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US 10,300,454 B2Granted
Sulfur production
AssigneeBreakthrough Technologies, LLC
InventorKamal Jaffrey
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Abstract
A system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an ultraviolet light source and a microwave source. The first chamber includes an inlet. The second chamber is adjacent the first chamber and includes an outlet and a waveguide. The ultraviolet light source resides within the waveguide of the second chamber. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- a first chamber including an inlet that allows an input feed to enter the first chamber, the input feed having a compositional makeup that includes at least hydrogen sulfide;
- a microwave source configured to radiate microwave energy into the first chamber;
- a second chamber adjacent to and in communication with the first chamber, the second chamber including an outlet and a waveguide;
- an ultraviolet light source residing within the waveguide of the second chamber, wherein the ultraviolet light source emits ultraviolet light so as to at least partially breakdown the hydrogen sulfide of the input feed flowing through the second chamber into hydrogen gas and elemental sulfur;
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- a gas permeable membrane residing within the second chamber, wherein the gas permeable membrane at least partially separates the hydrogen gas from at least the elemental sulfur such that the separated hydrogen gas ventilates through the outlet of the second chamber.
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