Abstract: A reactor system that includes a reactor nozzle for use with a reactor vessel and process for its use for producing sodium metal, by a reaction of an alkali hydroxide, preferably sodium hydroxide, as a reactant, with methane gas as a reductant, at high heat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2001
Assignee:
Powerball Industries, Inc.
Inventors:
Jed H. Checketts, Kent E. Hatfield, Ramaswami Neelameggham