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US 10,400,309 B2Granted
Carbothermal reduction reactor system, components thereof, and methods of using same
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
InventorsAlan W. Weimer, Aaron Palumbo, Illias Hischier, Boris A. Chubukov, Scott C. Rowe, Richard Fisher, Arto J. Groehn
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and components suitable for carbothermal reduction processes are disclosed. Exemplary systems include a reactor, such as hybrid solarthermal-electric reactor, a solar thermal reactor, an electric reactor, or a reactor heated by gas combustion, a pellet source, a gas reactant source, and a vacuum source. The reactor can operate as a moving bed or pseudo moving bed reactor.
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A condenser comprising:
- a housing having an interior volume, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the housing comprising:
- a first inlet at the first end of the housing to receive a moving bed of particles flowing in a first direction through the interior volume of the housing of the condenser;
- a second inlet to the housing to receive a stream comprising gaseous metal flowing in a second direction different than the first direction through the interior volume of the housing;
- a first outlet at the second end to dispense the particles and condensate material condensed on the particles from the interior volume of the housing;
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- a second outlet to remove gasses from the interior volume of the housing, the second outlet operably connected to a vacuum source;
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- a temperature controller operably coupled to the housing and configured to maintain temperature of the particles at the first inlet to below a boiling point of the metal.
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