Method and apparatus for the gas phase decontamination of chemical and biological agents

Patent · Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2003

OSTI ID:1174526

O'Neill, Hugh J.; Brubaker, Kenneth L.

An apparatus and method for decontaminating chemical and biological agents using the reactive properties of both the single atomic oxygen and the hydroxyl radical for the decontamination of chemical and biological agents. The apparatus is self contained and portable and allows for the application of gas reactants directly at the required decontamination point. The system provides for the use of ultraviolet light of a specific spectral range to photolytically break down ozone into molecular oxygen and hydroxyl radicals where some of the molecular oxygen is in the first excited state. The excited molecular oxygen will combine with water vapor to produce two hydroxyl radicals.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 6,630,105
• Application Number: 09/675,898
• OSTI ID: 1174526
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2000 Sep 27
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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