Honeycomb regenerator
US6062297A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P80/15
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A honeycomb regenerator for receiving a waste heat in an exhaust gas by passing an exhaust gas and a gas to be heated alternately therethrough, which is constructed by stacking a plurality of honeycomb structural bodies, is disclosed. In the honeycomb regenerator according to the invention, cell open rates of the honeycomb structural bodies positioned at an inlet portion of the exhaust gas and at an inlet portion of the gas to be heated are larger than those of the honeycomb structural bodies positioned at a center portion.
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