GAS-LIFT PUMPS FOR FLOWING AND PURIFYING MOLTEN SILICON

摘要

The embodiments herein relate to a sheet production apparatus, A vessel is configured to hold a melt of a material and a cooling plate is disposed proximate the melt. This cooling plate configured to form a sheet of the material on the melt- A pump is used, in one instance, this pump includes a gas source and a conduit in fluid communication with the gas source, in another instance, this pump injects a gas into a melt. The gas can raise the melt or provide momentum to the melt.