Apparatus for powerful energy transfer technique

An apparatus for controlled photochemical reactions comprising:

• a reaction chamber;
• means for supplying feedstock to said reaction chamber, said feedstock having a predetermined frequency absorption band or bands;
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• means for flooding said reaction chamber with radiation within at least one of the absorption bands of said feedstock;
• said means including at least one gas discharge tube having output radiation of a lower frequency than said predetermined band or bands and means in physical proximity to said gas discharge tube and also exposed to said reaction chamber for receiving said lower frequency radiation from said gas discharge tube and for supplying intense radiation to said reaction chamber within said predetermined band or bands.

An apparatus for controlled photochemical reactions comprising:

• a reaction chamber;
• means for supplying feedstock to said reaction chamber, said feedstock having predetermined absorption bands;
• means including a plurality of gas discharge tubes for flooding said reaction chamber with radiation within at least one of the absorption bands of said feedstock;
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• means including solid state material in close proximity to said gas discharge tubes for receiving pumping energy from said gas discharge tubes and for radiating substantially coherent energy into said reaction chamber at a different frequency.

An apparatus for efficiently accomplishing photochemical reactions comprising:

• a reaction chamber;
• means for applying feedstock to said reaction chamber, said feedstock having predetermined frequency absorption band or bands;
• means located within said chamber for flooding said reaction chamber with substantially coherent energy within one of the absorption bands of said feedstock at energy levels sufficient to dissociate said feedstock, said radiation supplying means including solid state material;
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• low cost incoherent energy source means immediately adjacent said supplying means for pumping said solid state material to an excited state.

A source of radiant energy comprising:

• means including a sphere of solid state material for producing substantially coherent radiations;
• a semi-reflective coating on at least the major portion of the outer surface of said sphere;
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• means for pumping said solid state material to an excited state, whereby substantially coherent energy is radiated through said semi-reflective coating from said solid state material to an excited state, whereby substantially coherent energy is radiated through said semi-reflective coating from said material.

An apparatus for controlled photochemical reactions comprising:

• a reaction chamber;
• means for supplying feedstock to said reaction chamber, said feedstock having a predetermined energy absorption vs. frequency characteristic, including at least one high energy absorption region;
• means located within said radiation chamber for flooding said reaction chamber with high intensity radiation within said high energy absorption region of said feedstock;
• said radiation flooding means including solid state means having outer surfaces of substantially circular cross-section for producing substantially coherent output radiation within or in immediate proximity to said reaction chamber;
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• means for exciting said means for producing substantially coherent radiation to an excited state to radiate relatively coherent high frequency radiation through said outer surfaces at intensity levels sufficient to modify the form of a substantial proportion of said feedstock.

An apparatus for controlled photochemical reactions comprising:

• a reaction zone;
• means for supplying feedstock to said reaction zone, said feedstock having a predetermined energy absoprtion vs. frequench characteristic, including at least one high energy absorption region;
• means located inside said reaction zone for flooding said reaction zone with high intensity radiation within said high energy absorption region of said feedstock;
• said means including at least one elongated gas discharge device within said reaction zone;
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• means spaced around said gas discharge device for receiving radiation from said gas discharge device and for radiating high intensity radiation having a higher frequency content than the radiation from said gas discharge device, into said reaction zone.

An apparatus for controlled photochemical reactions comprising:

• a reaction zone;
• means for supplying water vapor to said reaction zone, said water vapor having predetermined absorption band or bands in the ultra-violet frequency spectrum;
• at least one elongated gas discharge tube mounted within said reaction zone and producing a predetermined lower frequency radiation output;
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• means spaced around said gas discharge tube for receiving said lower frequency radiation output from said gas discharge tube, and for flooding said reaction zone with higher frequency output radiation within said predetermined absorption band or bands in the ultraviolet frequency spectrum, and at an intensity level sufficient to dissociate the greater portion of said water vapor and to form hydrogen and/or hydrogen peroxide.