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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Burgie, Midland, MI (US);
Owen A Heng, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, Hemlock, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423349 ; 423342 ; 423347 ; 423D / ; 55 97 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a process for separating particulate silicon from a liquid by-product stream containing silanes. The liquid by-product stream comprising silanes and particulate silicon is atomized into a heated zone to effect vaporization of the liquid silanes, thus drying the particulate silicon. The dried particulate silicon is separated from the gaseous silanes by filtration or other suitable means. The separated solid and gaseous phases may be used as feed to the process generating the by-product stream or as a feed for other processes.