Equipment and process for preparing silicon oxides

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10611644-B2
Application number	US-201515516363-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2015
Priority date	Jul 8, 2015
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

The present invention discloses an equipment and process for preparing silicon oxides, and relates to the field of chemical equipments. Said equipment comprises at least one tank having opening(s) at at least one end thereof and comprising a reaction unit and a collection unit, wherein the reaction unit is used for placing raw materials therein; and the collection unit is used for placing a collector therein which is placed at the opening end of the tank; and the reaction unit is placed away from the opening end of the tank and placed inside a heating furnace; the collection unit and opening(s) are both placed outside the heating furnace; the tank is vacuumized via a port; and a tank lid is used for opening or closing the opening(s) of the tank. The preparation process uses such equipment. The present invention solves the problems of great energy consumption and low efficiency caused by the fact that the previous equipment and process for preparing silicon oxides are unable to achieve continuous production.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Equipment for preparing silicon oxides comprises at least one tank having an opening at at least one end thereof and defining a reaction unit and a collection unit, and a collector removably received in said collection unit proximate the opening; the collection unit being equipped with a cooling device sleeved on the collection unit and being sized such that the cooling device cools only the collection unit; wherein the reaction unit is used for placing raw materials therein; the collector being placed at the opening of the tank; the equipment further including a heating furnace which receives the reaction unit of the at least one tank; the at least one tank being sized relative to the heating furnace such that the collection unit, cooling device, and opening are all outside the heating furnace, whereby the heating furnace heats only the reaction unit; the tank comprising a port to place the tank in communication with to a vacuum; and a tank lid is used for opening or closing the opening of the tank.

2. The equipment for preparing silicon oxides as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heating furnace is connected with air.

3. The equipment for preparing silicon oxides as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the heating furnace is heated electrically or by combustion.

4. The equipment for preparing silicon oxides as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the collector is a tubular structure having an opening at at least one end.

5. The equipment for preparing silicon oxides as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the collector has a taper and defines a small end, and the small end of the collector is directed toward the tank lid.

6. The equipment for preparing silicon oxides as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the port is located in the collection unit.

7. The equipment for preparing silicon oxides as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cooling device comprises a cooling jacket sleeved on the collection unit, and is used for circulation cooling via cooling media.

8. A process for preparing silicon oxides, wherein the preparation process comprises the following steps by using the equipment claimed in claim 1 :
step 1, turning on the heating furnace;
step 2, turning on the cooling device;
step 3, opening the tank lid, mixing Si powder and SiO 2 powder as raw materials and placing them into the reaction unit, placing the collector into the collection unit, and closing the tank lid;
step 4, subjecting the tank to a vacuum via the port;
step 5, continuing to run the heating furnace and the cooling device after the completion of the reaction of the raw materials in the tank, opening the tank lid, taking out the collector, placing new raw materials into the reaction unit, placing a new collector into the collection unit, closing the tank lid, subjecting the tank to a vacuum via the port, starting a next reaction, and peeling off the silicon oxide product from the collector taken out of the collection unit; and
step 6, repeating step 5 until the end of the preparation.

9. The process for preparing silicon oxides as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the tank has a loading capacity of 2-200 KG; the heating furnace has a temperature of 1100-1400° C.; the tank has a vacuum degree of 0.1-10000 Pa; the cooling device has a temperature of 100-800° C.; and the period between placing a new collector in step 5 and taking out the collector in step 6 is from 2-60 h.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Btr New Energy Mat Inc
• Btr New Mat Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Pang Chunlei
• Ren Jianguo
• Yue Min

Classifications

• H01M4/485

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title

• F27B13/06

  Details, accessories or equipment specially adapted for furnaces of this type · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title

• C01B33/182 Primary

  by reduction of a siliceous material, e.g. with a carbonaceous reducing agent and subsequent oxidation of the silicon monoxide formed · CPC title

• B01J19/0013

  Controlling the temperature of the process · CPC title