Purification device having a porous body for purifying pollutants from an exhaust gas stream

US6200535A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Martin Hartweg · Erbach, DE
• Rolf-Dirc Roitzheim · Blaustein, DE
• Andrea Seibold · Blaustein, DE
• Leonhard Walz · Rastatt, DE
• Thomas Fetzer · Speyer, DE
• Bernd Morsbach · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a purification device that includes a porous body and a catalyst. To reduce the emission of pollutants, a pollutant-containing stream of gas flows through the porous body.