Composite 3d-printed reactors for gas absorption, purification, and reaction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018272268-A1
Application number	US-201715468297-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 24, 2017
Priority date	Mar 24, 2017
Publication date	Sep 27, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A composite material for gas capture, notably CO 2 capture and storage. The composite material includes a mixture of a solid or liquid reactive filler and a gas-permeable polymer such that the reactive filler forms micron-scale domains in the polymer matrix.

First claim

1 . A reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide, comprising:
units of sorbent material; a gas-permeable polymer; a 3-D ink produced by mixing said units of sorbent material and said gas-permeable polymer; a surface; a 3-D print head that extrudes said 3-D ink onto said surface; and a controller that controls said 3-D print head to extrude said 3-D ink onto said surface to form the reactor.

2 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said units of sorbent material are particles of carbon dioxide stripping material.

3 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said units of sorbent material are solid particle precursors to liquid units of carbon dioxide stripping material.

4 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said units of sorbent material are particles of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in capsules.

5 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said units of sorbent material are particles of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in spherical capsules that have a gas-permeable polymer surface layer encapsulating said particles of carbon dioxide stripping material.

6 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said units of sorbent material are liquid units of carbon dioxide stripping material.

7 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said units of sorbent material are liquid droplets of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in capsules.

8 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said units of sorbent material are liquid droplets of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in spherical capsules that have a gas-permeable polymer surface layer encapsulating said liquid droplets of carbon dioxide stripping material.

9 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 wherein said gas-permeable polymer comprises uncured silicone.

10 . The reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 1 further comprising a device for curing said reactor after the said 3-D print head extrudes said 3-D ink onto said surface to form the reactor.

11 . A method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide, comprising the steps of:
providing a sorbent material; providing a gas-permeable polymer; combining said sorbent material and said gas-permeable polymer to produce a 3-D ink; using a 3-D print head of a 3-D printer to extrude said 3-D ink onto a surface; controlling said 3-D print head to extrude said 3-D ink onto said surface to form a green form of the reactor; and curing said green form of the reactor to produce the reactor.

12 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 11 wherein said step of providing a sorbent material comprises providing particles of carbon dioxide stripping material.

13 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 11 wherein said step of providing a sorbent material comprises providing particles of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in capsules.

14 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 11 wherein said step of providing a sorbent material comprises providing particles of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in spherical capsules that have a gas-permeable polymer surface layer encapsulating said particles of carbon dioxide stripping material.

15 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 11 wherein said step of providing a sorbent material comprises providing liquid units of carbon dioxide stripping material.

16 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 15 wherein said step of providing liquid units of carbon dioxide stripping material comprises providing solid units of carbon dioxide stripping material and hydrating said solid units of carbon dioxide stripping material to provide said liquid units of carbon dioxide stripping material.

17 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 11 wherein said step of providing a sorbent material comprises providing liquid droplets of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in capsules.

18 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 11 wherein said step of providing a sorbent material comprises providing liquid droplets of carbon dioxide stripping material encapsulated in spherical capsules that have a gas-permeable polymer surface layer encapsulating said liquid droplets of carbon dioxide stripping material.

19 . The method of making a reactor for removing carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 11 wherein said step of providing a gas-permeable polymer comprises providing uncured silicone.

20 . A reactor product that removes carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide, comprising:
units of sorbent material; a gas-permeable polymer; and a composite material that is a mixture of said units of sorbent material and said gas-permeable polymer.

21 . The reactor product that removes carbon dioxide from a gas containing the carbon dioxide of claim 20 wherein composite material that is a mixture of said units of sorbent material and said gas-permeable polymer is in the form of a web with openings.

Assignees

• L Livermore Nat Security Llc

Inventors

• Nguyen Du T
• Aines Roger D
• Baker Sarah E
• Bourcier William L
• Duoss Eric B
• Oakdale James S
• Smith Megan M
• Smith William L
• Stolaroff Joshuah K
• Ye Congwang

Classifications

• B01D2252/20484

  with one hydroxyl group · CPC title

• B01D53/1475

  Removing carbon dioxide · CPC title

• B01D2252/20421

  Primary amines · CPC title

• B01D2252/20405

  Monoamines · CPC title

• B01D2252/202

  Alcohols or their derivatives · CPC title