Abstract: A support structure for a structured catalytic packing is disclosed. The support structure is in a fixed position relative to the reactor tube containing it. It supports catalyzed casings that are free to move relative to the support structure. The support structure and casings are inserted in the reactor tube such that the support structure is located proximate the longitudinal axis of the tube and the casings are located between the support structure and the reactor tube wall. The support structure comprises a central support tube or rod proximate to, and impervious or perforated discs perpendicular to, the longitudinal axis of the reactor tube, and may comprise spacers separating the discs.

Abstract: An electric heating device for an exhaust gas catalyst, the electric heating device including a sleeve and a heating cellular structure which is heated by a flow of electric current and which is contained in the sleeve. The electric heating device being designed to be positioned in a segment of an exhaust gas pipe upstream of a catalyst, so as to completely occupy a cross section of the segment such that exhaust gases flowing in the pipe pass through the cellular matrix before reaching the catalyst. The heating cellular structure is designed to dissipate an inhomogeneous thermal power in a section perpendicular to the direction of flow of the exhaust gases, such that the temperature of the exhaust gases at the outlet of the heating cellular structure is homogeneous in a section perpendicular to the direction of flow of the exhaust gases.

Abstract: An electric gas flow heater has a grid-like heating element through which exhaust gas can flow axially, and which forms an electrical resistance heating. The grid-like heating element includes radially successive layers of band-like material, wherein the layers, in an axial view of the heating element, are bent in an undulating manner and include valleys and peaks. The layers that are located between the radially outermost layer and the radially innermost layer are attached by their peaks and valleys to the respectively radially adjacent layer, so that flow-through openings are formed between the layers. The wavelengths of the layers are increasing radially outwards.

Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing and using a self-supporting structure in processing unit for adsorption or catalytic processes. The self-supporting structure has greater than 50% by weight of the active material in the self-supporting structure to provide an open-celled structure providing access to the active material. The self-supporting structures, which may be disposed in a processing unit, may be used in swing adsorption processes and other processes to enhance the recovery of hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for a fluid flow system having a container body includes a heater element and a strip. The heater element is within the container body and includes an electrical resistance element, a sheath, and an insulating material. The sheath extends along a predefined path through the container body and surrounds the electrical resistance element along the predefined path. The insulating material is disposed about the electrical resistance element between the electrical resistance element and the sheath. The insulating material electrically insulates the electrical resistance element from the sheath. The strip is disposed inside the container body and defines a tortuous geometry that follows the predefined path. The strip defines a plurality of openings at discrete locations along the strip. The heater element extends through the plurality of openings and is configured to contact the strip at the discrete locations.

Abstract: A diesel engine emissions catalyst which may be used to fill a niche between standard oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filters for control of diesel particulate matter. The catalyst includes a structure (substrate) comprising one or more coated, corrugated micro-expanded metal foil layers. The coated surface may be a high surface area, stabilized, and promoted washcoat layer. The corrugated pattern may include a herringbone-style pattern that, when in use, is oriented in a longitudinal direction of the diesel engine exhaust flow. The micro-expanded metal foil provides small openings or eyes that, as the exhaust flow passes through the catalyst (transverse to the eye opening), particulates in the flow impinge on the surface and becomes trapped in the eyes. The catalyst may be used to treat a locomotive engine exhaust stream and may be used with a selective catalyst reduction system.

Abstract: A metal catalyst substrate 1 is equipped with a honeycomb body 2 in which a corrugated metal foil 4 and a flat metal foil 5 are multiply rolled, their leader portions being overlapped with each other. A restricting portion 8 is formed at a core portion 7 of the honeycomb body 2 by a portion of the core portion being deformed to restrict flow of exhaust gas in a core portion 7.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a film catalyst, including forming a catalyst layer on one side or each side of a base material to obtain a film catalyst, bending the film catalyst, and optionally cutting the film catalyst, wherein the bending step is conducted by bending the film catalyst with a bending tool composed of two gears that are oppositely arranged as meshing each other while a protective material having a compressibility of 40 to 95% is inserted between the catalyst layer of the film catalyst and the two gears.

Abstract: A sheet-metal layer includes anti-diffusion structures made of a high-temperature-corrosion-resistant steel having a longitudinal direction, upper and lower surfaces, a thickness of 0.015 to 0.1 mm and discontinuous microstructures extending approximately in the longitudinal direction. The microstructures have a structure height (0.02 to 0.1 mm), a structure length (2 to 10 mm), a structure width (0.2 to 1 mm), a longitudinal spacing (greater than 2 mm), formed by interruptions, from the nearest microstructure aligned approximately in the longitudinal direction and a lateral distance (1 to 10 mm) from the nearest laterally adjacent microstructure. Some of the microstructures project out of the sheet-metal layer toward the upper surface and some toward the lower surface.

Abstract: A foil for producing a metal honeycomb or catalyst carrier body, has an average surface roughness of more than 0.3 ?m (micrometers) on both surfaces in at least one measurement direction. Preferably, the foil is rolled and has an average surface roughness of more than 0.3 or 0.5 ?m, especially approximately 0.6 ?m, in the rolling direction and/or transverse thereto. The foil can have an oxide coating with a thickness between 60 and 80 or between 70 and 75 nm (nanometers) on both surfaces. Despite the roughness, an even thickness of the oxide coating with a tolerance of less than 10% or 5% is advantageous on both surfaces. The foil allows production of durable honeycomb bodies, especially for exhaust systems of internal combustion engines, requiring an exactly defined distribution and quality of compounds in the interior thereof. A honeycomb body and method of production using a foil, are also provided.

Abstract: A metal sheet having a microstructure, a carrier body having a plurality of sheets, and an exhaust system having the carrier body, are distinguished by a particularly long useful life in an automobile. Moreover, it is possible to bring about flow profiles coordinated exactly with the respective fields of use, so that a particularly efficient or extremely adaptable carrier body for purifying the exhaust gas of automobiles is provided.

Abstract: A metal sheet having a microstructure relieved of notching, a carrier body having a plurality of sheets, and an exhaust system having the carrier body, are distinguished by a particularly long useful life in an automobile. Moreover, it is possible to bring about flow profiles coordinated exactly with the respective fields of use, so that a particularly efficient or extremely adaptable carrier body for purifying the exhaust gas of automobiles is provided.

Abstract: A honeycomb body includes two opposite end sides, at least one housing and at least one metallic layer forming channels. At least one of the end sides has at least one brazed zone forming a belt-shaped, brazing material-free zone adjacent the housing. A method for producing the honeycomb body, an exhaust-gas treatment component for an internal combustion engine and a motor vehicle having the honeycomb body, are also provided.

Abstract: A honeycomb body for an exhaust treatment unit has at least one honeycomb structure and a least one housing, which at least partially surrounds the at least one honeycomb structure. At least one region between the honeycomb structure and the housing is formed with a brazed joint and at least two separate measures delimit the brazed joint. Furthermore, a method for producing a corresponding honeycomb is also proposed.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention relates to a metal foil with an embossed structure for use in the purification of exhaust gas as well as to a tool and a method for its production. In the direction of the main flow, the metal foil has alternating peaks with ascending flanks and descending flanks and valleys, with the peaks and valleys being divided into rows parallel to the direction of the main flow and with the peaks and valleys of adjacent rows being staggered in the direction of the main flow in such a way that the ascending flanks and the descending flanks of the staggered peaks form a trough which connects the staggered valleys.

Abstract: A microporous paper filter (10) for particulates emitted together with the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, made in the form of a folded up sheet to form a “Greek key” i.e. having several filtering layers (13) placed substantially parallel, connected by means of folds (14), the layers (13) being separated and maintained equidistant through the interposition of spacers (20) each comprising at least one corrugated paper sheet (21, 22) or pleated paper (23).

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of substantially parallel channels, a layer of at least partially structured metal foils and a housing. The layer includes a number N of at least partially structured metal foils and a number N+1 of smooth metal foils. The number N=1, 2 or 3 and two of the smooth metal foils are exterior foils. A method for producing such a honeycomb structure is also provided. The honeycomb structure is used, in particular in exhaust gas systems of mobile internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A metallic honeycomb body has an axial length, a partial volume covering at least 55% of the axial length, a radial dimension of at least 20 mm, an inflow end side and an outflow end side. The honeycomb body includes sheet-metal layers structured to permit a fluid to flow through the honeycomb body in a flow direction from the inflow end side to the outflow end side. The sheet-metal layers each have a surface area, partial regions and edges at the end sides. Each of the sheet-metal layers have a multiplicity of holes formed at least in the partial regions in the partial volume. Each of the holes have a hole surface area of between 1 and 120 mm2. The sheet-metal layer surface area in the partial volume is reduced by 10 to 80% by the holes as compared to a sheet-metal layer without holes. The partial volume is disposed at a distance from each of the end sides, preventing the holes from touching and from cutting through the edges of the end sides of the sheet-metal layers.

Abstract: A metal catalyst carrier has a core comprising a corrugated sheet and a flat sheet with a plurality of slots in a shape elongated in a direction perpendicular to a cell passage direction. The slots are formed before a sheet metal is corrugated and have a predetermined interval apart from one another. The plural slots disposed along the direction perpendicular to the cell passage direction are arranged to form a plurality of slot arrays arranged in the cell passage direction, and an interval Y in the cell passage direction and an interval X in the direction perpendicular to the cell passage direction, between the opening peripheral edge portions of the slots adjacent to each other in the slot arrays adjacent to each other, are set under the conditions satisfying X?0 mm and X??(5/2)Y+10 mm, thereby preventing the occurrence of distortions and cracks in the process of corrugating the sheet metal.

Abstract: A process for producing a metallic layer includes forming structures at least in subregions of the metallic layer. The structures have corrugation troughs and corrugation peaks, an upper bearing surface formed at least in part from the peaks, and a lower bearing surface formed at least in part from the troughs. The metallic layer is formed with at least a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness, different than the first thickness. The structures are formed, in longitudinal direction, independently of the thickness, with at least one of the upper and lower bearing surfaces in the regions being substantially aligned in longitudinal direction in vicinity of at least one of the peaks and the troughs. A metallic layer with regions of varying material thickness and a honeycomb body produced at least partly from such metallic layers, are also provided.

Abstract: A catalyzer has a plurality of plane sheets arranged superposed and spaced apart from each other in a stack, between which a plurality of straight channels extend parallel in the flow direction and are delimited by the plane sheets. The plane sheets are coated in such a way that a catalytic coating is present in all channels; that the catalytic coating is limited to predetermined sections of the channels; and that inside the channels, uncoated sections in each case are positioned opposite to sections with the catalytic coatings. The uncoated sections absorb the heat radiation emitted by the catalytic coatings during operation, thereby improving cooling and preventing homogeneous ignition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst element for a recombinator for eliminating hydrogen from accident atmospheres, in which the technical problem of continuously efficiently converting both small and large amounts of hydrogen with the atmospheric air-oxygen present in the safety containers within a broad concentration range, and routing away the reaction heat arising in the process to such an extent that the respective ignition temperature is not reached in the present mixture is resolved by having the catalyst element exhibit a flat basic body (2), which is arranged within the area of flow through the recombinator, wherein the surface of the basic body (2) over which the accident atmosphere flows has a varying coverage density with catalyst material (3).

Abstract: A wide sheet formed of a metal foil is wound a plurality of times around outer peripheral surfaces of four honeycomb matrices arranged in series to form an intermediate tube. As a result, a subassembly is formed. A brazing filler material is wound around an outer peripheral surface of the subassembly at an end portion thereof. The subassembly is inserted into an outer tube. The outer tube is caulked to reduce an outer diameter thereof. Then, heat processing is performed in vacuum to diffusion bond a corrugated sheet and a flat sheet, which form the honeycomb matrices, and the wide sheet of the intermediate tube to each other. The intermediate tube and the outer tube are brazed to each other. Thus, a metal substrate for carrying a catalyst is achieved.

Abstract: A catalytic section of a combustor is formed from a spaced tandem array of corrugated panels. The exterior top and bottom surfaces of the panels are coated with a catalyst and the space between panels defines a passage for a fuel-rich/air mixture. The interior of the corrugated panels define cooling air passages for maintaining the catalyst and substrate on which it is formed, at acceptable temperatures.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter is composed mainly of silicon carbide or of metallic silicon and silicon carbide; the filter being formed by bonding a plurality of honeycomb segments each of which has a plurality of through-holes being partitioned by porous partition walls. The filter is plugged alternately at the exhaust gas inlet face and exhaust gas outlet face of honeycomb segments. Each two adjacent honeycomb segments are contacted with each other at each a portion of their sides facing each other. They are bonded with each other at least at part of each portion of said sides other than the contacted portion through a bonding material having a strength lower than that of a basal body of honeycomb segment. Thus, the thermal stresses generated among the respective portions constituting the filter is reduced. The generation of cracks, etc. can be also prevented considerably.

Abstract: A metallic catalyst carrier 2 has good productivity and improves the exhaust performance by causing the flow of exhaust gas therein to become turbulent, without causing tearing, cutting, and warping of its honeycomb-structure The metallic catalyst carrier 2 has a base metal sheet 5 and a corrugated metal sheet 6 laminated together with a plurality of cell passages 7 formed between the base sheet 5 and the corrugated sheet 6 such that exhaust gases passes through the cell passages 7. The base sheet 5 or the corrugated sheet 6 is equipped with a plurality of hole lines 5a or 6a arranged along hole lines 8 or 9 in a direction perpendicular to the cell passage 7. Between adjacent hole lines 8 or 9, the holes 5a or 6a that form the hole lines 8 or 9 are separated by a prescribed distance in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal directions of the cell passages 7.

Abstract: A honeycomb body has sheet-metal layers and sheet-metal foils to be joined with brazing powder. Each of the foils has at least one sliding structure enabling the adjacent layers to slide over one another. A honeycomb body, particularly a catalyst carrier body for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, includes at least partially structured sheet-metal layers wound and/or stacked to form passages for fluid flow. The sheet-metal layers are at least partially joined to one another by the brazing powder. The honeycomb body also has at least one sheet-metal foil with at least one sliding structure. A process for producing the honeycomb body guarantees sharply delineated brazed joints, even for brazing powder, which results in a greatly increased lifespan, particularly with regard to thermal and dynamic loads placed on the honeycomb body when used as a catalyst carrier body in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst structure used for purifying an exhaust gas; to be disposed in an exhaust gas flow passage; preferable for obtaining a highly efficient and compact exhaust gas purifying apparatus; and produced by alternately stacking platelike catalysts 1, and gas dispersing members composed of netlike products 7 having many holes passing from the front surface to the back surface thereof, or linear, belt-shaped, or rodlike materials of a metal, ceramic, or glass to disturb the flow of an exhaust gas in a flow passage of the gas thereby to promote contact of the gas to be treated with the catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention is: a metallic foil to be used for a metallic honeycomb for purifying exhaust gas of an automobile or the like, said metallic foil not causing cracks or ruptures to develop in the foil even when it undergoes corrugation work with more sharply bending corner portions of a trapezoidal shape; and a catalyst support for purifying exhaust gas of an automobile or the like, characterized in that said metallic foil, being rough surface finished and having good corrugation workability, is made of heat-resistant stainless steel and has surface roughness more than 2.0 and not more than 5.0 &mgr;m in Rmax and, said metallic catalyst support for purifying exhaust gas has a structure comprising a honeycomb inserted in a jacket, wherein the honeycomb is composed of rough surface finished metallic foil having surface roughness more than 2.0 and not more than 5.0 &mgr;m in Rmax and the jacket is made of heat-resistant stainless steel.

Abstract: A housing for a honeycomb body includes a jacket tube with an inner wall surface. The jacket tube has a passivation layer in at least one section of the inner wall surface in order to deliberately modify a connection to the honeycomb body by joining. A method for the production of a catalyst carrier body with a honeycomb body and a housing according to the invention are also indicated. A catalyst carrier body produced in this way reduces thermal stresses between the honeycomb body and the jacket tube and, in particular, ensures a reliable brazing process during production, even in a vacuum.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure brazed with an outer casing has a large corrugated foil and a small corrugated foil overlapped and wound alternately and formed like a cylinder by diffused junction. The large corrugated foil and the small corrugated foil has 20 &mgr;m in thickness. The honeycomb structure has 900 cells/square inches in cell density. The large corrugated foil has a wave height of 0.81 mm and a pitch of 1.71 mm. The small corrugated foil has a wave height of 0.05 mm to 0.18 mm and a pitch of 1.29 mm to 1.39 mm. Whereby the produced stress in each corrugated foil upon thermal expansion is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solder disposed configuration for a heat resistant structure for forming a catalytic converter for purifying the exhaust gas in an engine. The heat resistant structure is composed of a honeycomb structure fitted and fixed into a hollow cylindrical shell. And the honeycomb structure comprises at least a substrate having a flat sheet and a corrugated sheet. A first and a second strip of solder are disposed alongside a first and a second edge paralleling to each other on a first and a second plane surface of the substrate respectively, wherein the second plane surface is the reverse side of the first plane surface of the substrate, and the first and second edge are opposite to each other on the first and the second plane surface respectively for forming the honeycomb structure. Rolling up the substrate to form the honeycomb structure (e.g. spirally wound-form) by the solder disposed on the substrate welded and joined together.

Abstract: An improved metal catalytic tube includes an elongated metal member formed at least partially of metal particles and including a catalytic enhancement incorporated into the metal member. The metal member is formed with a cavity and includes an inner surface defined by the cavity and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The metal member has a porosity at the outer surface that is greater than the porosity at the inner surface. The porosity at the inner surface is sufficiently low that the metal member can carry a quantity of gas through the cavity without the gas leaking through the inner surface of the metal member. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims.

Abstract: The invention relates to a honeycomb, particularly a catalytic converter substrate, with a honeycomb structure comprising a large number of ducts running in the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb, through which a fluid can flow, where the honeycomb displays structured foils arranged one above the other that are arranged to form plane or curved foil layers, and at least one stiffening element, introduced into the honeycomb structure, that extends essentially parallel to the foils, at least in parts. In order to create a honeycomb that displays sufficient stability with high resistance to thermal shocks, that permits the most favourable possible design of the flow ducts in terms of flow and that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, it is proposed that stiffening elements be introduced into the honeycomb, the dimensions of which transverse to their longitudinal direction are small compared to the dimensions of the honeycomb structure in this direction.

Abstract: A process for the recovery of sulphur trioxide, solutions of sulphuric acid, or organic derivatives thereof, using organic compounds and/or supercritical fluids, and catalyst. The process comprises the steps of passing a mixture of SO2 and an oxygen-containing gas over an activated carbon catalyst at a temperature of at least 15° C. and preferably at a pressure of 1-200 atmospheres, and stripping the activated carbon with either (i) a liquid organic compound selected from the group consisting of ketones, ethers, decalin, tetrahydrofurans, sulpholanes, glymes and formamides and which is non-reactive with sulphur trioxide or sulphuric acid, or (ii) a liquid organic compound capable of forming organic sulphates or sulphonates by reaction with sulphur trioxide or sulphuric acid. The process may be used to obtain sulphuric acid, or organic sulphates or sulphonates.

Abstract: A metallic catalyst carrier 2 has good productivity and improves the exhaust performance by causing the flow of exhaust gas therein to become turbulent, without causing tearing, cutting, and warping of its honeycomb-structure The metallic catalyst carrier 2 has a base metal sheet 5 and a corrugated metal sheet 6 laminated together with a plurality of cell passages 7 formed between the base sheet 5 and the corrugated sheet 6 such that exhaust gases passes through the cell passages 7. The base sheet 5 or the corrugated sheet 6 is equipped with a plurality of hole lines 5a or 6a arranged along hole lines 8 or 9 in a direction perpendicular to the cell passage 7. Between adjacent hole lines 8 or 9, the holes 5a or 6a that form the hole lines 8 or 9 are separated by a prescribed distance in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal directions of the cell passages 7.

Abstract: A method for corrugating a metal foil (11), which together with a longitudinally flat foil (12) is intended to form a foil package pervious to liquid or gas, where the folds are made with a very small fold radius by rolling in at least two steps between rollers (42, 43) disposed in pairs, the fold radius (51) being large and the fold height (52) low in a first step, and after the final step, the fold radius (53) is less than 10%, preferably 2 to 5% of the fold distance (55), and the fold height (54) is greater than after the first step.

Abstract: A monolithic catalyst with micro-scale flow channels and methods of making such a monolithic catalyst are provided. The monolithic catalyst includes a plurality of thin catalyst walls. The walls have a set thickness in a range from 1 to 150 &mgr;m. The thin catalyst walls define a plurality of flow channels. A fugitive material is used to form the flow channels. The flow channels have a set width in a range from 1 to 200 &mgr;m. A flexible strip that includes a layer of catalyst material and a fugitive layer forms the monolithic catalyst. This flexibility allows the strips to be formed into selected shapes as needed for a particular reactor design. For example, strips can be rolled into a spiral cylinder or folded into a planar stack. The flow channels are formed by an organic fugitive material, which burns off during processing.

Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb body, in particular for an exhaust gas catalytic converter, includes cold-shaping at least one hard metal sheet for at least partially providing the hard metal sheet with a structure. No soft annealing of the hard metal sheet is effected prior to the cold-shaping. The at least partially structured hard metal sheet is layered and wound or it is merely wound. A semi-manufactured honeycomb body is also provided.

Abstract: A honeycomb body of a catalytic reactor with channels through which a fluid can flow, in particular of a catalytic reactor for exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes alternating essentially smooth and structured, and in particular corrugated, sheet-metal layers. At least one sheet-metal layer is formed from an initial material of greater thickness than the other layers. All of the smooth sheet-metal layers are produced from the same initial materials as one another. All of the structured sheet-metal layers are produced from the same initial materials as one another. The smooth sheet-metal layers and the structured sheet-metal layers are produced from initial materials having different thicknesses and/or properties from one another.

Abstract: A honeycomb body configuration includes a honeycomb body with a fluid inlet side and a fluid outlet side. The honeycomb body is formed of at least partially structured sheet metal layers which form channels through which a fluid can flow. The honeycomb body is surrounded by an inner tubular jacket and an outer tubular jacket provided concentrically in relation thereto. The inner tubular jacket is configured as a corrugated hose in at least one axial subregion thereof. The inner tubular jacket has at least one further axial subregion which lies smoothly against the honeycomb body. The corrugated subregion and the outer tubular jacket are connected at least in a longitudinal partial region of the corrugated subregion.

Abstract: A monolithic honeycomb body includes mutually spaced-apart inlet and outlet flow ends, different successive sections between the flow ends, and at least partially structured sheet metal layers having structures forming walls defining channels through which a fluid can flow in one flow direction. The channels have sizes or numbers varying in the different successive sections in the flow direction. At least a part of the structured sheet metal layers extend from the inlet flow end to the outlet flow end. Each of the sheet metal layers has at least a first structure and a second structure with different dimensions. At least one of the structures extends over only one of the sections. A method for manufacturing the honeycomb body is also provided.

Abstract: A metallic catalyst support of honeycomb construction easy to manufacture and having a large strength is obtained in the invention by bonding at least one predetermined part of an end face opening of a core unit in axial direction across the end face opening.

Abstract: In the corrugated metal sheet 5 in which the crest portions 5a and the trough portions 5b are formed in plural alternatively along the corrugation direction 61, the rack portions 5f, the rising trough portions 5d, and the rising crest portions 5e are provided in plural. The rack portions 5f are arranged between the crest portions 5a and the trough portions 5b and extended along the folding direction 60 and the corrugation direction 61 to couple adjacent crest portions 5a and trough portions 5b. The rising trough portions 5d are folded from the boundaries between the crest portions and the rack portions 5f such that part of the crest portions 5a being divided by two cuttings separated in the folding direction 60 are protruded partially in the same direction as the trough portions 5b.

Abstract: A metallic carrier for automobile exhaust gas purification made of thin metal foil includes a honeycomb unit composed of 8˜25 &mgr;m thick corrugated metal foil and flat metal foil joined by solder joints not fewer than 70% of which have a maximum thickness of not greater than 4 times the foil thickness. A method of producing the metal carrier includes a step of forming a honeycomb unit in which 8˜25 &mgr;m thick corrugated metal foil and flat metal foil are joined by solder joints using a solder powder, the solder powder having a particle diameter not greater than 4.5 times the thickness of the metal foil constituting the honeycomb unit.

Abstract: A conical honeycomb body includes a tubular casing which is conical with respect to an axis. At least one stack in the casing is formed of at least one layer at least partially having waves. The layers bound a plurality of channels through which a fluid can flow. Structures extending substantially in axial direction of the honeycomb body project from the waves of the layers.

Abstract: A catalytic converter includes a channel for conducting a gas flow forwardly in a longitudinal direction. The channel is coated with a catalyst and has at least first and second turbulence generators spaced apart in the longitudinal direction for making the gas flow turbulent. Each turbulence generator includes a rear face inclined forwardly at an angle of from 35 to 60° from a base of the channel and facing rearwardly, a connecting face extending forwardly from a free edge of the rear face and a front face projecting toward the base from a front edge of the connecting face and facing forwardly. The first turbulence generator is disposed closer to an inlet of the channel than the second turbulence generator. A longitudinal center of the first turbulence generator is spaced longitudinally from the channel inlet by a distance, which is a function of the hydraulic diameter of the channel, the Reynold's number, and the Schmidt's number 1 of the gas.