Method of and system for producing solid carbon materials
AssigneeCurtin University
InventorsChun-Zhu LI, Xun HU
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of producing a solid carbon material. The method comprises providing a carbon-containing material formed through the heat treatment of carbonaceous feedstock. The carbon-containing material is capable of undergoing polymerisation. The method further comprises mixing the carbon-containing material with a polymerisation agent to form a material mixture. In addition, the method comprises heating the material mixture to a temperature at which polymerisation of the material mixture occurs so as to produce the solid carbon material. The method also comprises adding a further material into the material mixture before polymerisation.
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A method of producing a solid carbon material, the method comprising:
- mixing a polymerisation agent with a liquid or paste of a carbon-containing material that has been produced from the heat treatment of a carbonaceous feedstock and that is capable of undergoing polymerisation to form a material mixture;
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- heating the material mixture to a temperature at which polymerisation of the material mixture occurs so as to produce the solid carbon material.
A method of producing a solid carbon material, the method comprising:
- forming a carbon-containing material from the pyrolysis of carbonaceous feedstock, the carbon-containing material being capable of undergoing polymerisation and being at an elevated temperature;
- cooling the carbon-containing material;
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- introducing a polymerisation agent for mixing with the carbon-containing material to form a material mixture, wherein the polymerisation agent is introduced after the carbon-containing material has been cooled to about a temperature required for polymerisation thereof,
- whereby polymerisation of the material mixture occurs to produce the solid carbon material.
A polymerisation arrangement for producing a solid carbon material, the polymerisation arrangement comprising:
- a pyrolyser configured to pyrolyse carbonaceous feedstock to produce a carbon-containing material being capable of undergoing polymerisation, whereby in use the carbon-containing material exits the pyrolyser at an elevated temperature;
- a polymerisation reactor configured to receive the carbon-containing material and to cool the carbon-containing material as it is conveyed through the polymerisation reactor;
- at least one inlet for introducing a polymerisation agent into the polymerisation reactor for mixing with the carbon-containing material to form a material mixture, wherein the inlet is configured in use to introduce the polymerisation agent at a position where the carbon-containing material is at about a temperature required for polymerisation thereof;
- whereby polymerisation of the material mixture occurs to produce the solid carbon material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.