Photocatalytic Reactor Having Multiple Photocatalytic Reactor Cells
AssigneeSyzygy Plasmonics Inc.
InventorsSuman Khatiwada, Trevor William Best
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to reactor systems that include (a) a housing having an interior surface that may be at least partially reflective, (b) at least one reactor cell disposed within an interior of the housing, the at least one reactor cell including an enclosure and a plasmonic photocatalyst on a catalyst support disposed within the at least one enclosure, where the enclosure is optically transparent and includes at least one input for a reactant to enter the at least one cell and at least one output for a reformate to exit the at least one cell and (c) at least one light source disposed within the interior of the housing and/or external to the housing.
Claims21
A reactor system comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- at least one reactor cell disposed within an interior of the housing, the at least one reactor cell comprising an enclosure and a plasmonic photocatalyst on a catalyst support disposed within the at least one enclosure, wherein the enclosure is optically transparent and comprises at least one input for a reactant to enter the at least one cell and at least one output for a reformate to exit the at least one cell;
- and
- at least one light source, wherein, upon application of the at least one light source, the reactor cell is configured to transform the reactant into the reformate.
A reactor system comprising:
- a solar concentrator;
- and
- a photocatalytic reactor cell positioned relative to the solar concentrator to increase an incidence of electromagnetic radiation on the photocatalytic reactor cell.
A method for transforming at least one reactant into at least one reformate, the method comprising:
- distributing at least one reactant into a plurality of reactor cells disposed within a housing, wherein each reactor cell comprises an optically transparent enclosure and a plasmonic photocatalyst on a catalyst support disposed within the optically transparent enclosure;
- illuminating, via at least one light source, an interior of the housing to cause the plurality of reactor cells to transform at least one reactant into at least one reformate;
- and
- accumulating the at least one reformate from the plurality of reactor cells.
A reactor system comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of reactor cells disposed within the housing, each reactor cell comprising:
- an enclosure having a reflective interior surface;
- an input,
- an output, and
- a light source;
- and
- at least one plasmonic photocatalyst on a catalyst support disposed within the enclosure, wherein the plasmonic photocatalyst comprises a catalyst coupled to a plasmonic material;
- a distributor for distributing at least one reactant into the plurality of reactor cells via the input of each reactor cell;
- and
- an accumulator for accumulating at least one reformate from the plurality of reactor cells via the output of each reactor cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.