CATALYTIC REACTOR AND METHOD FOR BURNING FUEL-AIR MIXTURES BY MEANS OF A CATALYTIC REACTOR

摘要

A catalytic reactor (4) used to burn at least part of the fuel-air mixtures flowing therethrough comprises a plurality of channels (13, 15). Said catalytic reactor (4) is supplied with weak fuel-air mixtures (6) and rich fuel-air mixtures (7). The inventive catalytic reactor (4) consists of at least two sections (I, II, III): a first section (I) through which the mixtures flow is not provided with any catalytic coatings; and a catalytic coating (20) is applied to the channels (15) through which rich fuel-air mixtures (7) flow, in a second section (II) located downstream from the first.