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US 4,045,359 AGranted
Apparatus for photon excited catalysis
OwnerJames C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Fletcher, Melvin M. Saffreninventors
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Abstract
The yield of photonically excited gas phase reactions is increased by extracting excess energy from unstable, excited species by contacting the species with the surface of a finely divided solid.
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An apparatus for increasing the yield of photonically excited gas phase reactions comprising in combination:
- a closed gas phase reactor having a reaction chamber, an inlet for flowing a gas reactant to the reaction chamber, an outlet for removing a stable gaseous reaction product from the reactor and at least one aperture;
- photon source means disposed outside said reactor including a laser having the output photon emitter end connected to said aperture in optical alignment with said chamber for directing excess light energy onto the inlet gas reactant for forming at least one highly excited unstable gas species containing excess energy;
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- finely divided, solid, energy sink means disposed in said reactor between the inlet and outlet for stabilizing said unstable, excited species by contacting and absorbing excess energy therefrom to form said stable gaseous reaction product.
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