Patent ID: 11958765
Assignee: SONATA SCIENTIFIC LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 26:
27. A fluid handling apparatus including a photocatalytic reactor system, comprising: (a) a fluidizable photocatalyst with a N2 BET surface area from 50-600 m2/g and with attrition less than 3 wt %/h, (b) a photoreactor that contains said photocatalyst, providing an illumination source and non-imaging optics that direct photocatalytic illumination throughout the photocatalyst, and (c) a mechanical means to fluidize the photocatalyst, further wherein all or a portion of a fluid stream may be directed through the photocatalytic reactor system, thereby performing abatement of volatile organic compounds and pathogens in the fluid stream.