Catalytic decomposition of nitrous oxide in the presence of oxygen is achieved using a solid oxide solution of the formula: where: M is a transition metal, and is preferably selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Y; and .differential. is the deviation from stoichiometric balance; or: where: .differential. is the deviation from stoichiometric balance. The solid oxide solution catalyst exhibits catalytic activity for nitrous oxide decomposition which rivals or exceeds that of dis...

Catalytic material for reducing nitrous oxides in flue gases in the presence of ammonia in which titanium oxide is used as the starting material and the latter is milled together with vanadium oxide and one or more oxides of the elements tungsten, molybdenum, phosphorus, chromium, copper, iron, uranium and is thereafter subjected to at least one thermal treatment. Tungsten and molybdenum are substituted here entirely or partially by phosphorus in the form of its oxides or phosphates.

A process for removing nitrous oxides from a gas, comprising the step of passing air through a bed of particulate material including a carbonaceous material to fluidize the material and promote combustion of the fuel and adding additional carbonaceous material to the bed. Additional air above the area of introduction of the air passes through the bed and passes the gas through the bed so that carbonaceous material scavenges the oxygen in the nitrous oxides.

Silica-containing ceramic coatings are produced on substrates at low temperatures by applying a coating comprising a silica precursor on a substrate and heating the coated substrate under an environment comprising nitrous oxide at a temperature sufficient to convert the silica precursor to the silica-containing ceramic coating. This method is especially valuable for forming protective and dielectric coatings on electronic devices.

The apparatus operates to supply the air requirements for grinding a fuel material to the mill to guarantee the correct particle size and to decouple from the air emitted from the grinding apparatus a certain proportion so the combustion of the ground fuel material will be conducted at a ratio of less than the usual 3 to 1 ratio of air-to-fuel so the combustion can be controlled to reduce the nitrous oxide emission, the air that is decoupled is returned to the grinding apparatus with a supply of...

A nozzle (7) for a nitrous oxide system for an internal combustion engine contains outlet (9), to produce a high velocity cylindrical stream of nitrous oxide (9') expressed in a certain direction (29) and another outlet (11), located on the same side of the nozzle, such as a slot, to produce a thin fan shaped mist of fuel (11') expressed in a second direction (31) from another location with the directions being inclined at an acute angle (.alpha.) relative to one another, preferably forty-five d...

This invention is a fuel valve used with a nitrous oxide delivery system to control supplemental fuel flow to an engine. This valve is typically a normally closed valve which is opened by application of nitrous oxide under pressure when the nitrous oxide delivery system is activated. This application of nitrous oxide pressure applies an internal force to a piston means whereby the valve is opened and supplemental fuel flows to the engine. Upon de-activation of the nitrous oxide system and subseq...

An explosive device and methods for forming same, the device comprising a portion of nitrous oxide and a portion of fuel. In one example, the explosive device may include a first storage area containing said portion of nitrous oxide, and a second storage area containing said portion of fuel, wherein the first storage area selectively maintains the portion of nitrous oxide separated from the fuel in the second storage area prior to detonation of the explosive device. In another example, in the ev...

A catalyst for the selective reduction of nitrous oxide with ammonia contains, in addition to titanium oxide as component (A), at least one oxide of W, Si, B, Al, P, Zr, Ba, Y, La, Ce and at least one oxide of Y, Nb, Mo, Fe, Cu as component (B), whereby the atomic ratio between the elements of components (A) and (B) amounts to 1:0.001 up to 1. The catalyst can be obtained by kneading reactive titanium oxide with a high specific surface of predominantly anatase with the substances of component (B...

This invention is a variable orifice for controlling the mass flow rate of nitrous oxide used as an engine oxidizer, this orifice having an effective size, or area, which changes with changes in the nitrous oxide pressure applied to it. Several design parameters can be changed to provide the desired effective orifice area as a function of pressure. This variable orifice can be designed to maintain an essentially constant nitrous oxide delivery rate over a wide range of nitrous oxide pressures.