Rec Silicon Inc

Santa Fe Braun Inc.

Walter J Stupin

Michael V Spangler

Gerald A Zeininger

E Wayne Osborne

Matthew J Miller

Robert J Geertsen

William J Onstot

Levi C Allen

Paul E Ege

Segmented silicon carbide liners for use in a fluidized bed reactor for production of polysilicon-coated granulate material are disclosed, as well as methods of making and using the segmented silicon carbide liners. Non-contaminating bonding materials for joining silicon carbide segments also are disclosed. One or more of the silicon carbide segments may be constructed of reaction-bonded silicon carbide.

Joint design for segmented silicon carbide liner in a fluidized bed reactor

Segmented silicon carbide liner

Fluidized bed reactor systems for producing high purity silicon-coated particles are disclosed. A vessel has an outer wall, an insulation layer inwardly of the outer wall, at least one heater positioned inwardly of the insulation layer, a removable concentric liner inwardly of the heater, a central inlet nozzle, a plurality of fluidization nozzles, at least one cooling gas nozzle, and at least one product outlet. The system may include a removable concentric sleeve inwardly of the liner. In particular systems the central inlet nozzle is configured to produce a primary gas vertical plume centrally in the reactor chamber to minimize silicon deposition on reactor surfaces.

Fluid bed reactor

A process for the cryogenic purification of industrial by-product hydrogen streams to recover a high yield of a high purity hydrogen product is disclosed in which two or more of such by-product streams, one containing detrimental amounts of non-readily condensible impurities having boiling points below that of methane, e.g., nitrogen, helium and the like, the other containing by-product hydrogen gas streams which are substantially free of non-readily condensible impurities. These two feed streams are then separately passed through successive cooling and separation stages. At each separation stage, a liquid bottom fraction containing readily condensible hydrocarbons is separated from the overhead of each of the two feed streams. Successive separations are carried out until the overhead from the stream which is substantially free of non-readily condensible impurities (but which contains a significant amount of readily condensible impurities, including methane) attains the desired degree of purity. At this point, the bottom fraction of this stream is predominantly liquid methane, and this bottom fraction is used to scrub a preponderance of nitrogen and like impurities from the overheads of the stream containing significant amounts of these non-readily condensible impurities.

Cryogenic recovery of high purity hydrogen

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Whittier, CA, United States of America

Walter J Stupin