System for chemical and biological decontamination
View Patent ↗A system for chemical and biological decontamination has a source of oxygen. A reactor is coupled to the source oxygen. An optical source is coupled to the reactor. The system produces singlet delta oxygen that neutralizes chemical and biological contaminants.
1. A reactor, comprising:
an inlet;
a first pair of mirrors, one of the first pair of mirrors adjacent to the inlet and a second of the first pair of mirrors adjacent to an outlet; and
a second pair of mirrors having an optical axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the first pair of mirrors.
2. The reactor of claim 1 , wherein the first pair of mirrors are circular mirrors.
3. The reactor of claim 2 , wherein the second pair of mirrors are concentric with the first pair of mirrors.
4. The reactor of claim 3 , wherein the first pair of mirrors and the second pair of mirrors are confocal.
5. The reactor of claim 3 , wherein the second pair of mirrors form a partial cylinder.
6. The reactor of claim 5 , wherein an end of the partial cylinder is an inlet for a plurality of pump photons.
7. The reactor of claim 6 , further including a second outlet near the outlet adjacent to the second of the first pair of mirrors.
8. The reactor of claim 7 , wherein a nitrogen gas exits the second outlet.
9. A reactor, comprising:
a surface coated with a photosensitizer; and
an optical source directing light at the surface, wherein the surface is transparent to the light of the optical surface.
10. The reactor of claim 9 , wherein the photosensitizer is organic photosensitizer.
11. The reactor of claim 10 , wherein the organic photosensitizer is a red photon absorbing material.
12. The reactor of claim 11 , wherein the surface is a tube with a plurality of micro-channels.
13. The reactor of claim 9 , wherein the surface is optical quality glass.
14. The reactor of claim 9 , wherein the optical source is a plurality of laser diodes.
15. A reactor, comprising:
an optical source having an optical output;
a chamber having an inlet for the optical output; and
a gas flowing through the chamber.
16. The reactor of claim 15 , wherein the chamber has a tube with a plurality of micro-channels, the micro-channels coated with an organic photosensitizer.
17. The reactor of claim 15 , wherein the chamber has a first pair of mirrors and a second pair of mirrors that is concentric with the first pair of mirrors.
18. The reactor of claim 17 , wherein the first pair of mirrors are confocal with the second pair of mirrors.