Slurry photoreactor driven by hybrid and artificial light sources
AssigneeQatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
InventorsKonstantinos E. Kakosimos, Mohammed Al Hashimi, Suhde Mecid Makki, Amer Haki, Ahmed Abbas, Dhabia Al Mohannadi, Lina Rueda, Santhosh Sukumaran
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Abstract
A hybrid slurry reactor for performing photocatalytic reactions is provided. The hybrid slurry reactor includes a photoreactor, including a conduit, having a transparent portion, a light-emitting diode (LED) array disposed within the conduit; wherein the conduit is configured such that photons from an external source enter the conduit through the transparent portion and the LED array is directed to emit photons into the conduit.
Claims19
A photoreactor, comprising:
- a conduit, having a transparent portion;
- and
- a light-emitting diode (LED) array disposed within the conduit;
- wherein:
- the conduit is configured such that photons from an external source enter the conduit through the transparent portion;
- and
- the LED array is directed to emit photons into the conduit.
A system, comprising,
- an articulatable reflective structure, configured to focus rays of the Sun;
- a photoreactor, including:
- a conduit, having a transparent portion and configured to house a photoreactive slurry;
- and
- a light-emitting diode (LED) array disposed within the conduit;
- wherein:
- the reflective structure is configured to focus the rays into the transparent portion of the conduit, such that photons from the rays interface with the photoreactive slurry;
- the LED array is directed to emit photons into the conduit;
- and
- the conduit is configured such that photons from an external source enter the conduit through the transparent portion.
A method of facilitating photochemical reactions comprising:
- providing a photoreactor including a plurality of conduits having a transparent portion, a light-emitting diode (LED) array disposed within each conduit;
- communicating, fluidly, a photoreactive slurry, through a flow path defined in each conduit and in contact with the LED array;
- focusing photons from a light source external to the photoreactor onto the photoreactor, such that the photons from the light source external to the photoreactor interface with the photoreactive slurry;
- and
- engaging the LED array such that photons from the LED array interface with the photoreactive slurry;
- and
- communicating, fluidly, the photoreactive slurry containing reaction products out of the conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.