US 12,325,012 B2
Systems and methods for increasing reaction yield
Robert Graham Cooks, West Lafayette, IN (US); Michael Stanley Wleklinski, Indianapolis, IN (US); and David Logsdon, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/509,702.
Application 18/509,702 is a continuation of application No. 17/322,339, filed on May 17, 2021, granted, now 11,833,487.
Application 17/322,339 is a continuation of application No. 15/673,658, filed on Aug. 10, 2017, granted, now 11,045,783, issued on Jun. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/374,144, filed on Aug. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0131490 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01J 19/24 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 14/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/08 (2006.01); B01J 19/26 (2006.01); B05B 5/03 (2006.01); B05B 5/025 (2006.01); H01J 49/02 (2006.01); H01J 49/26 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 19/2465 (2013.01) [B01D 5/0069 (2013.01); B01D 19/0031 (2013.01); B01J 4/002 (2013.01); B01J 14/00 (2013.01); B01J 19/087 (2013.01); B01J 19/26 (2013.01); B05B 5/03 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00087 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00099 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0803 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0884 (2013.01); B05B 5/025 (2013.01); H01J 49/02 (2013.01); H01J 49/26 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method for increasing yield of a chemical reaction, the method comprising:
generating a liquid spray discharge using a pneumatic sprayer, wherein the liquid spray discharge is generated from a solvent that comprises a plurality of unreacted molecules, a portion of which react with each other within the liquid spray discharge to form a reaction product while a portion remain unreacted molecules, wherein the reaction is monitored in real-time;
collecting in a collector the liquid spray discharge comprising the unreacted molecules and the reaction product; and
recirculating the collected liquid spray discharge from the collector through the pneumatic sprayer, in order to allow a plurality of the unreacted molecules in the solvent to react with each other as the unreacted molecules cycle again through the pneumatic sprayer, thereby increasing a yield of the chemical reaction as compared to a yield of the chemical reaction prior to the recirculating.