Rotating disk singlet oxygen generator
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorGeorge M. Harpole
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Abstract
A rotating disk reactor for producing singlet delta oxygen is disclosed. The reactor includes a plurality of closely spaced coaxial disks partially immersed in a pool of liquid basic hydrogen peroxide (BHP) inside a reactor vessel. A thin film of BHP is picked up and carried on the rotating disks. Chlorine gas, diluted with helium, is flowed into the reactor vessel to pass between the disks and react with the BHP to produce singlet delta oxygen. The singlet delta oxygen flows out of the reactor through a liquid separator to remove liquids and then through an impurity cold trap to remove by condensation gaseous H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and H.sub.2 O.
Claims4
A method for generating singlet delta oxygen, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an enclosure;
- (b) providing a plurality of closely spaced coaxial disks inside the enclosure;
- (c) partially filling the enclosure with aqueous basic H.sub.2 O.sub.2 to a sufficient level so that the disks are partially immersed in the aqueous basic H.sub.2 O.sub.2 ;
- (d) rotating the disks so that a film of the aqueous basic H.sub.2 O.sub.2 is formed and carried on non-immersed portions of the disks;
- and,
- (e) flowing chlorine gas between the non-immersed portions of the rotating disks to react with the aqueous basic H.sub.2 O.sub.2 to produce singlet delta oxygen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.