A honeycomb body includes at least a housing and a honeycomb structure having a plurality of channels. The honeycomb structure is formed of at least one at least partially structured metallic layer that forms connecting points fixing the honeycomb structure. At most 20% of inner contact points in a cross section of the honeycomb structure form a connection point, and the connection points are disposed at a distance from each other in such a way that respective connection-free regions of the same size surround each of the connection points. An exhaust-gas purification unit and a motor vehicle are also provided.

A honeycomb structure includes a central area and a reinforced outer peripheral area. A reference boundary cell with an inner wall orthogonal to an imaginary straight line, adjacent to the honeycomb center, and thinner than an outer wall adjacent to the honeycomb periphery has a reference wall different in wall thickness from the other three cell walls among the remaining four cell walls excluding the inner wall and the outer wall. The honeycomb structure includes a reference Y-shaped unit having the reference wall, the outer wall, and a cell wall. The honeycomb structure includes a plurality of Y-shaped units extending in the same directions as the reference Y-shaped unit. For every Y-shaped unit in the central area and the reinforced outer peripheral area of the honeycomb structure, the cell walls of each Y-shaped unit has an equal wall thickness.

Provided are a novel synthesis technique for producing pure phase aluminosilicate zeolite and a catalyst comprising the phase pure zeolite in combination with a metal, and methods of using the same. The pure phase aluminosilicate zeolite can be selected from those having an ITW framework and a silica to alumina ratio of less than about 140 or, an STW framework and a silica to alumina ratio less than about 100.

Supporting structure having a first side surface and a second, opposite side surface, wherein the supporting structure has an electrical insulation which prevents an electrical current flow from the first side surface to the second side surface; wherein, furthermore, the supporting structure comprises at least one web which bridges or encloses a cross-sectional area, and wherein the supporting structure has a plurality of first pins and second pins which extend on both sides of the cross-sectional area.

A honeycomb body includes wound and/or stacked layers having a geometric center axis, a cavity rotationally symmetrically around the center axis and an outer lateral surface. Each layer extends approximately concentrically around the axis. At least one of the layers is at least partially structured forming channels through which a fluid can flow. The channels extend from the cavity outward to the outer lateral surface at a non-right cone angle to the axis. The channels have a cross-section changing along the channels from inside to outside. At least one structured layer and at least one intermediate layer are alternatingly disposed and helically layered. The structure height of the structured sheet-metal layer forming the channels is substantially constant and channel cross-sectional areas increase from inside to outside. The intermediate layer can be made of simple wires or of specially cut or folded smooth sheet-metal layers.

Disclosed is an exhaust-gas after-treatment device for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a ship's diesel internal combustion engine that is operated with heavy oil, including: a housing through which exhaust gas flows; exhaust-gas purification chambers formed in the housing, which chambers hold catalysts and/or particulate filters in order to purify the exhaust gas; and muffler chambers formed in the housing, which chambers have a defined depth for muffling sound in the flow direction. The exhaust-gas purification chambers and the muffler chambers are arranged spatially in series and parallel to one another on the flow side.

An engine exhaust system includes an exhaust pipe assembly having an engine exhaust system inlet configured to receive engine exhaust and an engine exhaust system outlet. The system includes a first selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst device positioned downstream in exhaust flow from the engine exhaust system inlet. The first SCR catalyst device includes a substrate with a metallic catalyst coated on the substrate. An electric heater is configured to heat the metallic catalyst. A second SCR catalyst device is positioned downstream in engine exhaust flow from the first SCR catalyst device and upstream of the engine exhaust system outlet. The first SCR catalyst device and the exhaust pipe assembly define an empty chamber between the substrate and the second SCR catalyst device. Engine exhaust flows directly from the substrate to the second SCR catalyst device through the empty chamber.

The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst having a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate, in which the catalyst coating layer has an upstream-side coating layer formed from the upstream-side end portion of the exhaust gas cleaning catalyst in an exhaust gas flow direction and a downstream-side coating layer formed from the downstream-side end portion of the exhaust gas cleaning catalyst in the exhaust gas flow direction, when the upstream-side coating layer and the downstream-side coating layer overlap each other, the upstream-side coating layer is disposed on the downstream-side coating layer, and the upstream-side coating layer contains a catalytic metal and a ZrO.sub.2—CeO.sub.2 composite oxide in which Fe forms a solid solution.

A heating device comprises a heating element having a central area and a peripheral edge. The heating element has a series of slots delimiting a series of longitudinal branches connected to one another by elbows. The central area is made of a first electrically conductive material that is permeable to exhaust gases and has a first relative density. The elbows are located in the peripheral edge and are made of a second electrically conductive material and that has a second relative density greater than the first relative density.

A catalytic wall-flow monolith filter having three-way catalytic activity for use in an emission treatment system of a positive ignition internal combustion engine comprising a porous filter substrate having a first face and a second face defining a longitudinal direction there between and first and second pluralities of channels extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the first plurality of channels is open at the first face and closed at the second face and the channels of the first plurality of channels are defined in part by channel wall surfaces, wherein the second plurality of channels is open at the second face and closed at the first face and the channels of the second plurality of channels are defined in part by channel wall surfaces and wherein channel walls between the channel wall surfaces of the first plurality of channels and the channel wall surfaces of the second plurality of channels are porous, wherein a first on-wall coating comprising catalytic material having a layer thickness is present on at least the channel wall surfaces of the first plurality of channels, wherein the catalytic material on channel wall surfaces of the first plurality of channels comprises one or more platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of (i) rhodium (Rh) only; (ii) palladium (Pd) only; (iii) platinum (Pt) and rhodium (Rh); (iv) palladium (Pd) and rhodium (Rh); and (v) platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and rhodium (Rh) and a refractory metal oxide support, wherein: (i) an amount by weight of the one or more platinum group metal, per unit volume of the on-wall coating present on channel wall surfaces of the first plurality of channels varies continually along the longitudinal direction; and/or (ii) the layer thickness of the on-wall coating present on channel wall surfaces of the first plurality of channels varies continually along the longitudinal direction.