IP Library Granted Patent US 8,187,551
Granted Patent B2
US 8,187,551 · App. 12/461,147 · Granted May 29, 2012

Method and apparatus for manufacturing trichlorosilane

Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,187,551
App. No.
12/461,147
Granted
May 29, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus 1 for manufacturing trichlorosilane includes a decomposition furnace 2 into which polymers and hydrogen chloride are introduced, the decomposition furnace 2 includes: a heating device 11 which heats an interior of the decomposition furnace 2 ; a reaction chamber 4 which is formed in the decomposition furnace; a center tube 3 which is inserted in the reaction chamber 4 along a longitudinal direction of the reaction chamber and has a lower-end opening portion 3 a ; raw-material-supply pipes 5 and 6 which supplies the polymer and the hydrogen chloride to the reaction chamber 4 at an exterior of the center tube 3 ; and a gas-discharge pipe 7 which leads out reacted gas from the center tube 3 , the apparatus 1 further includes a fin 14 that leads the polymer and the hydrogen chloride to the lower-end opening portion 3 a of the center tube 3 so as to stir the polymer and the hydrogen chloride.

Claims (19)

1. An apparatus for manufacturing trichlorosilane by decomposition reacting polymers with hydrogen chloride at a high temperature, the apparatus comprising:

a decomposition furnace into which the polymers including high-boiling chlorosilanes generated in a polycrystalline silicon manufacture process, a trichlorosilane manufacture process, or a conversion process and hydrogen chloride are introduced, the decomposition furnace comprising:

a heating device which heats an interior of the decomposition furnace;

a reaction chamber which is formed in the decomposition furnace;

a center tube which is provided in the reaction chamber along a longitudinal direction of the reaction chamber and has a lower-end opening portion opposed to an inner-bottom surface of the decomposition furnace;

a raw-material-supply pipe which supplies the polymer and the hydrogen chloride to an upper portion of the reaction chamber at an exterior of the center tube; and

a gas-discharge pipe which leads out reacted gas from an upper end portion of the center tube;

the apparatus further comprising a fin which is formed integrally with at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the center tube or an inner peripheral surface of the decomposition furnace, and which leads the polymer and the hydrogen chloride to the lower-end opening portion of the center tube so as to stir the polymer and the hydrogen chloride,

a pressurized-gas injection pipe which injects a pressurized gas into the decomposition furnace; and

a discharge pipe which discharges a fluid in the decomposition furnace purged by the pressurized gas.

2. An apparatus for manufacturing trichlorosilane by decomposition reacting polymers with hydrogen chloride at a high temperature, the apparatus comprising:

a decomposition furnace into which the polymers including high-boiling chlorosilanes generated in a polycrystalline silicon manufacture process, a trichlorosilane manufacture process, or a conversion process and hydrogen chloride are introduced, the decomposition furnace comprising:

a heating device which heats an interior of the decomposition furnace;

a reaction chamber which is formed in the decomposition furnace;

a center tube which is provided in the reaction chamber along a longitudinal direction of the reaction chamber and has a lower-end opening portion opposed to an inner-bottom surface of the decomposition furnace;

a raw-material-supply pipe which supplies the polymer and the hydrogen chloride to an upper portion of the reaction chamber at an exterior of the center tube;

a gas-discharge pipe which leads out reacted gas from an upper end portion of the center tube, and

a plurality of rolling members which are provided at an inner-bottom portion of the reaction chamber; and

the apparatus further comprising a fin which is formed integrally with at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the center tube or an inner peripheral surface of the decomposition furnace, and which leads the polymer and the hydrogen chloride to the lower-end opening portion of the center tube so as to stir the polymer and the hydrogen chloride.

Assignments (2)
SPLIT AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
To: HIGH-PURITY SILICON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064222/0720 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2009
From: ISHII, TOSHIYUKI; KOMAI, EIJI; SATOH, HARUMI
To: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023080/0631 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-201864 · Aug 5, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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