VAPORIZATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF ALKALI METAL SALTS

• Main Authors: PELATI JOSEPH E, CRAIG HOLLIE, BUTLER JAMES R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 11.10.2012
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; COMBINED OPERATIONS; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; OTHER WORKING OF METAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS

An apparatus and method for vaporizing and transporting an alkali metal salt is shown. The apparatus has a first conduit capable of transporting an alkali metal salt solution and a second conduit in fluid communication with the first conduit, the second conduit capable of transporting steam so that the alkali metal salt is dissipated into the steam forming a solution that can be transported, such as to a remote reaction zone. The solution can be transported via a third conduit that is capable of being heated by a heat source. The method can be used to add a promoter to a dehydrogenation catalyst during a dehydrogenation reaction.