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Reactor for hydrothermal growth of structured materials

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OSTI ID:1650812

Design, fabrication, and usage of a reactor are presented for synthesis of structured materials from a liquid-phase precursor by heating. The structured materials are particles, membranes or films of micro-porous molecular sieve crystals such as zeolite and meso-porous materials. The precursor solution and structured materials in the reactor are uniformly heated by a planar heater with characteristic heat transfer dimension in the range of 3 mm to 10 cm. A planar heater having width and length at least three times of the characteristic heat transfer dimension provides at least one surface of uniform temperature distribution for heating purposes. Heating is conducted over a temperature range of 20 to 300° C. The planar heater can be heated by electrical power of by thermal fluid.

Research Organization:
Molecule Works Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000650
Assignee:
Molecule Works Inc. (Richland, WA)
Patent Number(s):
10,632,447
Application Number:
16/235,655
OSTI ID:
1650812
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English