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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Benda, Maunaloa, HI (US);
John E. Groetsema, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Chelsea Group Ltd., Itasca, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 1/908 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 1/908 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of purifying air where a photocatalyst is exposed to ambient air to purify it from bacteria, hydrocarbons, and volatile organic compounds. The apparatus can contain a vertical reactor containing the photocatalyst either on sheets, in a web-like structure, or in a fibrous mass, or any other way of holding it. The photocatalyst can be excited with an ultraviolet light source. Air rises through the reactor by natural convection caused by heat from a transformer and/or from the ultraviolet light.