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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Glyn Jeffrey Buckley, Wigan, GB;
Michael Joseph Bowe, Preston, GB;
John William Stairmand, Chester, GB;
Glyn Jeffrey Buckley, Wigan, GB;
Michael Joseph Bowe, Preston, GB;
John William Stairmand, Chester, GB;
Accentus PLC, Didcot, GB;
Abstract
A chemical plant for performing a chemical reaction between particles of a material such as lithium metal, and a reagent such as butyl chloride in solution in hexane, in which one reaction product is a solid material, includes a reaction vessel (). Several ultrasonic transducers () are attached to a wall of the vessel () so as to irradiate ultrasonic waves into the vessel, the vessel being large enough that each transducer irradiates into fluid at least 0.1 m thick, each transducer irradiating no more than 3 W/cm2, and the transducers being sufficiently close to each other and the number of transducers being sufficiently high that the power dissipation within the vessel is at least 10 W/liter but no more than 200 W/liter. The high intensity of ultrasound ensures that lithium chloride is cleaned off the surface of lithium metal particles throughout the vessel ().