High temperature ceramic filter

摘要

A high temperature composite ceramic filter having particular use as a diesel engine exhaust filter. An aqueous slurry containing short ceramic fibers, organic fibers and a water soluble thermoplastic binder is formed into a sheet and dried. The dried sheet is then fabricated into a three-dimensional green filter structure and a binder, either a liquid solution of a thermosetting resin or a colloidal solution of a ceramic material, is applied to the filter structure to increase the temperature stability of the green structure. The filter structure is then fired at an elevated temperature sufficient to remove the organic constituents and is subsequently coated with silicon carbide by a chemical vapor deposition process to provide a composite ceramic filter having high temperature resistance, durability and improved performance.