Corrugated catalyst support structure for use within a catalytic reactor

US6810670B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation · US

Inventors

• Gerald J. Bruck · Murrysville, US
• William E. Kepes · Trafford, US
• Maria E. Stampahar · Trafford, US
• Thomas E. Lippert · Murrysville, US
• Bernd Prade · Wetter (Ruhr), DE
• Stefan Hoffmann · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 2, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E20/34
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A catalytic section of a combustor is formed from a spaced tandem array of corrugated panels. The exterior top and bottom surfaces of the panels are coated with a catalyst and the space between panels defines a passage for a fuel-rich/air mixture. The interior of the corrugated panels define cooling air passages for maintaining the catalyst and substrate on which it is formed, at acceptable temperatures.