APPARATUS FOR INDUCTIVE HEATING NONCONDUCTIVE EXHAUST TREATMENT CATALYST

• US 3,581,489 A
• Filed: 12/17/1968
• Issued: 06/01/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David L. Camin, Robert E. Burtner
• Original Assignee: David L. Camin, Robert E. Burtner
• Inventors: Camin, David L., Burtner, Robert E.
• Application Number:
  US04/784,352
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• US Class Current: 60/275
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/00061 of the reactants
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/00469 Radiofrequency
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/00716 Means for reactor start-up
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 8/067 Heating or cooling the reactor B01J8/062 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2330/08 Granular material
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/2013 using electric or magnetic heating means
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/30 Arrangements for supply of additional air control, e.g. using by-passes or variable air pump drives, F01N3/22
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 9/00 Electrical control of exhaust gas treating apparatus monitoring or diagnostic devices for exhaust-gas treatment apparatus F01N11/00; conjoint electrical control of two or more combustion engine functions F02D43/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

Apparatus for rapidly and uniformly heating nonconductive particulate material, especially exhaust treatment catalyst particles, which comprises dispersing conductive metal particles within the nonconductive material and subsequently inducing radio frequency current into the metal particles.

Claims

2. Apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein said inducing means is a coil.