Process for the manufacture of calcium silicate hydrate objects
AssigneeJohns Manville
InventorsThomas E. Whitaker, Samuel Myles, Ian P. Gardner
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Abstract
An improved "pre-autoclaving" process for the formation of fiber-reinforced calcium silicate hydrate bodies (such as thermal insulation) is disclosed. The improvement comprises first cooling the crystal slurry from the reactor in a heat exchanger and then metering the cooled slurry through a venturi to reduce the pressure and control the flow rate.
Claims6
In the process for the formation of shaped calcium silicate hydrate objects which comprises forming an aqueous slurry of a siliceous material and a source of calcium oxide, heating said slurry in a reactor in the presence of saturated steam at a pressure of at least 75 psig for a period of at least 0.5 hour to form hydrated calcium silicate crystals from said siliceous material and said source of calcium oxide, removing from said reactor said hydrated calcium silicate crystals in the form of a slurry of said crystals dispersed in aqueous medium, forming said crystals into shaped objects while simultaneously separating a portion of said aqueous medium from said crystals and then drying said shaped objects, the improvement which comprises:
- (a) passing said slurry through a heat exchanger where the temperature of said slurry is substantially reduced;
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- (b) thereafter metering the cooled slurry through a venturi wherein the pressure on said slurry is reduced and the flow rate controlled into a receiver, from which receiver said slurry can be subsequently withdrawn for molding into said objects.
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