Catalyst for reducing the ignition temperature of diesel soot and process for making the catalyst

US4455393A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Domesle · Alzenau, DE
• Herbert Volker · Hanau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 1982
• Grant date: Jun 19, 1984
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B3/06
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A catalyst for reducing the ignition temperature of diesel soot filtered out of the exhaust of diesel engines, wherein the active ingredient is silver vanadate.