Apparatus for reflecting an incident ray of electromagnetic radiation
Assignee12180235 Canada Ltd.
InventorsDavid Allan Prystupa, John Stephen Pacak
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Abstract
A flow through photochemistry apparatus and methods of use are disclosed in the present application. One or more reactant materials are passed through a reaction chamber and are exposed to electromagnetic radiation. The reaction chamber has reflective walls arranged to reflect electromagnetic radiation across the volume of the chamber a plurality of times, thereby increasing the probability of the electromagnetic radiation interacting with the reactive materials. The reaction chamber may be used for sterilization and photochemistry applications.
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A method for applying electromagnetic radiation to reactant materials in a reaction chamber comprising:
- introducing the electromagnetic radiation into the chamber;
- and increasing the probability of interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with the reactant materials by using multiple reflections to increase the optical path length of the electromagnetic radiation through the reaction chamber;
- wherein the reaction chamber includes two opposing reflective surfaces of the chamber arranged to cause reflections of the electromagnetic radiation back and forth within a volume between the reflective surfaces;
- wherein at least one of the reflective surfaces is a concave mirror.
A method for applying electromagnetic radiation to reactant materials in a reaction chamber comprising:
- introducing the electromagnetic radiation into the chamber;
- and increasing the probability of interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with the reactant materials by using multiple reflections to increase the optical path length of the electromagnetic radiation through the reaction chamber;
- wherein a source of at least some of the electromagnetic radiation is external to the reaction chamber and the electromagnetic radiation from a radiation emitting area of said source is introduced into the reaction chamber from said source through an orifice.
A method for applying electromagnetic radiation to reactant materials in a reaction chamber comprising:
- introducing the electromagnetic radiation into the chamber;
- and increasing the probability of interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with the reactant materials by using multiple reflections to increase the optical path length of the electromagnetic radiation through the reaction chamber;
- wherein the electromagnetic radiation is at least partially collimated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.