Abstract:
This invention relates generally to a method for growing single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) from seed molecules. The supported or unsupported SWNT seed materials can be combined with a suitable growth catalyst by opening SWNT molecule ends and depositing a metal atom cluster. In one embodiment, a suspension of seed particles containing attached catalysts is injected into an evaporation zone to provide an entrained reactive nanoparticle. A carbonaceous feedstock gas is then introduced into the nanoparticle stream under conditions to grow single-wall carbon nanotubes. Recovery of the product produced can be done by filtration, centrifugation and the like.
Abstract:
A reactor apparatus comprises at least two same-type tubular reactors which are filled with solid particles, at least one tubular reactor containing a temperature measuring unit, the tubular reactors being designed such that both the ratio of the mass of the solid particles to the free cross-sectional area of the respective tubular reactor and the pressure drop measured by an inert gas being conducted transversely to the free cross-sectional area are identical across the respective tubular reactor. The apparatus is suitable for treating fluid masses while generating or consuming thermal energy, the temperature being measured.
Abstract:
A tube reactor based on a laminate, at least comprising at least three structured layers and a covering layer on the top and on the underside of the laminate, in which each layer has openings which are arranged in adjacent longitudinal rows and are elongated transverse to the longitudinal rows, in which the openings of a layer intersect at least three openings of an adjacent layer and the sequence of intersecting openings forms a channel in the longitudinal direction or in the transverse direction of the layers.
Abstract:
Improved apparatus for use in process systems which include exothermic chemical conversions of organic compounds to value added products is disclosed, more particularly, flow reactors for exothermic chemical conversions using a fixed heterogeneous catalyst with means for control of the exotherm. Flow reactors of the invention comprise a plurality of walled conduits each having an outer surface disposed for contact with a heat-transfer medium, an inlet distribution manifold adapted for flow communication with a downstream manifold through channels formed by heterogeneous catalytic material disposed within each conduit during operation in a sequence of zones for catalyst having the same or different length along the longitudinal coordinate of the conduit and within each zone essentially uniform cross-section of the conduit measured in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal coordinate thereby defining volume of the zone, and the sequence of zones comprising of at least two zones such that each downstream zone has a larger or smaller cross-section than the contiguous upstream zone. Another aspect of the invention includes processes which use such flow reactors, for example the continuous manufacture of maleic anhydride.
Abstract:
A gas mixture 2 containing a fuel, water and air is supplied to one end of a reforming room 6, and a reformed gas 4 containing hydrogen is discharged from the other end thereof. Two or more such reforming units are connected in series, and the upstream part of each reforming room is filled with a first catalyst 8a which catalyzes a partial oxidation reaction in an oxygen-rich environment, and the downstream part is filled with a second catalyst 8b which performs the reforming reaction. The gas mixture 102 which has been heated in a heating unit 104 passes through a distribution tube 108 and is distributed evenly to the reforming units 114. The reforming room is composed of a reforming tube 130 in which a reforming catalyst 112 is charged, or two or more such reforming tubes, parallel to each other. After being reformed the high-temperature reformed gas 118 is passed around the reforming tubes, and fed back to a manifold 116.
Abstract:
A method for purifying a mixture comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes and amorphous carbon contaminate is disclosed. The method includes the steps of heating the mixture under oxidizing conditions sufficient to remove the amorphous carbon, followed by recovering a product comprising at least about 80% by weight of single-wall carbon nanotubes. A method for producing tubular carbon molecules of about 5 to 500 nm in length is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of cutting single-wall nanotube containing-material to form a mixture of tubular carbon molecules having lengths in the range of 5-500 nm and isolating a fraction of the molecules having substantially equal lengths The nanotubes may be used, singularly or in multiples, in power transmission cables, in solar cells, in batteries, as antennas, as molecular electronics, as probes and manipulators, and in composites.
Abstract:
This invention relates generally to a method for producing self-assembled objects comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a three-dimensional structure of derivatized single-wall nanotube molecules that spontaneously form. It includes several component molecule having multiple derivatives brought together to assemble into the three-dimensional structure. In another embodiment, objects may be obtained by bonding functionally-specific agents (FSAs) groups of nanotubes into geometric structures. The bond selectivity of FSAs allow selected nanotubes of a particular size or kind to assemble together and inhibit the assembling of unselected nanotubes that may also be present.
Abstract:
A reactor (1) is proposed, comprising a bundle of catalyst tubes (2) through which a reaction mixture is passed and through whose space surrounding the catalyst tubes (2) a heat exchange medium (3) is passed, comprising ring lines (4, 5) at both reactor ends with jacket orifices (6, 7) for feeding in and removing the heat exchange medium (3) by means of one or more pumps (8), the heat exchange medium (3) being fed to the upper ring line (4) and being sucked in via the lower ring line (5) by the pump(s) (8) having a vertical pump shaft (9) or vertical pump shaft(s) (9) which is or are mounted and operated at their upper end, and the pump(s) (8) having a diagonal rotor (10) and a restrictor gap (11) in the longitudinal direction of the pump shaft(s) (9), within the heat exchange medium (3), on the pressure side of the pump(s) (8) for sealing and mounting the pump shaft(s) (9) and reducing the axial shear of the diagonal rotor (10).
Abstract:
A field kit for the collection, isolation and concentration of trace amounts of high explosives (HE), biological weapons (BW) and chemical weapons (CW) residues in air, soil, vegetation, swipe, and liquid samples. The field kit includes a number of Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) fiber and syringe assemblies in a hermetically sealed transportation container or tubes which includes a sampling port, a number of extra SPME fiber and syringe assemblies, the fiber and syringe assemblies including a protective cap for the fiber, and an extractor for the protective cap, along with other items including spare parts, protective glove, and an instruction manual, all located in an airtight container.
Abstract:
A honeycomb body, in particular a catalyst carrier body, includes a carrier matrix shell for a carrier matrix formed of partially structured, layered and/or wound or folded metal sheets. The carrier matrix has a plurality of passages which are fluid-permeable and extend substantially parallel to a central longitudinal axis. The carrier matrix shell has at least two individual, smooth layers, preferably with substantially the same thickness, disposed concentrically relative to one another and at least two of the layers are adjacent one another. In addition to an improved ability to compensate for expansion of a thermal origin, the honeycomb body has vibration damping and sound-proofing qualities, resulting from the multi-layer structure of the carrier matrix shell.