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US 11,130,678 B2Granted
Carbon formation reactor and method of using same
AssigneePaul H. Matter
InventorsPaul H. Matter, Michael G. Beachy, James Gaydos
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Abstract
A novel carbon formation reactor for forming carbon from a carbon-bearing fluidic stream, and method of using the same, is described. The reactor uses a catalyst bearing surface placed within a heated zone in a carbon-bearing fluidic stream to form carbon, which can then be removed from the reactor, with the process repeatable to achieve high extraction efficiencies.
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A chemical reactor (10) comprising:
- a carbon-containing fluid;
- a fluid inlet port (150) in fluid communication with a reaction chamber (105) having a heated zone;
- a reaction chamber (105) having a fixed catalyst-coated surface wherein the catalyst is attached, by a binder present on the catalyst surface, directly to a fixed substrate, secured inside the reactor (10) comprising a reusable catalyst-coated substrate further comprising at least a majority of a reaction chamber wall within the heated zone in the reaction chamber (105) in fluid communication with an exit port (140);
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- wherein carbon is extracted from the carbon-containing fluid onto the substrate where a majority of the carbon is adherent irrespective of gravitational direction and the reaction chamber (105) further comprises a means for periodically loosening carbon from the substrate without exposing the substrate to ambient atmosphere.
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A chemical reactor (10) comprising:
- a carbon-containing fluid;
- a fluid inlet port (150) in fluid communication with a reaction chamber (105) having a heated zone;
- the reaction chamber (105) comprising a reusable catalyst-coated substrate wherein the catalyst is adhered, by a binder present on the catalyst surface, directly to the substrate and irrespective of gravitational direction within the heated zone in the reaction chamber (105) in fluid communication with an exit port (140);
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- wherein carbon is extracted from the carbon-containing fluid onto the substrate where a majority of the carbon is adherent irrespective of gravitational direction and the reaction chamber (105) further comprises a means for periodically loosening carbon from the substrate without opening the reaction chamber (105) to an ambient atmosphere.
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A chemical reactor (10) comprising:
- a carbon-containing fluid;
- a fluid inlet port (150) in fluid communication with a reaction chamber (105) having a heated zone;
- the reaction chamber (105) comprising an organic binder directly adhering a catalyst and a fixed catalyst-coated substrate, secured within the heated zone in the reaction chamber (105), in fluid communication with an exit port (140);
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- wherein carbon is extracted from the carbon-containing fluid onto the substrate wherein a majority of the carbon is adherent irrespective of gravitational direction and the reaction chamber (105) further comprises a means for periodically loosening carbon from the substrate.
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