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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Avetik Harutyunyan, Columbus, OH (US);
Toshio Tokune, Raymond, OH (US);
Inventors:
Avetik Harutyunyan, Columbus, OH (US);
Toshio Tokune, Raymond, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, processes, and apparatuses for the continuous synthesis of carbon nanostructures are provided. Metal catalysts having small diameter and narrow distribution of particle sizes are prepared and continuously injected as aerosols into a reactor. The metal catalysts are supported on supports that are substantially free of carbon. The metal catalyst, in the form of a powder, is placed on a fluidized bed and aerosolized using an inert gas. The powder entrailed in the gas is injected near the top of a vertical reactor for the synthesis of SWNTs.