Recombinator for eliminating hydrogen from accident atmospheres

摘要

The invention relates to a catalyst element for a recombinator for eliminating hydrogen from accident atmospheres, in which the technical problem of continuously efficiently converting both small and large amounts of hydrogen with the atmospheric air-oxygen present in the safety containers within a broad concentration range, and routing away the reaction heat arising in the process to such an extent that the respective ignition temperature is not reached in the present mixture is resolved by having the catalyst element exhibit a flat basic body (2), which is arranged within the area of flow through the recombinator, wherein the surface of the basic body (2) over which the accident atmosphere flows has a varying coverage density with catalyst material (3).