Photocatalytic fluidized bed reactor systems

A photocatalytic reactor system for performing chemical transformations in a fluid, the reactor system comprising:

• a fluidizable photocatalyst having porous photocatalytic particles with a N2 BET surface area in the range from 50 to 600 m2/g forming a reaction zone in the reactor system, the fluidizable photocatalyst having an attrition less than 3 wt %/h, the reactor system further comprising a photoreactor that contains the fluidizable photocatalyst, the reactor system further comprising an illumination source and non-imaging optics that direct photocatalytic illumination into the photocatalyst, the reactor system further comprising a mechanical means to fluidize the photocatalyst.