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

Claim 21:
22. A reactor system for transforming one or more reactant gases, comprising:
a housing; and
a plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells disposed within an interior of the housing to surround an elongated light source disposed within the interior of the housing along a central long axis of the housing, each of the plurality of reactor cells comprising:
an optically transparent enclosure;
a first fitting configured to attach each of the plurality of reactor cells at a first end of the enclosure to at least one delivery channel for receiving at least one reactant input gas;
a second fitting configured to attach each of the plurality of reactor cells at a second end of the enclosure to at least one delivery channel for outputting at least one output gas;
a catalyst support 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
a plasmonic photocatalyst supported by the catalyst support, wherein the plasmonic photocatalyst comprises a catalyst coupled to a plasmonic material having a plasmon resonant frequency to catalyze a desired chemical reaction, wherein, upon application of the elongated light source to each of the plurality of reactor cells while the at least one reactant input gas is passed through the enclosure, each of the plurality of reactor cells is configured to transform the at least one reactant input gas into the at least one output gas via the at least one reactant input gas reacting with at least the plasmonic photocatalyst.