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.
Claims24
A method for sterilizing a forced air flow in a duct comprising:
- passing the air flow through the duct in a stream;
- introducing photons into the duct from at least one source operable to sterilize the air flow;
- directing the photons in the duct along a specific path;
- and arranging at least two reflective surfaces in the duct at spaced positions so as to cause reflections back and forth between the two reflective surfaces and thus increase the probability of interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with the air flow by increasing the optical path length of the photons through the duct.
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