Patent ID: 11890606
Assignee: SYZYGY PLASMONICS INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 20:
21. A reactor system comprising:
a housing; and
a plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells disposed within the housing, each of the plurality of reactor cells comprising:
an enclosure having a reflective interior surface;
an input;
an output;
a light source disposed within the enclosure of each of the plurality of reactor cells; and
at least one plasmonic photocatalyst on an optically transparent catalyst support disposed within the enclosure of each of the plurality of reactor cells to surround the light source, wherein the catalyst support is disposed as a fixed bed substantially filling an entirety of the enclosure and retained in the enclosure by at least one packing support element, and wherein the plasmonic photocatalyst comprises a catalyst coupled to a plasmonic material having a plasmon resonant frequency to catalyze a desired chemical reaction;

wherein at least one reactant gas is distributed into each of the plurality of reactor cells via the input of each of the plurality of reactor cells; and wherein at least one reformate gas is accumulated from each of the plurality of reactor cells via the output of each of the plurality of reactor cells.