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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jürgen Dornseiffer, Aachen, DE;
Helmut Hackfort, Köln, DE;
Assignee:
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/10 ; F01N 3/18 ; F01N 3/035 ; B01D 5/386 ; B01J 3/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/10 ; F01N 3/18 ; F01N 3/035 ; B01D 5/386 ; B01J 3/504 ;
Abstract
In an electrically heated catalytic converter including a heater consisting of a structure having an open porosity so as to permit fluid to flow therethrough, a heterogeneous catalyst is disposed within the heater structure. The heater structure, which includes the catalyst, is capable of accommodating sufficient electrical energy to provide the activation energy required for a particular catalytic reaction to be performed by the catalytic converter.