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Filter for treatment of carbon-based particles in exhaust gas and a device for said treatment using said filter

US5800790A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 1996
Grant dateSep 1, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A filter is provided for treating carbon-based particles in exhaust gas discharged from a diesel internal combustion engine, etc., said filter providing in addition to a high throughput capacity, excellent durability, and good economic and maintenance properties, and a device for treating carbon-based particles in exhaust gas having a high throughput capacity, the regeneration of which is easy. This filter is obtained by cutting an end face of a coiled material that is obtained by winding a sheet of a high-temperature resistant stainless steel having resistance heat-generating properties to produce fibers, gathering the thus-produced fibers to form a web, sintering the web, heat-treating the sintered web to form an alumina film on the surface of the sintered fibers, and optionally supporting a catalyst on the alumina film. In the device electrodes are fixed to the free ends of the filter and, when necessary, an electric current is applied from an electric current-supplying device to the electrodes to cause the filter to generate heat.

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