Split gas generator

US4150954A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Joerg Abthoff · Schorndorf, DE
• Hans-Dieter Schuster · Schorndorf, DE
• Rolf Gabler · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 1977
• Grant date: Apr 24, 1979
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10G11/22
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A split gas generator, especially for an air-compressing internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which a catalyst supporting the split gas reaction is arranged in a container; the components of the split gas production flow through the catalyst in the longitudinal direction, while air-guide channels embedded in the catalyst are traversed by the exhaust gases and by the fresh air in a direction opposite to the direction of the split gas flow in the catalyst; the air-guide channels are in heat-transferring connection with the catalyst.