Composite 3D-printed reactors for gas absorption, purification, and reaction
AssigneeLawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
InventorsDu T. Nguyen, Sarah E. Baker, William L. Bourcier, Joshua K. Stolaroff, Congwang Ye, Maxwell R. Murialdo, Maira R. Cerón Hernández, Jennifer M. Knipe
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Abstract
A composite material for gas capture including CO2 capture and capture of other gases. The composite material includes solid or liquid reactive material, filler material, and a gas-permeable polymer coating such that the reactive material forms micron-scale domains in the filler material.
Claims13
A reactor for removing a single gas or multiple gases from a gas stream containing the single gas or the multiple gases, comprising:
- an extruded composite able to be flowed through a print nozzle of an extrusion system onto a surface;
- said extruded composite comprising a monolithic block and being formed by:
- a filler;
- and
- units of sorbent material in said extruded composite with said filler;
- and
- a gas-permeable polymer coating layer formed around said extruded composite;
- a plurality of spaced apart gas flow channels arranged in a grid and extending fully throughout the monolithic block.
A reactor product that removes a single gas or multiple gases from a gas stream containing the single gas or the multiple gases, comprising:
- units of sorbent material;
- a gas-permeable polymer;
- said units of sorbent material and said gas-permeable polymer forming a composite material;
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- wherein composite material that is a mixture of said units of sorbent material and said gas-permeable polymer is in the form of a web with openings.
A reactor for removing a single gas or multiple gases from a gas stream containing the single gas or the multiple gases, comprising:
- an extruded composite;
- a filler in said extruded composite;
- units of sorbent material in said extruded composite with said filler;
- a gas-permeable polymer coating layer around said extruded composite;
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- wherein said extruded composite forms filaments of said extruded composite with said filler in said filaments, with said units of sorbent material in said filaments with said filler;
- and with said gas-permeable polymer coating layer around said filaments and wherein said filaments form a layered mass of filaments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.