Abstract: Method for the removal of nitrogen from the exhausts of burners after they are cleaned of dust or sulfur, in which the nitrogen-bearing exhaust gases are reheated by the transfer of heat from the denitrogenated exhaust gases in a regenerative heat exchanger.Before they are finally heated to the temperature level of the reduction reaction, the nitrogen-bearing exhaust gases, and, after their reduction, the denitrogenated exhaust gases, are passed countercurrently to one another in a cyclical alternation, through heat exchanging storage masses in an additional catalytic converter serving as the main converter, whose surfaces are provided with catalytically active compounds.

Abstract: A supporting matrix for catalytically active compounds, for use, for example, in catalysts for the catalytic cracking of nitrogen oxides, is constructed of a metal core (1), an intermediate layer (3) of vitreous enamel bonded onto this core, and a porous ceramic cover coating (5) applied to the vitreous enamel intermediate layer.The supporting matrix is made by dipping the metal core into a vitreous enamel slip followed by firing at 800.degree. to 900.degree. C. The enameled metal core is then fired in a second firing to form the ceramic cover coating which represents the actual support for the catalytically active compounds.