CPC B01J 6/004 (2013.01) [B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01B 13/18 (2013.01); C01B 13/185 (2013.01); C04B 2/10 (2013.01); C04B 2/102 (2013.01); C04B 7/44 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00051 (2013.01); C01P 2004/61 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A reactor system for producing a nano-active powder material that comprises a powder having nano-active powder material that comprises a powder having nano-activity due to nanostructures, the reactor system comprising:
a) a powder injector configured to inject ground input precursor powder into the reactor system;
b) an externally heated preheater configured to heat the precursor powder to a temperature to enable a calcination reaction of the precursor powder;
c) an externally heated calciner reactor configured to rapidly remove primary precursor volatile constituents by the calcination reaction as a high purity gas stream to produce a nano-active product;
d) a post-processing reactor configured to change the composition of the gas stream to produce a hot powder product base on the nano-activity of the nano-active product produced by the calciner reactor;
e) a powder ejector configured to eject the hot powder product from the calciner reactor; and
f) a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the hot powder product from the powder ejector to a first portion of the precursor powder, such that the heated first portion of powder is injected below a second portion of the precursor powder to heat the second portion of precursor powder;
wherein input precursor powder flow downwards under gravity progressively through the reactor system.
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