Apparatus for high flux photocatalytic pollution control using a rotating fluidized bed reactor
OwnerAli Tabatabaie-Raissi, Nazim Z. Muradov +1inventors
InventorsAli Tabatabaie-Raissi, Nazim Z. Muradov, Eric Martin
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Abstract
An apparatus based on optimizing photoprocess energetics by decoupling of the process energy efficiency from the DRE for target contaminants. The technique is applicable to both low- and high-flux photoreactor design and scale-up. An apparatus for high-flux photocatalytic pollution control is based on the implementation of multifunctional metal oxide aerogels and other media in conjunction with a novel rotating fluidized particle bed reactor.
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An apparatus for high flux photocatalytic pollution control comprising:
- means for producing a target pollutant having a varying flow rate;
- a longitudinal light source with a high flux lamp having a first end and a last end;
- a first stage photocatalytic reactor having a first length about the first end of the light source, the first stage photocatalytic reactor containing loosely positioned photocatalytic media therein;
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- means for rotating the first stage reactor for form a fluidized bed and for converting a first portion of the varying flow rate target pollutant to a pre-determined level of destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) by passing the varying flow rate target pollutant through the rotating first stage photocatalytic reactor.
An apparatus for high flux photocatalytic pollution control comprising:
- a light source;
- a reactor about the light source;
- photocatalytic media loosely positioned with the reactor;
- means for rotating the reactor for form a fluidized bed;
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- means for passing a target pollutant having a varying flow rate through the rotating reactor for converting the varying flow rate target pollutant to a pre-determined level of destruction and removal efficiency (DRE).
A high flux photocatalytic pollution control system comprising:
- a high flux reactor containing loosely positioned photocatalytic media;
- means for centrifugally forcing the loosely positioned photocatalytic media to form a fluidized bed in the photocatalytic reactor;
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- means for passing a varying flow rate target pollutant into the fluidized bed and photocatalytically converting the varying flow rate target pollutant to a selected level of destruction and removal efficiency(DRE).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.