EP1053391A1 - Dispositif d'epuration catalytique de gaz d'echappement et couche de compensation correspondante, notamment pour vehicules a moteur - Google Patents

Dispositif d'epuration catalytique de gaz d'echappement et couche de compensation correspondante, notamment pour vehicules a moteur

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EP1053391A1
EP1053391A1 EP99906117A EP99906117A EP1053391A1 EP 1053391 A1 EP1053391 A1 EP 1053391A1 EP 99906117 A EP99906117 A EP 99906117A EP 99906117 A EP99906117 A EP 99906117A EP 1053391 A1 EP1053391 A1 EP 1053391A1
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mat
exhaust gas
swelling
insulating mat
compensation layer
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Wolfgang Maus
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Vitesco Technologies Lohmar Verwaltungs GmbH
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Emitec Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/08Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
    • F01N3/10Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • F01N3/24Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by constructional aspects of converting apparatus
    • F01N3/28Construction of catalytic reactors
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N13/00Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
    • F01N13/14Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00 having thermal insulation
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/08Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
    • F01N3/10Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • F01N3/24Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by constructional aspects of converting apparatus
    • F01N3/28Construction of catalytic reactors
    • F01N3/2839Arrangements for mounting catalyst support in housing, e.g. with means for compensating thermal expansion or vibration
    • F01N3/2853Arrangements for mounting catalyst support in housing, e.g. with means for compensating thermal expansion or vibration using mats or gaskets between catalyst body and housing
    • F01N3/2857Arrangements for mounting catalyst support in housing, e.g. with means for compensating thermal expansion or vibration using mats or gaskets between catalyst body and housing the mats or gaskets being at least partially made of intumescent material, e.g. unexpanded vermiculite
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/08Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
    • F01N3/10Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • F01N3/24Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by constructional aspects of converting apparatus
    • F01N3/28Construction of catalytic reactors
    • F01N3/2839Arrangements for mounting catalyst support in housing, e.g. with means for compensating thermal expansion or vibration
    • F01N3/2853Arrangements for mounting catalyst support in housing, e.g. with means for compensating thermal expansion or vibration using mats or gaskets between catalyst body and housing
    • F01N3/2864Arrangements for mounting catalyst support in housing, e.g. with means for compensating thermal expansion or vibration using mats or gaskets between catalyst body and housing the mats or gaskets comprising two or more insulation layers
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02ATECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A50/00TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE in human health protection, e.g. against extreme weather
    • Y02A50/20Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters

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  • Catalytic exhaust gas cleaning device and associated compensation layer in particular for motor vehicles
  • the present invention relates to a catalytic exhaust gas purification device, in particular for motor vehicles, according to the preamble of claim 1 and an associated compensation layer according to the preamble of claim 9
  • Exhaust gas cleaning devices are required - differentiated by the structure and / or by the type of catalytically effective surface coating - both for diesel-powered vehicles, which include soot afterburning, and for the detoxification of exhaust gases from gasoline engines.
  • a major problem in all cases is here the permanent, safe and, in particular, shock-absorbed storage of fracture-sensitive ceramic honeycomb bodies, as are often used in exhaust gas cleaning devices, in a metallic housing, this problem being compounded by the fact that the housing expands much more than the honeycomb body when the temperature rises
  • the swelling mat is capable of being caused by different behavior of the housing and honeycomb body and filling cavities created by manufacturing tolerances by swelling and thus ensuring safe storage over a long period of operation.
  • Source mats usually contain mica fragments which, if there is space in their surroundings, absorb water and expand in the process
  • a disadvantage of such swelling mats, like the mats based on aluminum silicate fiber that are preferably used for such cases, is that they are very easily removed by pulsating exhaust gas flows
  • shielding funnels made of metal which are arranged in a minimum distance due to thermal changes in length in front of the end face of a ceramic honeycomb body.
  • An advantageous further development of this solution provides shielding funnels made of ceramic material which now have the same expansion coefficients their end faces lie directly on the ceramic honeycomb body
  • a storage mat with a layer of "intumescent”, that is to say swelling material, is known, which is provided with at least one insert made of elastic, flexible, less strong or non-intumescent material to protect against ablation
  • thermally insulating layer between the housing and the honeycomb body
  • This thermally insulating layer can be an air layer which isolates the housing from the high temperatures occurring in the honeycomb body when the catalytic exhaust gas cleaning device is used due to the low heat conduction and heat convection properties of the air.
  • swelling mats for holding honeycomb bodies release water at a very high ambient temperature of, for example, over 800 ° C and shrink, which can loosen the honeycomb body in the housing
  • swelling mats must be thermally insulated against the honeycomb body in certain highly polluted exhaust gas cleaning devices, for which purpose it already exists it is known to first provide the honeycomb body with a so-called insulating mat, that is to say with a thermally insulating layer, preferably made of ceramic material, and only then to surround it with a swelling mat.
  • the invention has for its object to achieve a safe shielding of the source mat against strongly pulsating exhaust gas flows even at very high ambient temperatures with an even simpler structure.
  • the insulating mat has a thicker edge in the area of at least one end face of the honeycomb body than in the remaining inner area, a swelling mat being arranged adjacent to the side of the insulating mat facing away from the honeycomb body in such a way that the thicker area of the edge of the insulating mat shows the edge surfaces of the source mat which are at risk of abrasion covers, the source mat is shielded from strongly pulsating exhaust gases and thermally insulated with respect to heat conduction and heat convection.
  • any cavities remaining between the housing and the honeycomb body during manufacture or which form during operation are advantageously closed by the swelling mat by closing their adjacent cavities by swelling when water is absorbed. This results in a permanent safe, in particular shock-absorbent, storage of the break-sensitive ceramic honeycomb body.
  • a particularly advantageous development of the invention provides that the thicker area of the border can be produced by folding over the insulating mat.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the compensation layer comprising a swelling mat and an insulating mat is also present in terms of production technology if the insulating mat with thicker edges and the swelling mat are designed as a composite material. This can preferably be wound at least once or, in the case of higher insulation requirements, also several times in the circumferential direction, for example around a honeycomb body.
  • the compensating layer formed as a composite material can be composed of prefabricated cylindrical, oval or other contoured segments of a housing, in particular half-shell segments. - 5 -
  • Fig 1 A section of an exhaust gas purification device, partially cut and
  • FIG. 2 shows a composite material consisting of a swelling mat and a
  • FIG. 1 shows a partially sectioned section of an exhaust gas purification device 1 according to the invention, in which a honeycomb body 2, wrapped by a compensating layer 4, is arranged in a housing 3
  • the honeycomb body 2 is preferably a monolithic ceramic honeycomb body, in particular made of so-called thin-wall ceramic.
  • honeycomb body 2 constructed from thin metal sheets can also be held in a similar manner, thermal insulation with respect to the preferably metallic housing 3 also being sought.
  • the mounting and insulation is achieved by a compensating layer 4, comprising a layer of ceramic material, preferably a swelling mat 5, and a further, thermally insulating layer, a so-called insulating mat 6.
  • the compensating layer 4 which on the one hand, the honeycomb body 2 holds securely in the housing 3 and, on the other hand, very good thermal insulation results in the insulating mat 6, which is made of a ceramic material and has a very low thermal conductivity and thus prevents heat conduction and convection from the honeycomb body 2 to the housing 3 and contains the source mat 5 Mica pieces, which, if there is space in their surroundings, absorb water and thereby expand.
  • the swelling mat 5 fills the cavities created by different behavior of the housing 3 and honeycomb body 2 and by manufacturing tolerances, and thus ensures over one long storage period, secure storage of the honeycomb body 2 in the housing 3 .
  • Source mats 5 and insulating mats 6 made of ceramic material are typically fiber mats, as are known from the prior art for holding ceramic honeycomb bodies 2, with a thickness as used to compensate for manufacturing tolerances of the outer housing 3 and the honeycomb body 2 and for holding them over one long operating period are required. It should also be noted that to improve the thermal insulation, especially when very high operating temperatures, such as occur, for example, in an arrangement close to the outlet of an internal combustion engine, affect the exhaust gas cleaning device 1, several compensation layers 4 and / or only additional layers of the thermally insulating Layer 6, which follow one another radially, can be provided.
  • the compensating layer 4 which is formed as a composite material from an insulating mat 6 and a swelling mat 5 and which can preferably be wound around the honeycomb body 2 at least once in the circumferential direction.
  • the compensating layer 4, which is designed as a composite material is composed of prefabricated cylindrical, oval or other contours of the housing 3, in particular half-shell segments. If the insulating mat 6, that is, the thermally insulating layer at least in the thicker area of its boundary 7 from long Ceramic fibers, it is not very susceptible to abrasion by pulsating exhaust gases, so that the protection of the abrasion-prone edge surfaces 9 of the swelling mat 5 is sufficient due to the thicker area of the edges 7 of the insulating mat 6.
  • the present invention is distinguished by a particularly simple and at the same time effective construction and is also suitable for applications close to the engine in catalytic exhaust gas purification devices 1 of motor vehicles. It enables safe storage of honeycomb bodies 2, at the same time brings about good thermal insulation of the honeycomb body 2 in the housing 3 and protects the layer 5 of the compensating layer 4 containing the source material adequately against abrasion by pulsating exhaust gas flows.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'épuration catalytique de gaz d'échappement (1) et une couche de compensation correspondante (4), notamment pour véhicules à moteur. Ce dispositif assure une protection efficace d'un "mat gonflant "(5) contre les flux de gaz d'échappement fortement pulsés, même en présence de températures ambiantes très élevées. A cet effet, une couche de compensation (4) comprenant le mat gonflant (5) et un mat isolant (6) est placée entre un boîtier extérieur (3) et un corps alvéolaire (2). Une bordure (7), plus épaisse au niveau d'au moins un côté frontal du corps alvéolaire (2) que dans la zone intérieure restante (8) du mat isolant (6), est produite de préférence par repliement du mat isolant (6). Le mat gonflant (5) est placé à proximité du côté opposé au corps alvéolaire (2), de la zone intérieure (8), de sorte que la zone la plus épaisse de la bordure (7) du mat isolant (6) recouvre les zones marginales du mat gonflant (5), exposées à l'abrasion. La couche de compensation (4) se présente de préférence sous la forme d'un matériau composite pouvant être enroulé. Le dispositif selon l'invention est caractérisé par une conception particulièrement simple et efficace, et convient à des unités situées à proximité du moteur dans des dispositifs d'épuration de gaz d'échappement (1) de véhicules à moteur, même en cas d'utilisation de corps alvéolaires en céramique à faible épaisseur de paroi.
EP99906117A 1998-02-03 1999-01-12 Dispositif d'epuration catalytique de gaz d'echappement et couche de compensation correspondante, notamment pour vehicules a moteur Withdrawn EP1053391A1 (fr)

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DE19804213A DE19804213A1 (de) 1998-02-03 1998-02-03 Katalytische Abgasreinigungseinrichtung und zugehörige Ausgleichsschicht, insbesondere für Kraftfahrzeuge
DE19804213 1998-02-03
PCT/EP1999/000127 WO1999040300A1 (fr) 1998-02-03 1999-01-12 Dispositif d'epuration catalytique de gaz d'echappement et couche de compensation correspondante, notamment pour vehicules a moteur

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JP (1) JP4278865B2 (fr)
KR (1) KR100538393B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN1185406C (fr)
AU (1) AU2616499A (fr)
DE (1) DE19804213A1 (fr)
PL (1) PL342029A1 (fr)
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