Abstract:
An autoclave for treating charged materials (6) with vapor under pressure, with a substantially cylindrical inner chamber (2) surrounded by an autoclave casing (1) and with a heating device (8) responsive to a heated heat transfer medium to generate vapor in the inner chamber (2). In order to provide the heating in a way which is favorable structurally and in terms of energy, it is provided that the heating device (8) is arranged within one of the curved side regions of the autoclave casing (1), and consists of at least one flue (10) arranged substantially vertically in the autoclave and a heat exchanger (11) arranged in the lower inflow region of the flue (10) and through which flows a heat transfer medium, so that a convection flow results circulating substantially in the circumferential direction of the casing (1) of the autoclave.
Abstract:
The invention teaches a deep boiling process for refining diamonds, be they raw or cut and polished. The process provides for initially precleaning the diamonds with solvents including alcohol, acetone, sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and/or water, to remove surface oils, hydrocarbons and other common surface impurities therefrom. The process then provides the use of separate sealed vessels wherein the diamonds are respectively submerged in strong caustic and acid solvents, and heated to between 220.degree. and 500.degree. C. with associated high vaporous pressures, for durations of possibly more than a day. The caustic solvent comprises potassium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide and possibly also potassium nitrate, and breaks down and removes the "glassy" structures and other complex oxides in the diamonds; while the acid solvent comprises Aqua Regia [hydrocholoric acid and nitric acid] and possibly also sulfuric acid, and removes metallic traces in the diamonds by forming water soluble chlorides and nitrates. The diamonds are rinses, between exposures to the caustic and acid solvents and after the last exposure to either, with solvents including water, acetone and/or alcohol.Vessels suited to preform this process are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A vertical autoclave for carrying out operations involving a medium having a liquid phase and/or a solid phase, comprising:(a) a concave autoclave bottom;(b) a shaft along a vertical axis of said autoclave, said shaft passing through said bottom of said autoclave; and(c) stirrer means for driving said medium with a centripetal motion about said concave autoclave bottom.
Abstract:
A reaction product is formed by a process which involves the transfer of the reaction product from an autoclave to a receiving vessel at a substantially constant flow rate. Just prior to this transfer, the pressure in the receiving vessel is brought up to the pressure in the autoclave by passing gas from the autoclave to the receiving vessel. The flow of gas from the autoclave to the receiving vessel is then stopped, and the pressure in the receiving vessel is allowed to drop due to transfer of heat from the gas to the walls of the receiving vessel. The resulting pressure difference between the autoclave and the receiving vessel is used to initiate the transfer of the reaction products from the autoclave to the receiving vessel. A pressure release valve on the receiving vessel is then controlled by means a signal derived from a flow meter which measures the flow rate of the reaction products flowing from the autoclave to the receiving vessel to maintain constant this flow rate.
Abstract:
An apparatus for heating a workpiece at elevated temperatures both under vacuum and under superatmospheric pressures comprises a vacuum pressure vessel comprising a cylindrical pressure shell having an inner cylindrical sealing face near the upper edge thereof and a cover at one axial end and a bottom plug at the other axial end. Both are arranged to be placed within a reaction frame bearing thereupon. A furnace within the shell has an insulating hood for protecting the shell from the heated workspace. A vacuum manifold is mounted to the top edge of the cylindrical shell and is sealed thereto. The manifold has a cylindrical interior through which the cover passes and an inner cylindrical sealing face at the upper end thereof. Mechanically powered means are provided for raising and lowering the cover and placing it in a first or a second position. Means associated with the cover provide an interior vacuum seal between the cover and the inner cylindrical sealing face on the manifold when the cover is in the first position, and form an interior pressure seal with the inner cylindrical sealing face on the cylindrical shell when the cover is in the second position. A port in the manifold is exposed to the interior of the vessel when the cover is in the first position. The port has a cross sectional area of at least eight square inches.
Abstract:
A chamber intended for containing the effects arising from explosions, deflagrations, or detonations initiated intentionally or unintentionally inside the chamber. The chamber comprises an essentially cylindrical mantle (1) with associated sealing end pieces. Each end piece comprises an essentially flat part (2, 3) which preferably on its outside is reinforced with reinforcement members (13, 14) placed at right angles to each other. The reinforcement members are welded to each end piece and to the inner surface of the mantle, and they extend from the relevant side of each end piece in the longitudinal direction of the cylinder.
Abstract:
The disclosed invention pertains to an autoclave apparatus for receiving parts to be bonded or cured which includes a removable cover on the end of a pressure vessel having radiant heat means that directs heat directly onto the surface of a product to effect a bonding or curing temperature without substantially heating the pressure vessel and its parts.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for maintaining a constant elevated liquid pressure in a small vessel by pressuring with liquid the small vessel and a larger vessel in open communication therewith. The larger vessel, preferably, has a volume of about 20 to about 100 times the volume of the smaller vessel. In one embodiment the mechanical pressuring is reapplied to maintain a constant pressure in the vessels. In another embodiment, the temperature of the liquid in the larger vessel is manipulated to maintain pressure in the vessels.
Abstract:
An apparatus for treating a workpiece at elevated temperatures and pressures comprising an elongate cylindrical pressure vessel. Within the pressure vessel a hearth sits upon a pedestal. Heating elements are circumferentially spaced about the hearth. A heat insulating hood separates the workpiece from the pressure vessel. A cylindrical reflecting shield separates the heating element from the insulating hood.
Abstract:
A pressure vessel susceptible to high temperatures, especially for containment of a nuclear-reactor core, is constituted of a cylindrical shell from a cast material such as cast steel, cast iron or concrete, and is prestressed by vertical cables which extend parallel to generatrices of the shell. Peripheral (circumferential) prestressing cables are provided around the shell which can be externally insulated. The peripheral tensioning cables are exposed externally of the insulation material and bear upon the shell of the vessel with heat-resistant elements of high compressive strength which extend through the external insulation.