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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Gc Environmental, Anaheim, CA (US);
Theodore T. Tsotsis, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Fokion Egolfopoulos, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nitin Nair, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Richard Prosser, Anaheim, CA (US);
Jyh-Yih Ren, Anaheim, CA (US);
Alireza Divsalar, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mirmohammadyousef Motamedhashemi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Majid Monji, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Systems and methods for removal of gas phase contaminants may utilize catalytic oxidation. For example, a method may include passing a gas that includes a gas phase contaminant through a catalytic membrane reactor at a temperature of about 150° C. to about 300° C., wherein the catalytic membrane reactor includes a bundle of tubular inorganic membranes, wherein each of the tubular inorganic membranes comprise a macroporous tubular substrate with an oxidative catalyst and a microporous layer disposed on a bore side of the macroporous tubular substrate, and wherein at least about 50% of the gas flows through the tubular inorganic membranes in a Knudsen flow regime; and oxidizing at least some of the gas phase contaminant with the oxidative catalyst layer, thereby reducing a concentration of the gas phase contaminant in the gas.