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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Vln Advanced Technologies Inc., Ottawa, CA;
Wenzhuo Yan, Ottawa, CA;
Mohan Vijay, Ottawa, CA;
Andrew Tieu, Ottawa, CA;
Meisheng Xu, Ottawa, CA;
Bruce Daniels, Ottawa, CA;
VLN Advanced Technologies Inc., Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
A graphene preparing apparatus for exfoliating graphite includes a high-pressure water pump for generating a high-pressure flow of water, a waterjet nozzle for receiving the water and for generating a pulsed or cavitating waterjet, a graphite supply vessel having a supply duct for supplying graphite powder, an exfoliation chamber that has a first inlet for receiving the waterjet and a second inlet for receiving the graphite powder, an outlet through which a graphite slurry is expelled from the exfoliation chamber, a filtering unit downstream of the exfoliation chamber for separating graphene from the slurry and a graphene collection tank for collecting the graphene.