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US 11,224,852 B2Granted
Chemical reaction apparatus and chemical reaction method
AssigneeMicrowave Chemical Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkinori Ishizuka, Iwao Yoshino, Kunitaka Momota
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Abstract
A chemical reaction apparatus includes a horizontal flow-type reactor in which a content horizontally flows with an unfilled space being provided thereabove, a microwave generator that generates microwaves, and at least one waveguide that transmits the microwaves generated by the microwave generator to the unfilled space in the reactor.
Claims25
A chemical reaction apparatus, comprising:
- a horizontal flow reactor configured to flow a content horizontally, comprising:
- an upstream side with an inlet configured to receive unreacted raw material;
- a downstream side with an outlet to discharge a reacted produced material;
- a plurality of chambers continuously arranged in series between the upstream side and the downstream side;
- a plurality of partition plates, partitioning the inside of the reactor into the plurality of chambers, comprise a recess portion on an upper side of the partition plates;
- a flow path, provided through the recess portion in the plurality of partition plates, through which the content flows from the upstream side to the downstream side;
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- an unfilled space provided above the horizontal flow reactor continuous above the upstream side to the downstream side and continuous above the plurality of partition plates in the reactor;
- a plurality of microwave generators configured to generate microwaves;
- a plurality of waveguides configured to transmit the microwaves generated by the plurality of microwave generators to the unfilled space in the reactor, respectively;
- at least one thermometer configured to measure a temperature inside the reactor;
- a microwave generator controller configured to control the plurality of microwave generators according to the temperature measured by the at least one thermometer;
- and
- an agitation unit comprising a rotation member configured to agitate the content inside the reactor using rotating agitation and the rotation member reflects microwaves to assist in the heating in the unreacted raw material.
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A chemical reaction apparatus, comprising:
- a horizontal flow reactor configured to flow a content horizontally, comprising:
- an upstream side with an inlet configured to receive unreacted raw material;
- a downstream side with an outlet to discharge a reacted produced material;
- a plurality of chambers continuously arranged in series between the upstream side and the downstream side;
- a plurality of partition plates partitioning the inside of the reactor into the plurality of chambers;
- a flow path, provided in the plurality of partition plates, through which the content flows from the upstream side to the downstream side;
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- an unfilled space provided above the horizontal flow reactor continuous above the upstream side to the downstream side and continuous above the plurality of partition plates in the reactor;
- a plurality of microwave generators configured to generate microwaves;
- a plurality of waveguides configured to transmit the microwaves generated by the plurality of microwave generators to the unfilled space in the reactor, respectively;
- at least one thermometer configured to measure a temperature inside the reactor;
- a microwave generator controller configured to control the plurality of microwave generators according to the temperature measured by the at least one thermometer;
- a mixing portion configured to mix a raw material and a solid catalyst into the unreacted raw material;
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- an agitation unit comprising a rotation member configured to agitate the content inside the reactor using rotating agitation and the rotation member reflects microwaves to assist in the heating in the unreacted raw material,
- wherein the unreacted raw material mixed by the mixing portion is loaded into the inlet at the upstream side in the reactor, and
- wherein the mixing portion is separate from the horizontal flow reactor.
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A chemical reaction apparatus, comprising:
- a horizontal flow reactor configured to flow a content horizontally, comprising:
- an upstream side with an inlet configured to receive unreacted raw material;
- a downstream side with an outlet to discharge a reacted produced material;
- a plurality of chambers continuously arranged in series between the upstream side and the downstream side;
- a plurality of partition plates partitioning the inside of the reactor into the plurality of chambers;
- a flow path, provided in the plurality of partition plates, through which the content flows from the upstream side to the downstream side;
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- an unfilled space provided above the horizontal flow reactor continuous above the upstream side to the downstream side and continuous above the plurality of partition plates in the reactor;
- a plurality of microwave generators configured to generate microwaves;
- a plurality of waveguides configured to transmit the microwaves generated by the plurality of microwave generators to the unfilled space in the reactor, respectively;
- at least one thermometer configured to measure a temperature inside the reactor;
- a microwave generator controller configured to control the plurality of microwave generators according to the temperature measured by the at least one thermometer;
- a mixing portion configured to mix an unheated raw material;
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- an agitation unit comprising a rotation member configured to agitate the content inside the reactor using rotating agitation and the rotation member reflects microwaves to assist in the heating in the unreacted raw material,
- wherein the unheated raw material mixed by the mixing portion is loaded into the inlet at the upstream side in the reactor, and
- wherein the mixing portion is separate from the horizontal flow reactor.
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A chemical reaction apparatus, comprising:
- a horizontal flow reactor configured to flow a content horizontally with an unfilled space being provided thereabove, comprising:
- an upstream side with an inlet configured to receive unreacted material;
- a downstream side with an outlet to discharge a reacted produced material;
- a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves;
- and
- at least one waveguide configured to transmit the microwaves generated by the microwave generator to the unfilled space in the reactor,
- wherein the reactor has multiple partition plates that partition the inside of the reactor into multiple chambers that are continuously arranged in series, and
- the partition plates are provided with a flow path through which the content flows from the upstream side to the downstream side,
- wherein the flow path is a flow path that allows the content to flow over each of the partition plates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.