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Reactor heater
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Inventors: King, Larry K.; Hardwick, Roy E.;
Assignee: Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA)
Primary Examiner: Envall, Jr.; Roy N.
Assistant Examiner: Roskoski; Bernard
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Strickland; Elroy
An electrical resistance heater for high temperature chlorination of alumina bearing material by gaseous chlorine within a reaction chamber. The heater comprises two, closely spaced, side-by-side, elongated posts made of a carbonaceous material electrically connected together adjacent one of their ends. Two metal bars extend respectively into the other ends of the posts for directing electrical current through the posts. Means are provided for directing an inert gas along the external surfaces of the posts that tend to be cooler than the portions of the posts located to provide the high temperature. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Having thus described our invention and certain embodiments thereof, we claim: 1.
In combination, a reaction chamber for producing aluminum chloride from a reaction of chlorine with alumina and carbon, a reaction bed of material comprised of alumina particles and a carbon constituent located within said chamber for reaction with gaseous chlorine, means for fluidizing said reaction bed of material with gaseous chlorine, an electrical resistance heater comprising at least two, closely spaced, side-by-side, elongated posts made of a carbonaceous material, and extending into the midst of the reaction chamber and fluidized reaction bed from a location outside of the chamber and reaction bed so that one end of each post is located within the chamber and reaction bed, in physical contact with the reaction bed of material, while the other end of each post is located outside of the chamber and reaction bed, means made of carbonaceous material electrically connecting the posts together within the chamber and reaction bed, the posts and connecting means being effective to directly heat the fluidized reaction bed of material by the resistance of the posts and connecting means to the flow of electrical current directed therethrough, two metal bars extending respectively into the ends of the posts located outside of the chamber for conducting current to and from the posts, and means for mounting the posts in a manner that locates the one end thereof in the reaction chamber.
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A method for producing aluminum chloride from a reaction of chlorine with alumina and carbon, the method comprising the steps of providing a reaction chamber and a reaction bed of alumina-bearing particles in said chamber, the particles containing a carbon component, fluidizing said bed with chlorine gas, locating two closely spaced apart posts made of a carbonaceous material in the midst of the bed, directing electrical current serially through the posts, limiting the flow of current to the posts, utilizing the resistance of the posts to the flow of electrical current to produce heat within the bed, and utilizing this heat to directly heat the bed to above 400
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