US 12,403,460 B2
Photocatalytic reactor having multiple photocatalytic reactor cells
Suman Khatiwada, Houston, TX (US); and Trevor William Best, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Syzygy Plasmonics Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Syzygy Plasmonics Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,460.
Application 18/432,460 is a continuation of application No. 16/625,527, granted, now 11,890,606, previously published as PCT/US2018/039476, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/586,675, filed on Nov. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/525,301, filed on Jun. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/525,305, filed on Jun. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/525,380, filed on Jun. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0216901 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01J 35/39 (2024.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); H01M 14/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/12 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 35/39 (2024.01) [B01J 19/0013 (2013.01); B01J 19/0053 (2013.01); H01M 14/005 (2013.01); B01J 19/123 (2013.01); B01J 19/127 (2013.01); B01J 19/128 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0877 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0892 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transforming at least one reactant into at least one reformate, the method comprising:
distributing the at least one reactant into a plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells disposed within an interior of a housing, wherein each of the plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells comprises an optically transparent enclosure and a plasmonic photocatalyst on a catalyst support disposed within the optically transparent enclosure;
illuminating, via at least one light source, the interior of the housing, wherein the at least one light source is disposed within the interior of the housing and adjacent to each of the plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells such that the at least one light source directly imparts light to each of the plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells and wherein upon illumination, each of the plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells are configured to transform the at least one reactant into the at least one reformate via the at least one reactant reacting with the plasmonic photocatalyst; and
accumulating the at least one reformate from the plurality of fixed-bed reactor cells.