In a process for manufacturing a catalytic converter component, a ceramic unit is used that has been prepared by extruding green ceramic product through a die to form an extrusion having a honeycomb substrate structure in which tubular passages extend along the extrusion, the passages bounded by walls dividing adjacent passages from one another. The unit is obtained by cutting off a length of the extrusion and curing and firing it. The process further comprises flowing insulation material from one end of the unit into selected ones of the elongate passages, the insulating material then being cured. The passages are selected so that the cured insulation material forms an internal thermal insulating barrier between a core zone of the unit and a radially outer zone of the unit. Passages in the inner and outer zones are free of insulation material and the honeycomb structure walls include walls crossing the insulating barrier.

In a process for manufacturing a catalytic converter component, a ceramic unit is used that has been prepared by extruding green ceramic product through a die to form an extrusion having a honeycomb substrate structure in which tubular passages extend along the extrusion, the passages bounded by walls dividing adjacent passages from one another. The unit is obtained by cutting off a length of the extrusion and curing and firing it. The process further comprises flowing insulation material from one end of the unit into selected ones of the elongate passages, the insulating material then being cured. The passages are selected so that the cured insulation material forms an internal thermal insulating barrier between a core zone of the unit and a radially outer zone of the unit. Passages in the inner and outer zones are free of insulation material and the honeycomb structure walls include walls crossing the insulating barrier.

Provided are an active and passive integrated fireproof heat-insulating board and a preparation method thereof, including: n passive fireproof layers and n or n+1 active fireproof layers, the passive fireproof layers and the active fireproof layers are overlapped with each other into a whole. Each passive fireproof layer includes an inorganic fiber felt and an aerogel; the aerogel is obtained by curing an aerogel stock solution having adhesiveness, and the aerogel stock solution includes, in parts by mass, 1000 to 4000 parts of silica sol, 50 to 150 parts of soluble silicate, 10 to 50 parts of a phosphate adhesive, 5 to 20 parts of quicklime, 5 to 50 parts of titanium dioxide, 10 to 50 parts of calcium stearate, 5 to 50 parts of a hydrophobic modifier, 5 to 50 parts of an acid-base regulator, and 1000 to 4000 parts of a solvent.