Sustainable, facile separation of the molten carbonate electrolysis cathode product
AssigneeC2Cnt LLC
InventorsStuart LICHT, Gad LICHT
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Abstract
A process for the separation of electrolyte from the carbon in a solid carbon/electrolyte cathode product formed at the cathode during molten carbonate electrolysis. The processes allows for easy separation of the solid carbon product from the electrolyte without any observed detrimental effect on the structure and/or stability of the resulting solid carbon nanomaterial.
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A process for preparing a solid carbon product by separating electrolyte from a solid carbon/molten electrolyte mixed product removed from the cathode of a carbonate electrolysis, the process comprising:
- (i) applying a force to a solid carbon/molten electrolyte mixed product to remove the electrolyte;
- (ii) removing the force;
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- (iii) isolating the solid carbon product.
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A system for separating material from raw product, comprising:
- an extraction chamber retaining the raw product;
- a force applicator applying a force to the raw product in the extraction chamber;
- a collector chamber receiving material separated by the force applicator;
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- a filter positioned between the raw product arid the collector chamber to filter material separated by the force applicator.
A system for separating electrolyte from a solid carbon/molten electrolyte mixed product of a carbonate electrolysis, the system comprising:
- an electrolysis chamber having a cathode, electrode and the carbon molten electrolyte, the cathode accumulating a paste product in response to the carbonate electrolysis;
- a compression apparatus applying a compression to the cathode and paste product to generate a carbon and electrolyte mix;
- a filter removing carbon from the carbon and electrolyte mix and passing electrolyte to the electrolysis chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.