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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brent A Detering, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Alan D Donaldson, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
James R Fincke, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Peter C Kong, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ; C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 1019 ; 75 1021 ; 75 1028 ; 75346 ; 266182 ; 373 18 ; 420590 ; 422207 ; 423289 ; 423613 ; 585538 ;
Abstract
A fast quench reaction includes a reactor chamber having a high temperature heating means such as a plasma torch at its inlet and a restrictive convergent-divergent nozzle at its outlet end. Reactants are injected into the reactor chamber. The resulting heated gaseous stream is then rapidly cooled by passage through the nozzle. This 'freezes' the desired end product(s) in the heated equilibrium reaction stage.