Chemical reactors
AssigneeTiax LLC
InventorsRobert S. Weber, Mark Marion, Jayanti Sinha, William Barney
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Abstract
A system includes a first source including a first reactant; a second source including a second reactant capable of reacting with the first reactant to form a first product; and a reactor. The reactor includes a first element having a wall connecting a first point and a second point, the wall extending more than 180° around the first point; and a second element movably engaged with the first element to define a reconfigurable reaction chamber capable of being in fluid communication with the first and second reactants.
Claims67
A system comprising:
- a first source including a first reactant;
- a second source including a second reactant capable of reacting with the first reactant to form a first product;
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- a reactor including:
- a first element having a wall connecting a first point and a second point, the wall extending more than 180° around the first point;
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- a second element movably engaged with the first element to define a reconfigurable reaction chamber capable of being in fluid communication with the first and second reactants.
A method of conducting a chemical reaction comprising:
- changing a configuration of a reaction chamber containing the reaction, the reaction chamber being defined by a first element and a second element movably engaging the first element, wherein the first element has a wall connecting a first and second point, the wall extending at least 180° around the first point.
A reactor for conducting a catalytic chemical reaction, the reactor comprising:
- a first element having a wall connecting a first and a second point, the wall extending more than 180° around the first point;
- a second element movably engaged with the first element to define a reconfigurable reaction chamber capable of being in fluid communication with the first and second reactants;
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- a catalyst capable of changing a reaction rate of the chemical reaction.
A reactor for conducting a photochemical reaction involving a first material, the reactor comprising:
- a first element having a wall connecting a first and a second point, the wall extending at least 180° around the first point;
- a second element movably engaged with the first element to define a reconfigurable reaction chamber capable of being in fluid communication with the first and second reactants;
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- a light path configured to allow passage of photons into the reaction chamber and to change a reaction rate of the photochemical reaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.