In the production of carbon black by the furnace process, fuel and heated combustion air or oxygen enriched air from the combustion air heat exchanger, are fired into the reactor, resulting in a hot flame. Carbonaceous feed stock, injected into this hot flame containing considerable excess oxygen, is pyrolized. The effluent from the reactor reaction zone is quickly cooled, typically by water quench, to prevent secondary reactions that decrease the quality and yield of carbon black. In the present invention, water quench is eliminated and the effluent from the reaction zone passes directly into the metallic combustion airheater, quickly cooling it to stop pyrolysis and heating the combustion air to typically 950 C. The combustion air heater is smaller due to high heat flux per unit volume. Further cooling of the effluent to the carbon black collector, is achieved by series of heat exchangers and trimming water quench.

Carbon nanoparticles made in a one step process. A method of making carbon black nanoparticles is described, including adding a hydrocarbon to a heated gas to produce carbon nanoparticles that are less than 1 micron volume equivalent sphere and have an Lc greater than 3.0 nm. Elastomer composites containing such particles are also described.

A process for making carbon black is described by pyrolizing unsulfonated lignin or by pyrolizing aromatic monomers formed by hydrolyzing a biomass comprising unsulfonated lignin.

A process for making carbon black is described by pyrolizing unsulfonated lignin or by pyrolizing aromatic monomers formed by hydrolyzing a biomass comprising unsulfonated lignin.

A process for producing hydrogen and pyrolytic carbon from hydrocarbons may involve converting hydrocarbons into hydrogen and carbon in a reactor at temperatures of 1000 C. or more. The reactor may include two electrodes spaced apart from one another in a flow direction of the hydrocarbons. In a region of the reactor between the electrodes an inert gas component is supplied over an entire reactor cross section. The reactor contains carbon particles in the region between the two electrodes. By introducing an inert gas component over the entire reactor cross section, deposition of carbon in this region of the reactor inner wall is prevented, thus effectively inhibiting the formation of conductivity bridges on the reactor inner wall.

A process for producing hydrogen and pyrolytic carbon from hydrocarbons may involve converting hydrocarbons into hydrogen and carbon in a reactor at temperatures of 1000 C. or more. The reactor may include two electrodes spaced apart from one another in a flow direction of the hydrocarbons. In a region of the reactor between the electrodes an inert gas component is supplied over an entire reactor cross section. The reactor contains carbon particles in the region between the two electrodes. By introducing an inert gas component over the entire reactor cross section, deposition of carbon in this region of the reactor inner wall is prevented, thus effectively inhibiting the formation of conductivity bridges on the reactor inner wall.

A carbon black reactor has a cooling function that does not change the diameter of the combustion port by continuously cooling the combustion port of the reactor. The carbon black reactor includes a body made of a metallic material which has a pair of flanges spaced apart from each other, and a combustion port with a central portion penetrated which combustion gas and feedstock oil are reacted while connecting the spaced flanges. A plurality of injection nozzles are configured to inject a feedstock oil into the combustion port, and a pair of cooling rooms are respectively provided on an inner plate surface of the flange facing each other A distribution cooling pipe surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the combustion port to be spaced apart to form a flow path, and is partitioned into a first supply flow path and a second supply flow path through a partition panel.

A carbon black reactor has a cooling function that does not change the diameter of the combustion port by continuously cooling the combustion port of the reactor. The carbon black reactor includes a body made of a metallic material which has a pair of flanges spaced apart from each other, and a combustion port with a central portion penetrated which combustion gas and feedstock oil are reacted while connecting the spaced flanges. A plurality of injection nozzles are configured to inject a feedstock oil into the combustion port, and a pair of cooling rooms are respectively provided on an inner plate surface of the flange facing each other A distribution cooling pipe surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the combustion port to be spaced apart to form a flow path, and is partitioned into a first supply flow path and a second supply flow path through a partition panel.

Embodiments include a binder mixture, where the binder mixture includes a carbon coproduct from a pyrolysis reaction and a binding agent. Some embodiments include a method of producing a pavement mixture, including receiving a carbon coproduct from a pyrolysis reaction, receiving a binding agent, and blending together the carbon coproduct and the binding agent. Some embodiments include a method of producing a carbon coproduct, including receiving a hydrocarbon, tailoring a pyrolysis reactor to control a carbon coproduct, splitting the hydrocarbon within the pyrolysis reactor, and separating the hydrogen gas and the carbon coproduct, where the carbon coproduct is tailored for a binder mixture. Some embodiments include a system for producing pavement, including a pyrolysis reactor, resulting in a hydrogen gas product and a carbon coproduct, and a pavement system, where the pavement system forms a pavement mixture comprising the carbon coproduct.

Embodiments include a binder mixture, where the binder mixture includes a carbon coproduct from a pyrolysis reaction and a binding agent. Some embodiments include a method of producing a pavement mixture, including receiving a carbon coproduct from a pyrolysis reaction, receiving a binding agent, and blending together the carbon coproduct and the binding agent. Some embodiments include a method of producing a carbon coproduct, including receiving a hydrocarbon, tailoring a pyrolysis reactor to control a carbon coproduct, splitting the hydrocarbon within the pyrolysis reactor, and separating the hydrogen gas and the carbon coproduct, where the carbon coproduct is tailored for a binder mixture. Some embodiments include a system for producing pavement, including a pyrolysis reactor, resulting in a hydrogen gas product and a carbon coproduct, and a pavement system, where the pavement system forms a pavement mixture comprising the carbon coproduct.