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US 10,335,755 B1Granted
Pressurized Taylor Vortex reactor
AssigneeU.S. Department of Energy
InventorsYoungho Shin, Ozgenur Kahvecioglu Feridun, Gregory K. Krumdick
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Abstract
A reaction apparatus includes a hollow chamber with a stirring shaft. The chamber is maintained at a predetermined pressure and accepts at least two reactants from two storage tanks. The stirring shaft rotates around an axis and creates a reaction product. Taylor vortexes are created while the pressure minimizes the volume possession of the gas phase. The reaction product of micron and sub-micron particles is removed from the chamber and depressurized.
Claims17
A reaction apparatus for mixing at least two reactants comprising:
- a reactor having a chamber, a stirring shaft, and an outlet port, the chamber having a hollow space, an axis x, and a predetermined pressure wherein the predetermined pressure is at least approximately 1 bar, the chamber receiving the at least two reactants;
- the stirring shaft rotatably mounted in the hollow space such that the stirring shaft rotates around the axis x, creating a Taylor vortex flow, thereby forming a reaction product;
- a depressurizer, the depressurizer fluidly connected to the outlet port, the depressurizer configured to depressurize the reaction product, a storage tank connected to the depressurizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.