – solid sorbent – or support therefor: product or process – Miscellaneous
Patent
1989-09-18
1993-04-13
Price, Carl D.
Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process
Miscellaneous
431 7, 2989002, 502527, B21D 5300
Patent
active
052023036
ABSTRACT:
This invention includes a multiple-stage combustion apparatus which can be used in a high-temperature environment, such as with a gas turbine. In particular, the invention includes a novel structure for the first stage of such apparatus, and a method of making that first stage. The first stage, which is an ignition stage, is a reactor formed of a metal strip which is coated with a catalyst on only one side. The strip is also corrugated with a herringbone pattern. The strip is then folded back and forth upon itself to form a reactor of a desired cross-section. The reactor has rows of channels that are formed between the layers of the metal. The single coated side of the metal defines the walls of the channels in every other row. The fuel-air mixture that flows through the coated channels is combusted. The fuel-air mixture that flows through the uncoated channels is not combusted, and cools the catalyzed surfaces. The herringbone corrugations prevent the layers of metal from nesting together, and also define zigzag paths for flow of combustion gas. The one or more stages subsequent to the ignition stage can employ a catalyst capable of operating at the very high temperatures present in gas turbines. The subsequent stages can also be non-catalytic. Thus, the first stage provides catalytic ignition, and the subsequent stages complete the combustion.
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Alcorn William R.
Retallick William B.
Cabic Edward J.
Price Carl D.
W. R. Grace & Co.,-Conn.
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