US 11,701,630 B2
Reactor system for producing a nano-active powder material
Mark Sceats, New South Wales (AU); Philip Hodgson, New South Wales (AU); Adam Vincent, New South Wales (AU); Simon Thomsen, New South Wales (AU); Matthew Gill, New South Wales (AU); and Daniel Rennie, New South Wales (AU)
Assigned to CALIX LTD, New South Wales (AU)
Filed by CALIX LTD, New South Wales (AU)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,756.
Application 17/886,756 is a continuation of application No. 16/345,474, granted, now 11,446,621, previously published as PCT/AU2017/051190, filed on Oct. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016904444 (AU), filed on Oct. 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387951 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 6/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C01B 13/18 (2006.01); C04B 2/10 (2006.01); C04B 7/44 (2006.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.