Abstract:
A process for working up hydrolyzable and/or water-soluble compounds by ping them in water is provided wherein the compounds are fed into the funnel of a rotating cone of water running down into the tip of the cone, with the water being constantly renewed by a supply at the base of the cone. The process is particularly useful for working up mixtures containing silanes and/or chlorosilanes in silicon deposition plants.
Abstract:
Calcium silicate insulation is formed by a process which involves the transfer of the calcium silicate crystals from an autoclave to a holding vessel at a flow rate selected to minimize or prevent damage to the reaction product and through a flow passage such that heat can be removed from the reaction product to stabilize the reaction product prior to its arrival at the holding tank. The calcium silicate material produced by this process is particularly suitable for use as high temperature insulation and has a porosity of in excess of 84% and a permeability to gas of about 0.01% or less. The thermal conductivity of the reaction product is substantially lower than prior art calcium silicate insulations at high temperature.
Abstract:
Microcapsules with liquid fills containing Lewis acid catalysts, catalyst concentrates comprising slurries of the microcapsules in liquid media and a method for preparing the microcapsules and concentrates.
Abstract:
Particulate or fibrous material, after treatment with gaseous reagents in a vessel under pressure in a continuous process, is discharged from the pressure vessel by entering a discharge conduit in pressure communication with the pressure vessel, and is conveyed through the discharge conduit by means of a feed conveyor located therein. The feed conveyor compacts the material to form a dense, substantially gas impervious plug thereof in the discharge conduit against the outlet end thereof. The outlet end of the discharge conduit comprises an exit passage of small cross-sectional area so as to cause compaction of the material therein by means of the conveyor. A valve means is provided, movable rapidly between a fully open position and a fully closed position to permit passage of the cooked material therethrough, from the dense, compact plug formed in the outlet end of the discharge conduit. Operating means is provided to move the valve rapidly between its fully open and fully closed positions, at predetermined intervals. In this means, the cooked material can be discharged intermittently at frequent intervals from a pressure vessel, allowing the pressure cooking process to be conducted continuously. The dense compact plug prevents reagent losses and pressure losses on discharge of the material. The process is particularly well adapted to the steam cooking of wood chips to produce fibrous cellulosic product.
Abstract:
The invention provides for an improved seal leg and method for transferring particulate solids in a non-fluidized condition from a first pressure zone to a second pressure zone while controlling the level of solids in the first pressure zone or in the seal leg. A relatively uniform pressure gradient is produced across the length of the seal leg by bleeding gas into or out of the seal leg along its length. Bleeding gas as aforesaid permits the use of a shorter seal leg and a smaller diameter seal leg for a given solids flow rate as compared to a seal leg not provided with means for bleeding gas in or out along its length. The pressure gradient along the length of a seal leg not provided with means for bleeding gas in or out along its length will be highly nonuniform resulting in retarded solids flow due to localized high pressure gradients and a low overall average pressure gradient resulting in a substantial length requirement for the seal leg to maintain a pressure seal.
Abstract:
Methods of conveying solid particles via an elongate tube from a supplying region at one pressure to a receiving region at a substantially different pressure. Movable sealing zones, comprising mixtures of solid particles and liquid, contact the inner wall of the tube and are carried along with the particles when forced by a ram from the tube into the receiving region. While the particles and sealing zones are being conveyed into the tube, a gate or an auger at the receiving region may substantially seal it from the tube. Typically the sealing zones are formed as thin disks or annular layers of fine coal particles and oil, where discrete coal charges are fed into a gasifier unit.
Abstract:
Particulate solids are fed into a pressure reactor operated under a pressure of 5-150 bars by means of a guide cylinder which is secured to the reactor and surrounds the reactor inlet. The guide cylinder is adapted to be closed and a stationary feed conduit is directed towards the guide cylinder. A cylinder container, which is gastightly guided in the guide cylinder and has a bottom which is adapted to be closed, is moved up and down in the guide cylinder and when the bottom of the cylinder is open and the reactor inlet is closed the material flows out of the container into the guide cylinder whereas the bottom of the container is closed and the same is moved toward the open reactor inlet to displace gases into the reactor. The device for carrying out the process includes a guide cylinder secured to the reactor and surrounding the reactor inlet. The guide cylinder is adapted to be closed. A stationary feed conduit is directed towards the guide cylinder and a container is gastightly guided in the guide cylinder and is movable up and down therein and has a bottom that is adapted to be closed.
Abstract:
A sputtering apparatus of the bell-jar type includes a high-vacuum pump disposed centrally of, and directly within a vacuum chamber of the apparatus. A separate enclosing member is disposed within the chamber and allows selective exposure of the pump to the chamber. An annular workholder is mounted in concentric surrounding relation with the pump, and an apertured, annular shutter is mounted in concentric surrounding relation with the workholder. Targets of materials to be sputter deposited on the workpieces are mounted on the inside wall of the main enclosure of the apparatus. The shutter and the workholder are moved in synchronism at the beginning and at the end of the deposition cycle to provide a uniform exposure of all the workpieces to the targets.
Abstract:
A plant for continuous production of cellulose triacetate in a heterogeneous phase, comprising consecutively arranged apparatus for activating, acetylation and benzene washings, benzene stripping, partial saponification, water washings and final product drying. The apparatus for activating, the apparatus for acetylation and benzene washings, the apparatus for benzene stripping and the partial saponification apparatus are interconnected by connecting adaptors for conveying the fibrous reaction mass from one apparatus to another and provided with means for creating therein a sealing plug from the conveyed reaction mass. Said means for the creation of the sealing plug is in the form of a screw conveyer with a valve arranged at its discharge orifice and spring-loaded in the direction opposite to the direction of the fibrous reaction mass conveying.
Abstract:
A method for continuous feeding of dry coal particles from essentially atmospheric pressure to the superatmospheric pressure level of a coal gasifier or coal liquefaction reactor is achieved by a series of screw feeding devices each partially boosting the pressure level of the coal in stages to provide the dry coal at reactor pressure.