EP0544710A1 - Ameliorations apportees a des catalyseurs et a des systemes de sorption - Google Patents

Ameliorations apportees a des catalyseurs et a des systemes de sorption

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EP0544710A1
EP0544710A1 EP91914313A EP91914313A EP0544710A1 EP 0544710 A1 EP0544710 A1 EP 0544710A1 EP 91914313 A EP91914313 A EP 91914313A EP 91914313 A EP91914313 A EP 91914313A EP 0544710 A1 EP0544710 A1 EP 0544710A1
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Alan Edward Heywood
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01C—AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; COMPOUNDS THEREOF
    • C01C1/00—Ammonia; Compounds thereof
    • C01C1/02—Preparation, purification or separation of ammonia
    • C01C1/04—Preparation of ammonia by synthesis in the gas phase
    • C01C1/0405—Preparation of ammonia by synthesis in the gas phase from N2 and H2 in presence of a catalyst
    • C01C1/0411—Preparation of ammonia by synthesis in the gas phase from N2 and H2 in presence of a catalyst characterised by the catalyst
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J35/00—Catalysts, in general, characterised by their form or physical properties
    • B01J35/50—Catalysts, in general, characterised by their form or physical properties characterised by their shape or configuration
    • B01J35/58—Fabrics or filaments
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/14—Other fabrics or articles characterised primarily by the use of particular thread materials
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B21/00—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B21/10—Open-work fabrics
    • D04B21/12—Open-work fabrics characterised by thread material
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B21/00—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B21/14—Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2101/00—Inorganic fibres
    • D10B2101/20—Metallic fibres
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
    • D10B2403/00—Details of fabric structure established in the fabric forming process
    • D10B2403/02—Cross-sectional features
    • D10B2403/024—Fabric incorporating additional compounds
    • D10B2403/0242—Fabric incorporating additional compounds enhancing chemical properties
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P20/00—Technologies relating to chemical industry
    • Y02P20/50—Improvements relating to the production of bulk chemicals
    • Y02P20/52—Improvements relating to the production of bulk chemicals using catalysts, e.g. selective catalysts

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  • This invention relates to catalysts and to getter systems for catalysts.
  • the invention relates particularly, though not exclusively, to catalysts and getter systems that are suitable for ammonia oxidation systems. Examples are catal] J used in the production of nitric acid, hydrocyanic acid and other ammonia oxidation products.
  • oxidation of ammonia (NH 3 ) to form other useful products is generally effected, in industry, by a catalytic process.
  • This process involves one or more precious metal oxidation catalysts.
  • the most widely used catalyst is platinum, either alone or in combination with other platinum ⁇ roup metals, such as rhodium and palladium.
  • catalysts for reactions such as the oxidation of ammonia have been in the form of woven gauze of, for example, a platinum group metal (pgm) alloy.
  • Getter systems for catalysts also rely upon woven gauze.
  • the gauze is usually made up of wires, but other elongate elements such as strips may also be used; in this specification, the term 'wire' is intended to encompass such other elongate elements.
  • the wire -rauze is supported in the path of reacting gases or fluids, which flow thorough the gauze and contact the catalytic material under controlled conditions.
  • Modern gauzes commonly feature 80 meshes per square inch (1024 per cm 2 ), using 0.003 inch diameter wire (0.076 mm).
  • Other wire diameters in common use are 0.0024 inches (0.060 mm), 0.0027 inches (0.085 mm), 0.0036 inches (0.090 mm), and 0.1 mm.
  • the thickness of the wire and the size of the mesh is important, because the reaction gases must pass through the wire gauze at a reasonably rapid rate that is consistent with the efficiency of the catalyst, but without excessive back pressure.
  • the wire thickness is significant in two respects: firstly, the thicker a wire, the larger its surface area and secondly, the thicker a wire, the longer it can last under conditions of volatilisation (evaporation) .
  • the gauze must be able to withstand the stress of very high temperature and flowing reactive gases without excessive degradation, and without excessive loss of catalytic or reaction efficiency.
  • Woven gauzes themselves suffer from problems. For example, because woven gauzes are generally of rectangular shape when produced, they must be woven 'over size' and then cut down if the desired final shape is circular or otherwise non- rectangular. The offcuts constitute scrap and, consequently, represent undesirable waste. The cutting process adds further production time.
  • Woven gauze is also prone to warp under thermal stress during exothermic reactions, forming a tortoise-shell pattern of creases, ridges or wrinkles. These ridges can cause undesirable side reactions in some processes.
  • hydrogen cyanide reactors for example, they can give rise to carbon deposits because the effective bed depth, and hence residence time of reaction gases and by-products, is increased at the site of the ridges. Carbon may then be deposited on the surface of the catalyst, thus obscuring the catalytic surface much to the detriment of catalytic efficiency. The carbon can even combine with the catalytic material, causing embrittlement and thus increasing the risk of mechanical failure.
  • ridges also cause local areas of greater effective catalytic depth resulting in different rates of reaction and efficiency.
  • the layers in a catalyst pack may also weld together by diffusion welding at the site of any ridges, further limiting catalytic efficiency due to reduce surface area. Welding also restricts the freedom of movement of the layers with respect to one another, further worsening the wrinkling problem.
  • Woven gauzes also suffer from an uneven distribution of mechanical strength throughout the gauze, which is an inherent consequence of the weaving process and its use of perpendicular warp and weft wires. Woven gauzes are also known to experience stress failure in the reactor, due to the pressures of flowing gases. Thermal expansion of the gauze in the reactor also can lead to serious problems. Conventional gauzes deteriorate at the high temperatures of many industrial oxidation reactions.
  • the present invention resides in the concept of producing precious metal gauzes by a knitting process.
  • the invention also resides in knitted precious metal gauzes per se.
  • the present invention provides knitted precious metal textiles that are useful as catalysts and/or as getter materials for catalyst recovery. These knitted metal textiles are particularly useful in ammonia oxidation processes, such as the production of HN0 3 or HCN.
  • Knitting machines are generally much quicker than looms in terms of area of gauze produced per hour, once in steady production. Knitted precious metal textiles can be made as r. ach as ten times faster than metal gauzes can be woven by conventional methods.
  • the present invention increases the speed at which catalyst and getter materials can be produced.
  • the knitting process of the invention, and the resulting knitted textile products overcome or at least mitigate the economic disadvantages of weaving, and in particular obviate problems of metal lockup and the high investment costs traditionally associated with the production of precious metal catalyst and getter gauzes.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that, in general, knitting machines are much more flexible than looms, being able to cater readily fc * changes in the constituent wires simply by changing the wxres that are fed to the knitting machine. Unlike a loom, which must be tediously rethreaded over a large area when wires are changed, a knitting machine need only be supplied with the new wire instead of the old wire. Similarly, different wires (e.g. of different alloys or diameters) can be much more -eadily combined in one final knitted textile than can easily be combined on a weaving loom.
  • knitting machines are able readily to produce gauzes of varying characteristics.
  • knitting machines can produce gauzes of varying shapes such as circles and hexagons, thereby minimising offcut scrap which currently can approach 25% of the gross woven area.
  • Knitting permits the use of more and thinner wires in a knitted textile, in comparison with a woven gauze.
  • one, two, or more strands of wire can be knitted simultaneously.
  • the density of the knit and the number of wires can be controlled and changed in production. This is particularly advantageous in getter systems, which often use more and thinner wires than catalyst systems.
  • the invention also allows the interstices in the textile to be of different shapes, depending on the knitting stitch.
  • Conventional weaving provides rectangular (square or oblong) interstices, which limits the effective catalytic or getter surface area in comparison with the shapes and flow patters that can be provided by using different knitting stitches.
  • the knots created by knitting also provide increased wire density per volume, in comparison with woven goods that do not have knots. This can also provide increased catalyst or getter surface areas for a given apparent area.
  • a further advantage of knitting is that the resulting gauze is typically more open and flexible or pliable than a corresponding woven gauze, while being more resistant to breakage under stress. As a result of this flexibility, a knitted gauze is less likely than a woven gauze to warp into ridges under thermal stress.
  • the textiles of the invention have a close knit structure, rather than a conventional loose weave, and can more readily accommodate thermal expansion without forming the tortoise shell ridges that are often seen in woven gauzes. This reduces the problem of side reactions and carbon build up observed in HCN reactors that use conventional woven gauze.
  • HCN hydrogen cyanide
  • the invention provides knitted textiles made from precious metals and alloys thereof (referred to in this specification simply as 'precious metals').
  • wires of platinum, rhodium, palladium and combinations thereof can be used, in proportions known to be useful for catalyst or getter applications.
  • the invention contemplates any knitting stitch, wire textiles produced on a rotary knitting machine or a warp knitting machine have been found particularly advantageous.
  • Tricot stitching is especially suitable, both in ease and speed of production and in the efficiency of the final product.
  • the tricot knit provides many large knots surrounding large holes, which results in an effective distribution of catalyst or getter throughout the fabric, while permitting the reaction gases to pass through the fabric without back pressure problems.
  • Raschel or jacquard knitting techniques are also useful, as they allow greater density and unit weight, and can produce a gauze of greater depth.
  • the knitted textiles of the invention can also be made in any desired size, based on the capacity of existing knitting machines and on the catalyst and getter support sizes commonly used in the industry.
  • tubes of up to 30 inches diameter can be made, with a 10 inch diameter being the most common.
  • the knitted tube can be flattened to provide a two-layer catalyst or getter that is up to 47 inches wide, or it can be slit to provide a single- layer catalyst or getter that is up to 94 inches wide, or two single-layer pieces that are each up to 47 inches wide.
  • a warp knitting machines is used, a single-layer textile of up to 200 inches wide can be made.
  • the warp machine is currently preferred. This is because the rotary machine produces a product which has to be further processed (e.g. by slitting or flattening) to produce a flat gauze. These additional manufacturing operations increase production time and production cost. More seriously, existing rotary knitting machines are of a size which is incapable of producing a seamless gauze large enough to suit all reactors. As mentioned above, the largest known rotary machine can produce a tubular product of 30" (0.762 m) diameter which, when slit and flattened out, forms a gauze approximately 94" (2.39 m) wide.
  • warp knitting machines are capable of producing a seamless flat gauze up to 200" (5.08 m) wide - enough for the largest known reactors.
  • warp knitting machines can produce a variety of knits, stitches or mesh types including jacquard, raschel and tricot. As mentioned above, these stitches allow a large amount of catalytic or getter material to be incorporated into a given catalytic or catchment layer, but without restricting the interstices of the mesh so far as to create an excessive pressure drop when the mesh is in use.
  • the invention will give particular benefit where the knitted wires are of intrinsically catalytic material. This is because certain reactions, particularly the oxidation of ammonia, cause a substantial loss of catalytic material through volatilisation. Thus, if the catalyst is not intrinsically catalytic but is merely composed of a catalytic layer coated onto a non-catalytic substance (e.g. a platinum- coated base metal wire), this loss will, quite quickly, erode the coating until the non-catalytic surface of the substrate is exposed. Clearly, the reaction will then cease. On the other hand, catalysts of intrinsically catalytic material will continue to present a catalytic surface during erosion, thereby sustaining the reaction until, eventually, they erode away entirely.
  • a non-catalytic substance e.g. a platinum- coated base metal wire
  • intrinsically catalytic material maximises reactive depth so that, for examr , a Rh- Pt wire of 0.003" (0.0762 mm) diameter provides an effective depth of reactive or catalytic material of 0.0015" (0.0381 mm) .
  • Providing a Rh-Pt coating of similar depth on an autocatalyst or even on a wire would be inefficient and costly.
  • the wires themselves depends upon the application envisaged for the catalyst.
  • the wires will be of platinum group metal (pgm) such as platinum or palladium, or of a pgm alloy with total pgm content in excess of 90%.
  • platinum group metal pgm
  • Such a composition can be used in many reactions, for example: the oxidation of ammonia to form oxides of nitrogen or to form hydrogen cyanide; the oxidation of carbonaceous material such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons or polychlorinated biphenyl; and the reduction of oxides of nitrogen or of oxides of sulphur.
  • the wires will be of silver or of a silver alloy with silver content in excess of 75%.
  • the knitted wires can be of any suitable size, examples being in the range 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm, and preferably in the range 0. 055 mm to 0.1 mm.
  • the weight of the wire can be in the range of, say, 200 to 1000 grams per metre.
  • any of the wires outlined above can be used together by, for example, being knitted together or being incorporated into different gauzes installed contiguously to form a tailored pack (either with or without a separating inert gauze, felt pad or knitted screen between layers of the pack) .
  • knitted gauzes formed from any of the above wires can be encapsulated by a catalytic mesh to form a cartridge that looks essentially similar to existing cartridges. Knitted gauzes can also be supported by an inert screen.
  • each layer of jacquard knitted material has a marked thickness which means that post- reaction gases take longer to pass through the layer, thereby increasing its catchment performance. Jacquard knitted material may also improve the catalytic performance of catalytic layers, for the same reason.
  • a further potential benefit of knitting stems from the fact that the characteristics of the wire (diameter, composition and so on) can be readily varied during knitting simply be substituting a new wire. This facilitates the production of tailored packs, in which the characteristics of the wire are tailored to suit the conditions (of material loss etc.) prevailing at different points through the pack. Thus, the layers of the tailored pack can be knitted in a continuous operation, even though each layer requires a different wire.
  • Another advantage of knitting is that catalyst packs can be produced to a desired thickness without having to form layers of gauzes or felts. This helps to reduce production costs and also minimises expensive installation time.
  • the knitting process can be similar to that used in the manufacture of lace, in which additional material is knitted on to a knitted or woven backing to produce regions of a desired thickness.
  • Another way of thickening a layer is to produce a 'pile' similar to velvet or velour cloths.
  • a knitted layer may have non-uniform thickness so that, for example, the central region of a layer is thicker than the cuter region of that layer.
  • Such an arrangement may be advantageous as it allows the residence time of gases passing through the layer to be tailored to suit a velocity gradient across the width of a reactor. For example, the velocity of the gas stream is generally lower adjacent the walls of a reactor than towards its centre. Hence, the centre of a layer may be thickened so that the residence time is more nearly uniform across the layer. It is similarly possible to vary the thicknesses of the individual wires that make up the layer, so that the catalytic effect varies across the layer.
  • a further possibility is to thicken the edge or edges of a layer to compensate for the edge erosion that is sometimes observed.
  • reinforcing patches are commonly used to restore and/or to reinforce the edges of a catalyst pack.
  • Fig. 1. shows a partial cross-sectional view of a prior art woven gauze useful in ammonia oxidation catalyst or getter systems
  • Fig.2. shows a partial cross-sectional view of a single face knitted textile according to the invention, made on a single- bar warp knitting machine;
  • Fig.3. shows a partial cross-sectional view of a double face knitted textile according to the invention, made on a warp knitting machine;
  • Fig. 4. shows a knitted textile being made on a warp knitting machine with bearded needles that stitch in unison;
  • Fig. 5. shows a partial cross-sectional view of a preferred knitted textile having a tricot stitch, as made on a Mayer warp knitting machine;
  • Fig.6 shows a partial cross-sectional view of a netting type stitch made on a two-bar Raschel knitting machine.
  • Knitted precious metal textiles according to the invention can be made from single or multiple strands of wire, each strand having a diameter of about 0.05 mm to 0.10 mm.
  • Representative knitted textiles of the invention include those with wires having a diameter of 0.06 mm, 0.675 mm, 0.76 mm, 0.09 mm, and combinations thereof.
  • the wire can be made of any precious metal (this term including precious metal alloy) .
  • Particularly suitable catalyst results have been achieved with platinum wire, especially platinum alloys that contain more than 50 percent platinum. Representative alloys with rhodium and palladium are shown in Table 1.
  • wires made of palladium and palladium alloys are preferred, especially alloys that contain more than 50% palladium.
  • Certain knitting patterns are especially advantageous, including jacquard, raschel and tricot designs. These patterns, which contain a large number of large knots surrounding large holes, permit a large quantity of wire to be used in a small space, without closing up the holes and causing back pressure problems. Thus, in comparison with conventional woven gauzes, more catalyst or getter material can be used in the same space. This results in improved reaction efficiency, without blocking the flow of reaction gases.
  • gauzes are extremely simple, and are made of overlapping perpendicular strands (a,b) which lay next to each other, but which are not looped, stitched, knotted, or otherwise bound to each other.
  • Woven material is quite different even from a relatively simple single face knitted fabric made on a single bar warp knitting machine, as shown for example in Fig 2.
  • a double face warp knit (having loops in two directions) further illustrates the differences in structure and complexity between prior art woven gauzes and the knitted precious metal textiles of the invention, as shown in Fig.3. Indeed, given the relatively fragile nature of precious metal wires and their high costs, it was thought prior to this invention that knitted precious metal catalysts and getter systems could not be suitably made.
  • any conventional knitting machine can be adapted to produce the textiles of the invention, including straight knitting machines, circular or rotary knitting machines and warp knitting machines. Multiple needle machines are preferred, so that large textiles can be rapidly made, and warp knitting machines have been found to produce especially advantageous results.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a knitted precious metal textile being made according to the invention on a Mayer warp knitting machine with latched bearded needles.
  • the invention also contemplates "self-gettering" catalyst textiles, in which a catalyst material and a gettering material are knitted into a single composite textile.
  • catalyst strands comprising platinum as the predominant material can be knitted with getter strands comprising palladium as the predominant material, to provide an integral textile material that both catalyses ammonia oxidation reactions and immediately recaptures volatile catalyst material (such as platinum) which might otherwise be lost.
  • one embodiment of the invention contemplates a new material that would permit a single textile to serve two purposes. With such a textile, conventionally separate downstream getter gauzes would no longer be needed.
  • metal losses can be reduced at or very near the source of loss by knitting the catalyst and entrapment systems into one textile.
  • a single continuous textile can be knitted, which has alternating sections of predetermined length of catalyst and getter material, the final textile can then be folded into a pack, comprising adjacent alternating layers of catalyst and getter as desired.
  • the resulting self- gettering catalyst can then be conveniently supplied as a unitary cartridge.
  • the invention is also suitable for knitting tailored catalyst packs, which provide reduced weight of the same efficiency by using tailored overlapping shapes.
  • a textile in another embodiment, can be knitted using strands of different thickness along the length of the material - a result which cannot be achieved by conventional weaving, since thread sizes on a loom cannot be readily changed anywhere in the textile as they can in a knitting process.
  • one advantageous product according to the invention uses thinner wires at the top and thicker wires at the bottom, to provide a knitted precious metal textile with a strong pyramid-type infrastructure.
  • This thickness profile can also be reversed or otherwise varied to produce a pack whose wire thickness at a given point in the pack is tailored to suit the metal loss rate expected to that point in the pack.
  • knitted precious metal textiles can be made using precious metal alloys of platinum, rhodium and/or palladium, in thicknesses ranging from 0.05 to 0.10 mm. This can be achieved either by lubricating the wire with a lubricant that does not interfere with the knitting machine, or by using a transitory feed thread to guide the wires. Where a transitory feed thread is used, it is advantageous for the thread to be of copper alloy: this can be etched away after knitting.
  • Suitable lubricants include spray starch and spray wax. Even at slower speeds, a lubricated metal textile can be knitted as much as ten times faster than conventional catalyst gauzes can be woven on a loom.
  • Knitting machines using independently moving needles, or latched needles which move in unison can be used, and straight, circular, or warp knitting machines are suitable, though warp knitting machines are preferred.
  • Knitted metal textiles of the invention can also be made with loops which follow either the length or width of the fabric.
  • warp knitting machines a large quantity of parallel threads running lengthwise are fed to one or more needle bars, with collectively ving needles. These threads are laid around the needles by loopovers to simultaneously form stitches across the width of the material.
  • Single face and doubl _ face knitted fabric can be used, although single face embodiments such as tricot are easier to produce.
  • a knitted textile according to the invention was made on a Mayer warp knitting machine, which permits a standard knitting matrix of about 40 x 40 wires. See, for example. Figure 4 of the drawings. The machine can be modified, however, to produce other matrices as desired. Depending on the chosen stitch, a square, oblong, or other lattice can be made. Mayer machines most suitable for knitted catalyst and getter textiles are available to knit in widths of 84 inches and 210 inches, at speeds of about 50 to 100 feet per hour.
  • the preferred textile made on the Mayer machine, according to the invention is a tricot pattern, as shown in Fig.5.
  • wire having a diameter of .003 inches (0.076 mm) and a composition of 90% Pt 5% Rh - 5% Pd was knitted on an 84 inch machine into a textile 36 inches long.
  • An acceptable product with a fine uniform weave was achieved by lubricating the wire with spray starch, and by feeding the wire through tension controllers in conjunction with the actual knitting. The best results were achieved using double bar operation, which produced a strong, durable and flexible knit, although single bar operation is somewhat faster and easier to manage.
  • a Raschel knitting machine can be used to knit a netting-type pattern, using two-bar construction.
  • a knitted precious metal textile was made on a Tritex circular or rotary knitting machine, which produces a closed tube or sock of material having a netting-like appearance.
  • the Tritex machine produces a tube with a maximum diameter of 30 inches, which can be slit to form a textile product that is either 94 inches in one layer, or 47 inches when doubled.
  • the Tritex machine produces a maximum knitting matrix of 25 x 30 wires, which results in a relatively open knit in the final product.
  • the Tritex textile was made of wires having a diameter of 0.003 inches, and a composition of 10% Rh-Pt. Using a 30 inch machine, the output is about 33 feet per hour.
  • a knitted metal textile was made on a Lamb circular knitting machine. In this embodiment, using a 10 inch machine, it was necessary to run the precious metal wire with a polyester lead thread, to avoid snagging and breakage of the wire during loop formation. Multiple strands of wire can be knitted simultaneously in this way. Other lead threads, such as nylon, cotton, rayon or the like, can also be used. The lead thread can be dissolved or burned away prior to use, or during final flame activation of the material, or even with the first on- site use.
  • a tubular sample of this textile that was 1Y 4 inches wide and 15Vt inches long weighed 14.5 g, and had a density of 418 g/m 2 . The density can be altered by increasing or decreasing the number of needles, or by adding or subtracting strands of wire.

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Abstract

L'invention décrit des textiles de métaux précieux tricotés tels que des gazes métalliques, ainsi que des procédés utilisés pour les fabriquer. Ces textiles s'utilisent dans des processus catalytiques et sont particulièrement efficaces dans le traitement catalytique de l'ammoniac. Les points de tricotage préférés en particulier, sont le tricot, le jacquard et le rachel. On peut utiliser des machines de tricotage rotatives ou circulaires mais des machines de tricotage en chaîne sont préférées pour la plupart des applications. L'invention décrit des produits avantageux fabriqués au moyen du procédé de tricotage. Ces produits comprennent des couches d'épaisseur non uniforme ainsi que des produits non coupés possédant des bords latéraux non parallèles, tels que des cercles.
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