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US 12,599,885 B2Granted
Methods of pneumatic carbon removal
AssigneeMolten Industries Inc.
InventorsSamuel Shaner, Zachary Jones, Andrew Caldwell, Fadl Saadi
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Abstract
A pyrolysis process comprises introducing one or more chemical reactants into a reactor containing a liquid maintained at a high temperature, producing chemical products in the liquid based on the high temperature, allowing the solid product to grow in particle size, accumulating the solid product in the liquid, and removing the solid product from the reactor while retaining a substantial portion of the liquid within the reactor. The chemical products comprise a solid chemical product that is mixed with the liquid.
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A pyrolysis process comprising:
- introducing one or more chemical reactants into a reactor containing a liquid maintained at a high temperature, wherein the one or more chemical reactants are molecules containing carbon and hydrogen;
- producing chemical products in the liquid based on the high temperature, wherein the chemical products comprise a solid product that is mixed with the liquid;
- allowing the solid product to grow in particle size;
- accumulating the solid product in the liquid;
- pneumatically conveying the solid product from the reactor, while retaining a substantial portion of the liquid within the reactor, via a gas stream introduced into a head space of the reactor;
- separating the solid product from the liquid reaction medium on a grate in an upper connection of the reactor;
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- pneumatically conveying the solid product from the grate to remove the solid product from the reactor.
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A pyrolysis system comprising:
- chemical reactants, wherein the chemical reactants comprise molecules containing carbon and hydrogen;
- a reactor comprising a molten liquid;
- chemical products disposed in the molten liquid, wherein the chemical products comprise a solid product that is mixed with the liquid;
- a gas stream inlet disposed in the reactor, wherein the gas stream inlet is configured to pneumatically convey the solid product from the reactor using a gas stream while retaining a substantial portion of the liquid within the reactor;
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- a grate disposed in an upper connection of the reactor;
- wherein the gas stream inlet is configured to pneumatically convey the solid product from the grate to remove the solid product from the reactor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.