Patent ID: 6645438
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C01B,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for the synthesis of fullerenes, comprising:a chambered reactor vessel having a top portion and a bottom portion and being devoid of oxygen, said reactor including a high energy source inside said reactor to provide a concentrated energy beam, a feed material tank assembly inside said reactor and operative to provide inflow of feed materials and outflows of residues, a condensing zone in said reactor and means operative to control process parameters; means for feeding a mixture of a liquid hydro-carbon material into said feed material tank assembly, where said material is selected from the group consisting of used motor oils, crude petroleum, hydro-carbon byproducts of petro-chemical cracking, carbon contained gases and combinations of the above, in order to enable said energy beam to strike said material to form a vapor cloud; said condensing zone included in said reactor is positioned for accepting said vapor cloud to produce a mixture of fullerenes and soot from said cloud; and means for processing said soot to produce fullerenes.