Vaporization of thermally sensitive materials
AssigneeGlobal OLED Technology LLC
InventorsMichael Long, Bruce E. Koppe
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Abstract
A vaporizer for receiving and vaporizing particulate material, comprising: a heater having a reticulated material structure composed of ligands that define voids adapted to receive particulate materials, wherein the voids comprise greater than 85% of the volume of the reticulated material structure so that delivery of particulate material into the voids and conduction of vaporized material from the voids is facilitated; causes heat to be produced or conducted by the ligands to cause the particulate material in the voids to vaporize and be conducted through the voids.
Claims13
A vaporizing system for vaporizing particulate material, comprising:
- (a) a source of particulate material;
- (b) a heater having a reticulated material structure composed of ligands that define voids adapted to receive particulate materials, wherein the voids comprise greater than 85% of the volume of the reticulated material structure so that delivery of particulate material into the voids and conduction of vaporized material from the voids is facilitated;
- (c) a manifold positioned to receive vaporized material produced by the heater;
- (d) means for delivering the particulate material to the heater by gravity for causing such material to be disposed in the voids;
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- (e) means for causing heat to be produced or conducted by the ligands to cause the particulate material in the voids to vaporize and be delivered to the manifold;
- wherein the heater is set at an angle of 30 to 70 degrees relative to horizontal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.