Large-scale industrial manufacturing of carbon nanotubes in a continuous inclined mobile-bed rotating reactor via the catalytic chemical vapor deposition process
Sophie L. Pirard(), Sigrid Douven, Jean-Paul Pirard
Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Liege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
This article reports the different steps of the design, development and validation of a process for continuous production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via catalytic chemical vapor deposition from the laboratory scale to the industrial production. This process is based on a continuous inclined mobile-bed rotating reactor and very active catalysts using methane or ethylene as carbon source. The importance of modeling taking into account the hydrodynamic, physicochemical and physical phenomena that occur during CNT production in the process analysis is emphasized. The impact of this invention on the environment and human health is taken into consideration too.
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Sophie L. Pirard, Sigrid Douven, Jean-Paul Pirard. Large-scale industrial manufacturing of carbon nanotubes in a continuous inclined mobile-bed rotating reactor via the catalytic chemical vapor deposition process. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2017, 11(2): 280-289.
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