Objective
The objective is to prepare combustors consisting of catalyst coated onto a metal fibre matrix and evaluate these for a range of potential applica- tions and then demonstrate prototype devices for the most promising of these. The catalyst coating integrity will be an important factor. The demand for such devices arises from either the wish to have a more efficient combustor or one which emits lower levels of NOx. In general the peak temperatures in catalytic combustors are lower than those in conventional flame combustors, therefore less thermal NOx is produced. In addition the flameless nature of catalytic combustors makes them safer to use in the presence of volatile organics, for example in painting chambers. Metal fibre supports will be prepared, catalyst coated and tested for the various applications. Systems which show promise at this stage will be designed and developed into prototype devices and evaluated for individual potential applications. The aim is to improve on current technologies in some cases (eg. space heaters) and develop new ones in others. The work will be relevant to several market sectors including space heating, volatile organic compound (VOC) control, automotive emission control, and particulate traps.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- humanitiesartsvisual arts
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryvolatile organic compounds
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
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NG16 6NT Eastwood
United Kingdom