Peter C. Van Buskirk, Newtown, CT (US); Trevor E. James, Plantsville, CT (US); Melissa A. Petruska, Newtown, CT (US); and Jeffrey F. Roeder, Brookfield, CT (US)
Assigned to Sonata Scientific LLC, Danbury, CT (US)
Filed by Peter C. Van Buskirk, Newtown, CT (US); Trevor E. James, Plantsville, CT (US); Melissa A. Petruska, Newtown, CT (US); and Jeffrey F. Roeder, Brookfield, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/987,386.
Application 16/987,386 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/680,495, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Application 16/680,495 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/212,663, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,052,385.
Application 16/212,663 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/147,536, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/883,286, filed on Aug. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,428, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/595,261, filed on Dec. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,408, filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0360857 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
1. A photocatalytic reactor system for performing chemical transformations in a fluid, the reactor system comprising: a fluidizable inorganic composite photocatalyst comprising a photoactive catalyst disposed on a non-photoactive material with a N2 BET surface area in the range from 50 to 600 m2/g and with attrition less than 3 wt %/h, the reactor system further comprising a photoreactor that contains the fluidizable inorganic composite photocatalyst, the reactor system further comprising an illumination source in a wavelength range of 250-420 nm that directs-photocatalytic illumination into the photocatalyst, the reactor system further comprising a mechanical means to fluidize the inorganic composite photocatalyst.
