Patent ID: 6302683
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B60H,F02B,F23C,F23M,F23N,Y02T

Abstract:
A method of operating a catalytic combustion chamber including a first catalytic reactor, a second catalytic reactor including an end surface facing said first catalytic reactor, said second catalytic reactor disposed in series with said first catalytic reactor, and an intermediate chamber between said first and second catalytic reactors, said method comprising heating the first catalytic reactor to a temperature at least equal to the ignition temperature of said first catalytic reactor, introducing an air and fuel mixture to said first catalytic reactor, whereby catalytic combustion is initiated in said first catalytic reactor, and increasing the mass flow of at least said air through said first catalytic reactor whereby combustion of said air and fuel mixture takes place in the gas phase in said intermediate chamber and said end surface is heated to a temperature at least equal to the ignition temperature of said second catalytic reactor and ignition takes place in said second catalytic reactor.