Air flow generating device, graphene dispersion, and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11142650-B2
Application number	US-201715705274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2017
Priority date	Nov 16, 2016
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

An air flow generating device, a graphene dispersion, and a preparation method thereof are provided. The graphene dispersion is formed by a graphene powder and a processing solvent, wherein the graphene in the graphene dispersion has an average diameter of 0.5 μm to 1 μm, 3 to 5 layers, a solid content of 5% to 50%, and a residue oxygen content less than 1 wt %, and after being left to stand for 12 hours, the graphene dispersion has a distribution concentration increasing from the top section to the bottom section of the storage container, a viscosity of 5000 cps to 8000 cps, and a graphene concentration of 20 wt %.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air flow generating device for preparing a graphene powder, comprising:
an outer bushing having a chamber, an intake opening, and an outtake opening, wherein the intake opening is connected to the chamber from below and the outtake opening is connected to the chamber from above, and the chamber has a necked portion; and
a rotating awl disposed in the chamber, wherein the rotating awl and the chamber are conformal, the rotating awl and an inner wall of the chamber have a slit spacing in between, the rotating awl comprises a rotating body and a plurality of screw threads, and the plurality of screw threads are distributed on an outer surface of the rotating body from a bottom of the rotating body toward a top of the rotating body in a spiral manner, the rotating body comprises the bottom, the top, and a center located between the bottom and the top, and a diameter of the rotating body is decreased from the bottom to the top, wherein angles of the plurality of screw threads at the top, the center, and the bottom are different,
when the rotating awl rotates in the chamber, an upward cyclone having a horizontal component is produced via the plurality of screw threads and the slit spacing.

2. The air flow generating device of claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the rotating awl and a top surface of the necked portion are level.

3. The air flow generating device of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of a bottom surface of the bottom is greater than a diameter of a top surface of the bottom.

4. The air flow generating device of claim 3 , wherein a diameter of a bottom surface of the center is greater than a diameter of a top surface of the center, and the diameter of the bottom surface of the center is equal to the diameter of the top surface of the bottom.

5. The air flow generating device of claim 4 , wherein a diameter of a bottom surface of the top is greater than a diameter of a top surface of the top, and the diameter of the bottom surface of the top is equal to the diameter of the top surface of the center.

6. The air flow generating device of claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the rotating awl is stellate.

7. The air flow generating device of claim 1 , wherein a rotating speed of the rotating awl is between 3000 rpm and 7000 rpm.

8. The air flow generating device of claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the plurality of screw threads is between 8 and 32.

9. The air flow generating device of claim 8 , wherein the quantity of the plurality of screw threads is between 12 and 18.

10. The air flow generating device of claim 1 , wherein the slit spacing is between 0.05 mm and 10 mm.

11. The air flow generating device of claim 10 , wherein the slit spacing is between 0.1 mm and 1 mm.

12. The air flow generating device of claim 1 , wherein the angle of the plurality of screw threads located at the top is 15 to 35 degrees, the angle of the plurality of screw threads located at the bottom is 70 to 90 degrees, and the angle of the plurality of screw threads located at the center is 35 to 70 degrees.

Assignees

• Taiwan Textile Res Inst

Inventors

• Wu Ting-Yu
• Chang Ting-Yu
• Li Hsin-Chun
• Lin Bo-Fan

Classifications

• C01B32/194 Primary

  After-treatment · CPC title

• C01B32/22

  Intercalation · CPC title

• C01P2006/22

  Rheological behaviour as dispersion, e.g. viscosity, sedimentation stability · CPC title

• C01B2204/04

  Specific amount of layers or specific thickness · CPC title

• C01B32/225

  Expansion; Exfoliation · CPC title