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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Alan W. Weimer, Niwot, CO (US);
Aaron Palumbo, Westminster, CO (US);
Illias Hischier, Boulder, CO (US);
Boris A. Chubukov, Boulder, CO (US);
Scott C. Rowe, Boulder, CO (US);
Richard Fisher, Denver, CO (US);
Arto J. Groehn, Boulder, CO (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and components suitable for carbothermal reduction processes are disclosed. Exemplary systems include a reactor, such as hybrid solarthermal-electric reactor, a solar thermal reactor, an electric reactor, or a reactor heated by gas combustion, a pellet source, a gas reactant source, and a vacuum source. The reactor can operate as a moving bed or pseudo moving bed reactor.