Honeycomb structure, manufacturing method thereof, and catalyst carrying honeycomb structure
AssigneeNGK Insulators, Ltd.
InventorsKoichi Sendo, Hiroyuki Suenobu, Shogo Hirose
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Abstract
There is disclosed a honeycomb structure onto which a large amount of catalyst can be carried while suppressing an increase in pressure drop. In a honeycomb structure comprising porous partition walls by which a plurality of cells that become through channels of a fluid are partitioned and in which a plurality of pores are formed. In each of the partition walls, pores having pore diameters larger than a thickness of the partition wall in a section thereof which is perpendicular to an extending direction of the cells are formed so as to occupy 4 to 11% of the total volume of the pores formed in the partition walls.
Claims4
A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure comprising:
- a kneaded clay preparing step of mixing and kneading forming raw materials containing a ceramic raw material to obtain a kneaded clay;
- a forming step of extruding the obtained kneaded clay through an extrusion die comprising slits having a slit width, to form a honeycomb shape to obtain a honeycomb formed article;
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- a firing step of drying and firing the obtained honeycomb formed article to obtain the honeycomb structure including porous partition walls by which a plurality of cells that become through channels of a fluid are partitioned,
- wherein in the kneaded clay preparing step, a pore former having an average particle diameter larger than the slit width is added to the ceramic raw material to prepare the kneaded clay.
A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure comprising:
- a kneaded clay preparing step of mixing and kneading forming raw materials containing a ceramic raw material to obtain a kneaded clay;
- a forming step of extruding and forming the obtained kneaded clay into a honeycomb shape to obtain a honeycomb formed article;
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- a firing step of drying and firing the obtained honeycomb formed article to obtain the honeycomb structure including porous partition walls by which a plurality of cells that become through channels of a fluid are partitioned,
- wherein in the kneaded clay preparing step, a pore former having an average particle diameter which is smaller than a thickness of each of the partition walls of the obtained honeycomb structure and becomes larger than the thickness of the partition wall owing to thermal expansion is added to the ceramic raw material to prepare the kneaded clay.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.