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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsMotohiro Suzuki, Tatsuo Fujita, Tetsuo Terashima, Toshiaki Ando, Narito Yamaguchi, Yukio Watanabe
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A low-cost, high-mass-productivity catalytic combustion apparatus having a construction that permits easy maintenance is realized. There is provided a catalytic combustion apparatus in which, by means of a combustion chamber 200 having a fuel supply portion 1 and a combustion air supply portion 2 on the upstream side thereof and a combustion gas exhaust port 4 on the downstream side thereof and a catalytic combustion portion 5 with an upstream surface and a downstream surface provided in the combustion chamber 200, the upstream surface and the downstream surface being substantially parallel to each other, a fuel-air mixture supplied to the interior of the combustion chamber 200 is caused to react to liberate heat. The catalytic combustion apparatus includes a heat exchange portion 3, which constitutes part of walls of the combustion chamber 200, and a fin-type radiant heat-receiving portion 9, which protrudes from the heat exchange portion 3 into the combustion chamber 200 and being provided in the vicinity of the catalytic combustion portion 5. In this catalytic combustion apparatus, the surface of the fin-type radiant heat-receiving portion 9 and the surface of the heat exchange portion 3 face in the same direction.
A catalytic combustion apparatus in which, by means of a combustion chamber having a fuel supply portion and a combustion air supply portion on the upstream side thereof, and a combustion gas exhaust port on the downstream side thereof and a catalytic combustion portion with an upstream surface and a downstream surface provided in said combustion chamber, said upstream surface and said downstream surface being substantially parallel to each other, a fuel-air mixture supplied to the interior of said combustion chamber is caused to react to liberate heat, characterized in that said catalytic combustion apparatus comprises a heat exchange portion, said heat exchange portion constituting part of walls of said combustion chamber and a fin-type radiant heat-receiving portion, said fin-type radiant heat-receiving portion protruding from said heat exchange portion into said combustion chamber, and being provided in the vicinity of said catalytic combustion portion, and characterized in that at least the surface of said fin-type radiant heat-receiving portion and the surface of said heat exchange portion each face in the same direction.
A method of manufacturing a casing portion of a catalytic combustion apparatus in which, by means of a combustion chamber having a fuel supply portion and a combustion air supply portion on the upstream side thereof and, a combustion gas exhaust port on the downstream side thereof and a catalytic combustion portion with an upstream surface and a downstream surface provided in said combustion chamber, said upstream surface and said downstream surface being substantially parallel to each other, a fuel-air mixture supplied to the interior of said combustion chamber is caused to react to liberate heat, characterized in that
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