Abstract:
The present invention describes a novel reactor adapted for carrying out chemical reactions at temperatures of up to 1600° C., and at pressures of up to 100 bars. The reactor of the invention has two vessels surrounding the reaction zone, an inner vessel constituted by a refractory material and an outer vessel surrounding the inner vessel and constituted by an insulating material.
Abstract:
Sodium is reacted with water to form hydrogen, sodium hydroxide and heat, and the sodium hydroxide is reacted with aluminum to produce hydrogen and sodium aluminate, while the violent nature of the reactions is modulated by employing the exothermic heat of the reactions to convert solid sodium to liquid sodium and to convert liquid water to steam. The pressurized hydrogen generated is used to drive one or more power generators which utilize pressure to generate power. The reactions take place in a reaction chamber in which a water reservoir is disposed in open communication with a main reaction chamber.
Abstract:
A system and method for performing hydrothermal treatment includes a reactor vessel having a pressure bearing wall. The surface of the pressure bearing wall that faces the reactor chamber is covered by a liner to protect the wall from exposure to temperature extremes, corrosives and salt deposits. The liner is formed with a porous layer and a non-porous, corrosion resistant layer. The corrosion resistant layer is positioned adjacent to the porous layer to seal the porous layer between the corrosion resistant layer and the wall of the vessel. Connectors extend through the wall of the reactor vessel to allow for fluid communication between the porous layer and an externally located pump. A heat transfer fluid can be selectively passed through the porous layer to maintain the temperature of the liner.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of powder metallurgy, in particular to the design of autoclaves for manufacturing of composite materials by treatment of workpieces of discrete materials, mostly powders, at high pressures and temperatures.The autoclave module contains the vessel that includes hermetically sealed movable end closures, the rams restricting the axial shift of these closures, and the pressure yoke with columns and winding made of high-strength steel wire, whereby the pressure yoke is made in the form of three oval yoke sections—two lateral sections encompassing the rams, and one central section encompassing the rams and the vessel with closures, all of them equidistant from each other on the ram's length, whereby each of the lateral oval sections is made in such a way as to allow opposite shift while the central section is made in such a way as to allow shift in the direction which is perpendicular to the vessel's axis and parallel to the rams' axis, for a length ensuring free withdrawal of the rams and the end closures.The invention allows to reduce the metal consumption of the pressure module by a factor of 2 to 3 compared to the known analogs, and to enhance the reliability and the operational safety of the apparatus.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the equipment for high-pressure, high-temperature treatment of materials in liquid and enables to broaden the technological capabilities of an isostatic press. The isostatic press for treatment of materials in liquid comprises a multi-cylinder pressure vessel forming a hermetically sealed working chamber connected to a gas source. The open-top container for liquid is placed in the working chamber in such a way that a gap is created between the inner wall of the pressure vessel and the outer wall of the container. The container with the liquid and the treated material is placed on an electrically insulated heater which, in its turn, is mounted on a protective magnetic block.
Abstract:
A system and method for performing hydrothermal treatment includes a reactor vessel having a pressure bearing wall. The surface of the pressure bearing wall that faces the reactor chamber is covered by a liner to protect the wall from exposure to temperature extremes, corrosives and salt deposits. The liner is formed with a porous layer and a non-porous, corrosion resistant layer. The corrosion resistant layer is positioned adjacent to the porous layer to seal the porous layer between the corrosion resistant layer and the wall of the vessel. Connectors extend through the wall of the reactor vessel to allow for fluid communication between the porous layer and an externally located pump. A heat transfer fluid can be selectively passed through the porous layer to maintain the temperature of the liner.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel type of hydrogenation reactor, to methods of hydrogenation implemented therein, and more generally to the use of such a reactor. A reactor of the invention has a double wall; said double wall comprising an outer wall (10) suitable for withstanding mechanical loads and an inner wall (20) defining the reaction volume (30) within which a reaction medium is caused to react, said inner wall (20) withstanding said reaction medium and protecting said outer wall (10) from coming into contact therewith. In characteristic manner, a space (50) is provided between said outer and inner walls (10, 20) for controlled recombination of the atomic hydrogen that is caused to diffuse through said inner wall (20); said space (50) not containing any means suitable for enabling said atomic hydrogen to diffuse from said inner wall to said outer wall; and the structure of said reactor including means to balance pressures on either side of said inner wall (20) and to enable the hydrogen that has reached said space (50) to circulate and to be exhausted to the outside while said reactor is in use.
Abstract:
A pressure proof reaction vessel and the method of making and operating such a vessel wherein the vessel has a thin inner wall whose primary function is to conduct heat and a thick outer wall whose primary function is to contain the pressure with said inner wall being supported by the said outer wall using closely-spaced supports between the two walls. Heat transfer fluid flows in channels formed by the two walls. A novel method of fastening together the inner and outer walls of such a vessel using fastening means associated with a hole passing through the outer wall and that do not introduce surface disruption of the inside surface of the inner wall, is disclosed. This fastening means also allows for a very economical fabrication method whereby the inner wall and the supports are formed out of one piece of material. The vessel is particularly useful for the polymerization of vinyl chloride in large reaction vessels greater than 10,000 gallons in size.
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 method and system for installing a layered vessel wherein the method includes the steps of constructing the bottom vessel head section in an inverted position mounting the bottom head section on the vessel foundation, erecting a generally cylindrical construction frame having a plurality of annular work stations; substantially simultaneously with the erection of the cylindrical construction frame, constructing onto the bottom head a cylindrical inside shell liner and a hemispherical upper head inside liner and adding layers to the inside shell from the bottom upwardly with the addition of such layers occurring substantially simultaneously at various of the annular work stations. A system for accomplishing these steps is provided, including particular method for constructing the bottom head, and further, an annularly movable crane assembly is provided for the work stations.