Honeycomb reactors with high aspect ratio channels
OwnerJames Scott Sutherlandinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of forming enclosed channels within a honeycomb including the steps of providing a honeycomb structure having cells divided by walls, the cells extending along a common direction from a first end to a second of the structure and removing selected walls of the honeycomb structure from one or both of the first and second ends of the structure, to a depth sufficient to reduce the original height of the selected walls by at least 50%. Also disclosed is a method of forming enclosed channels within a honeycomb structure includes removing selected walls of the honeycomb structure from one or both of the first and second ends of the structure, to a depth sufficient to completely removed the selected walls. Other methods and devices are also disclosed.
Claims19
Method of forming enclosed channels within a honeycomb structure, the method comprising:
- providing honeycomb structure having cells divided by walls, the cells extending along a common direction from a first end to a second of the structure;
- removing selected walls of the honeycomb structure from one or both of the first and second ends of the structure, to a depth sufficient to reduce the original height of the selected walls by at least 50%.
Method of forming enclosed channels within a honeycomb structure, the method comprising:
- providing honeycomb structure having cells divided by walls, the cells extending along a common direction from a first end to a second of the structure;
- removing selected walls of the honeycomb structure from one or both of the first and second ends of the structure, to a depth sufficient to completely remove the selected walls.
Method of forming enclosed channels within a honeycomb structure, the method comprising:
- providing honeycomb structure having cells divided by walls, the cells extending along a common direction from a first end to a second of the structure;
- removing selected walls of the honeycomb structure from one or both of the first and second ends of the structure so as to form at least one channel;
- and
- closing the at least one channel,
- wherein the step of removing selected walls includes removing the selected walls to a depth sufficient such that the formed channel, when closed, has an aspect ratio of 1:1 or greater, of height in the common direction to width, along 50% or greater of the channel path length.
A reactor or reactor component comprising a honeycomb body having cells therein extending along a common direction, the body further having an enclosed channel defined therein extending across multiple cells of the body, the channel having at least one enclosed bend of 180 degrees therein.
A reactor or reactor component comprising a honeycomb body having cells divided by walls therein extending along a common direction, the body further having an enclosed channel defined therein extending across multiple cells of the body, the channel having residual walls of the cell walls of the reactor remaining therein, the residual walls comprising 50% or less of the length of the original walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.