Patents Assigned to Betchel BWXT Idaho, LLC
  • Fast quench reactor and method
    Patent number: RE37853
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Betchel BWXT Idaho, LLC
    Inventors: Brent A. Detering, Alan D. Donaldson, James R. Fincke, Peter C. Kong