Patent ID: 7449156
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: A62D,B01J,C22B,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A molten metal reactor including: (a) a treatment chamber having a treatment chamber inlet; (b) a molten reactant metal flow inducing arrangement for inducing a flow of molten reactant metal into the treatment chamber through the treatment chamber inlet; (c) a feed chamber having a feed chamber outlet located adjacent to the treatment chamber inlet; (d) an output chamber connected to an outlet of the treatment chamber to receive molten reactant metal and reaction products from the treatment chamber; (e) a supply chamber connected to the output chamber and to the feed chamber; and (f) a feed chute having a feed material inlet into the feed chamber through which a feed material to be treated in the molten reactant metal enters the feed chamber, the feed chute also having a portion extending into the feed chamber so that the feed material inlet into the feed chamber is positioned within the area defined by the feed chamber and spaced apart from the boundaries of the feed chamber.