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Title: Cross-flow electrochemical reactor cells, cross-flow reactors, and use of cross-flow reactors for oxidation reactions

Abstract

This invention discloses cross-flow electrochemical reactor cells containing oxygen permeable materials which have both electron conductivity and oxygen ion conductivity, cross-flow reactors, and electrochemical processes using cross-flow reactor cells having oxygen permeable monolithic cores to control and facilitate transport of oxygen from an oxygen-containing gas stream to oxidation reactions of organic compounds in another gas stream. These cross-flow electrochemical reactors comprise a hollow ceramic blade positioned across a gas stream flow or a stack of crossed hollow ceramic blades containing a channel or channels for flow of gas streams. Each channel has at least one channel wall disposed between a channel and a portion of an outer surface of the ceramic blade, or a common wall with adjacent blades in a stack comprising a gas-impervious mixed metal oxide material of a perovskite structure having electron conductivity and oxygen ion conductivity. The invention includes reactors comprising first and second zones seprated by gas-impervious mixed metal oxide material material having electron conductivity and oxygen ion conductivity. Prefered gas-impervious materials comprise at least one mixed metal oxide having a perovskite structure or perovskite-like structure. The invention includes, also, oxidation processes controlled by using these electrochemical reactors, and these reactions do not require anmore » external source of electrical potential or any external electric circuit for oxidation to proceed.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Hinsdale, IL
  2. Glen Ellyn, IL
  3. Naperville, IL
  4. Lisle, IL
  5. Joliet, IL
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
869563
Patent Number(s):
5356728
Assignee:
Amoco Corporation (Chicago, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
cross-flow; electrochemical; reactor; cells; reactors; oxidation; reactions; discloses; containing; oxygen; permeable; materials; electron; conductivity; processes; monolithic; cores; control; facilitate; transport; oxygen-containing; gas; stream; organic; compounds; comprise; hollow; ceramic; blade; positioned; flow; stack; crossed; blades; channel; channels; streams; wall; disposed; portion; outer; surface; common; adjacent; comprising; gas-impervious; mixed; metal; oxide; material; perovskite; structure; zones; seprated; prefered; perovskite-like; controlled; require; external; source; electrical; potential; electric; circuit; proceed; oxygen permeable; permeable material; chemical reactor; perovskite structure; oxidation reactions; monolithic core; electric circuit; electrical potential; organic compound; mixed metal; oxygen-containing gas; organic compounds; metal oxide; gas stream; outer surface; gas streams; containing gas; oxide material; flow reactor; containing oxygen; oxidation process; ceramic blade; external source; oxidation reaction; chemical process; cells containing; reactors comprising; reactor cells; adjacent blades; ceramic blades; wall disposed; hollow ceramic; materials comprise; stream flow; stack comprising; chemical processes; monolithic cores; electrochemical process; cross-flow electrochemical; cross-flow reactors; external electric; cells contain; channel wall; electrochemical reactor; /429/204/

Citation Formats

Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Poeppel, Roger B, Kleefisch, Mark S, Kobylinski, Thaddeus P, and Udovich, Carl A. Cross-flow electrochemical reactor cells, cross-flow reactors, and use of cross-flow reactors for oxidation reactions. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Poeppel, Roger B, Kleefisch, Mark S, Kobylinski, Thaddeus P, & Udovich, Carl A. Cross-flow electrochemical reactor cells, cross-flow reactors, and use of cross-flow reactors for oxidation reactions. United States.
Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Poeppel, Roger B, Kleefisch, Mark S, Kobylinski, Thaddeus P, and Udovich, Carl A. Sat . "Cross-flow electrochemical reactor cells, cross-flow reactors, and use of cross-flow reactors for oxidation reactions". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869563.
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abstractNote = {This invention discloses cross-flow electrochemical reactor cells containing oxygen permeable materials which have both electron conductivity and oxygen ion conductivity, cross-flow reactors, and electrochemical processes using cross-flow reactor cells having oxygen permeable monolithic cores to control and facilitate transport of oxygen from an oxygen-containing gas stream to oxidation reactions of organic compounds in another gas stream. These cross-flow electrochemical reactors comprise a hollow ceramic blade positioned across a gas stream flow or a stack of crossed hollow ceramic blades containing a channel or channels for flow of gas streams. Each channel has at least one channel wall disposed between a channel and a portion of an outer surface of the ceramic blade, or a common wall with adjacent blades in a stack comprising a gas-impervious mixed metal oxide material of a perovskite structure having electron conductivity and oxygen ion conductivity. The invention includes reactors comprising first and second zones seprated by gas-impervious mixed metal oxide material material having electron conductivity and oxygen ion conductivity. Prefered gas-impervious materials comprise at least one mixed metal oxide having a perovskite structure or perovskite-like structure. The invention includes, also, oxidation processes controlled by using these electrochemical reactors, and these reactions do not require an external source of electrical potential or any external electric circuit for oxidation to proceed.},
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