Patent ID: 6475935
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: C09K,F02G,F25B,F28D,F28F,Y10T

Abstract:
A woven mat for a regenerator comprising:a) a plurality of warp fibers each of which comprises a core wire having an outer peripheral surface and a covering on the surface, said core wire being made of copper, nickel, iron, aluminum or an alloy thereof, the surface covering comprising (i) neodymium, lead or lead alloy plated to the core wire, (ii) fine powder of neodymium, DyNi2, Er3Ni, Er6Ni2Sn, or ErNi0.9Co0.1 bonded to, joined to, or coated on the core wire, or (iii) both; and b) a plurality of weft fibers each of which comprises a core and a polymeric synthetic resin covering a peripheral surface of the core, said core consisting of either (i) a single filament made of a core fiber selected from the group consisting of a ceramic fiber, a carbon fiber and a synthetic resin fiber, or (ii) a filament composite comprising a plurality of said single filaments and fixing means for fixing the plurality of the single filaments in the filament composite; said plurality of weft fibers and said plurality of warp fibers being woven together to form said woven mat.