JP2006061784A - Photocatalytic device, irradiation method of exciting light, method for decomposing object to be decomposed and use of the photocatalytic device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photocatalytic device capable of obtaining a high photocatalytic result by utilizing exciting light efficiently. <P>SOLUTION: This photocatalytic device 1 is provided with: a main body 2 which is formed by alternately layering a plurality of plate-shaped photocatalyst-deposited bodies 4 and a plurality of diffusion plates 5, each of which is constituted so that the light entering from one end thereof is diffused by a diffusing factor arranged on the optional surface thereof and the diffused light is leaked, while securing a passable space of a fluid containing the object to be decomposed and has an incident light inlet 6 formed by bundling one end of each of the plurality of diffusion plates; and an exciting light source 3 arranged so that exciting light can be made incident on the incident light inlet of the main body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a photocatalyst device that efficiently decomposes and removes decomposition target substances such as odor-causing substances using a photocatalyst, an excitation light irradiation method, a decomposition target decomposition method, a deodorization device that uses a photocatalyst device, an air purification device, and water purification The present invention relates to a vessel and a waste water purification device.

  Photocatalysts such as titanium oxide exert a strong oxidizing action by irradiating with ultraviolet light, and there are methods that can be used for deodorization to decompose malodorous substances in gas and water purification to decompose environmental pollutants in wastewater. Widely studied.

As a light source for exciting the photocatalyst, a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as LED), a black light, a mercury lamp, or the like has been conventionally used (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).
Among these, the LED is expected as a light source for a photocatalytic device because it has a long life, high electric-light conversion efficiency, and is compact. In addition, LEDs with high output and illuminance have been developed year by year, and it can be expected that a high photocatalytic effect will be obtained by using these LEDs.
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  By the way, in the conventional photocatalyst apparatus, it was the structure which irradiates excitation light of high illumination intensity directly to a photocatalyst support body from a high output light source. Normally, the concentration of the decomposition target in the gas and liquid to be decomposed is relatively dilute, so the decomposition rate is limited by the diffusion of the decomposition target, and even when excited using light with high output and high illuminance, There has been a problem in that electrons or holes that have been bent are recombined, and a part or most of the amount of light is wasted.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, and it aims at provision of the photocatalyst apparatus which can acquire a high photocatalyst effect using an excitation light efficiently.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a plate-like photocatalyst carrier and a diffusion plate that diffuses light incident from one end by a diffusion factor provided on an arbitrary surface and leaks light. The photocatalyst apparatus main body in which a plurality of layers are alternately stacked with a space through which the contained fluid can pass, and one end of each diffusion plate is bundled to form an entrance, and excitation light is incident on the entrance of the photocatalyst apparatus The photocatalyst device is provided with an excitation light source provided so as to be incident.

  In the photocatalyst device of the present invention, it is preferable that the diffusion plate is made of an acrylic sheet, and the diffusion factor is unevenness formed on the sheet surface by sandblasting.

  In the photocatalyst device of the present invention, the diffusion plate is preferably made of a fluororesin sheet, and the diffusion factor is preferably resin particles having a higher refractive index than the sheet material mixed in the sheet.

  In the photocatalyst device of the present invention, the photocatalyst support is preferably formed by coating the surface of a corrugated substrate with a photocatalyst.

  Further, the present invention uses the photocatalyst device according to the present invention described above, and irradiates the photocatalyst support with low illuminance from the diffusion plate with excitation light incident at high illuminance from the incident port. I will provide a.

In the excitation light irradiation method of the present invention, it is preferable that the illuminance of light irradiated from the diffusion plate to the photocatalyst carrier is 0.3 mW / cm ² or less.

  Further, the present invention provides a photocatalyst device according to the present invention described above, turns on the excitation light source, flows a fluid containing a substance to be decomposed into a space between the photocatalyst carrier and the diffusion plate, and There is provided a method for decomposing an object to be decomposed by a photocatalyst, which comprises irradiating a photocatalyst carrier with excitation light incident at high illuminance from a diffuser plate at low illuminance to develop a photocatalytic function and decompose the object to be decomposed.

In the decomposition target decomposition method using the photocatalyst of the present invention, the concentration of the decomposition target in the fluid is less than 10 ppm, and the illuminance of light irradiated from the diffusion plate to the photocatalyst support is 0.3 mW / cm ² or less. preferable.

  The present invention also provides a deodorizing device, an air purifying device, a water purifier, and a waste water purifying device characterized by including the above-described photocatalytic device according to the present invention.

  The photocatalyst device of the present invention passes through a plate-like photocatalyst carrier and a diffusion plate that diffuses light incident from one end by a diffusion factor provided on an arbitrary surface to leak light, and a fluid containing a decomposition target substance passes through the plate. A plurality of layers are alternately stacked with a possible space provided, and one end of each diffusion plate is bundled to form a photocatalyst device main body, and excitation light can be incident on the photocatalyst device main body. The photocatalyst carrier is irradiated with high-illuminance excitation light from the entrance through the diffuser plate to the photocatalyst carrier with low illuminance. An effect can be obtained.

  The excitation light irradiation method of the present invention uses the above-described photocatalyst device according to the present invention, and irradiates the photocatalyst carrier with excitation light incident at high illuminance from the entrance through the diffuser plate at low illuminance. Can be used efficiently to obtain a high photocatalytic effect.

  In the method for decomposing an object to be decomposed by the photocatalyst of the present invention, the above-described photocatalytic device according to the present invention is prepared, the excitation light source is turned on, and the fluid containing the decomposition target substance in the space between the photocatalyst carrier and the diffusion plate The photocatalyst support is developed by irradiating the photocatalyst carrier with low illuminance with the excitation light incident at high illuminance from the entrance, and the excitation light is efficiently utilized by decomposing the decomposition target. High photocatalytic effect.

  In addition, the present invention provides a deodorizing device, an air purifying device, a water purifier, and a waste water purifying device that can obtain a high photocatalytic effect by efficiently using excitation light by including the above-described photocatalytic device according to the present invention. it can.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a photocatalytic device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a photocatalyst device, 2 is a photocatalyst device body, 3 is an excitation light source, 4 is a photocatalyst carrier, 5 is a diffusion plate, and 6 is an entrance.

  The photocatalyst device 1 of the present embodiment includes a corrugated plate (corrugated plate) -like photocatalyst carrier 4 and a diffusion plate 5 that diffuses light incident from one end by a diffusion factor provided on an arbitrary surface to leak light. The photocatalyst device main body 2 in which a plurality of layers are alternately stacked and stacked in a state in which a fluid containing a substance to be decomposed is passed, and one end of each diffusion plate 5 is bundled to form an entrance port 6; An excitation light source 3 is provided so that excitation light can enter the entrance 6 of the photocatalyst device main body 2. In the photocatalyst device 1 of the present embodiment, high-illuminance excitation light emitted from a high-output light source such as an LED is distributed by a diffusion plate 5 laminated in multiple layers, and a photocatalyst carrier with low illuminance from a large diffusion surface. 4 is irradiated.

The photocatalyst carrier 4 is produced by coating the surface of a corrugated substrate with a photocatalyst such as titanium oxide. As a photocatalyst carried on the corrugated substrate, titanium oxide (TiO ₂ ), tantalum oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, niobium oxide, vanadium oxide, barium titanate (BaTi ₄ O ₉ ), strontium titanate (SrTiO ₃ ), titanium Examples thereof include sodium oxide (Na ₂ Ti ₆ O ₁₃ ), zirconium dioxide, cadmium sulfide, α-Fe ₂ O ₃ , zinc oxide (ZnO), etc. Among them, titanium oxide is preferable. When a photocatalyst made of titanium oxide is applied, a commercially available photocatalyst coating liquid containing titanium oxide fine particles can be used, and the film thickness and the number of coatings may be formed according to predetermined conditions.

In this embodiment, a photocatalyst carrier 4 produced by coating a photocatalyst such as titanium oxide on the surface of a corrugated substrate is used. Although the photocatalyst device main body 2 is provided with a space through which a fluid containing a substance can pass, the structure of the photocatalyst device main body 2 is not limited to this example. The diffusion plate 5 can be stacked via an appropriate spacer to constitute the photocatalyst device main body 2 provided with a space through which fluid can pass.
Moreover, the material of the said corrugated base material is not limited, The board | substrate which shape-processed the thermoplastic resin sheet, the aluminum alloy plate, etc. on the corrugated sheet can be selected suitably, and can be used.

  The diffusion plate 5 can be made of a sheet of a material that can transmit ultraviolet rays, such as an acrylic resin, a fluororesin, and the light guided through the inside of the sheet can be arbitrarily set by providing a scattering factor in the sheet or on the surface. It is possible to scatter and leak light at a rate. As a scattering factor, a scattering factor can be obtained by adding fine particles having different refractive indexes into a sheet or providing unevenness with a sand blaster on a sheet surface. Uniform scattering and light leakage can be achieved as a whole by gradually increasing the concentration of the scattering factor with respect to the traveling direction of the light guided in the sheet.

One end side of the diffuser plate 5 extends beyond the photocatalyst carrier 4, the diffuser plates 5 are laminated at one end portion, and the entrance 6 which is the end surface is mirror-polished.
Further, when a fluid containing a substance to be decomposed is caused to flow through the photocatalyst device main body 2, the fluid enters the photocatalyst device main body 2 through the gap between the diffusion plates 5 as indicated by “IN” in FIG. 4 flows along the corrugated plate shape and exits from the other end side of the photocatalyst device main body 2 as indicated by “OUT” in FIG.

As the excitation light source 3, an LED array in which a plurality of LEDs are arranged is used. As described above, the LED has a long lifetime, high electro-optical conversion efficiency, and is compact. Moreover, a high photocatalytic effect can be acquired by using LED with high output and illumination intensity.
In the present invention, the excitation light source 3 is not limited to the LED, and other light sources such as a black light and a mercury lamp may be used.

  In the excitation light irradiation method of the present invention, the photocatalyst apparatus 1 as described above is used, and the excitation light incident at high illuminance from the incident port 6 is irradiated from the diffusion plate 5 onto the photocatalyst carrier 4 at low illuminance. It is said.

In the method for decomposing an object to be decomposed by the photocatalyst of the present invention, the photocatalyst device 1 as described above is prepared, the excitation light source 3 is turned on, and the substance to be decomposed is disposed in the space between the photocatalyst carrier 4 and the diffusion plate 5. The photocatalyst carrier 5 is irradiated with excitation light incident at a high illuminance from the entrance 6 at a low illuminance to develop a photocatalytic function, and a decomposition target is decomposed. .
Examples of the decomposition target include nitrogen oxides (Nox), aldehydes such as acetaldehyde, carboxylic acids such as acetic acid, malodorous components such as sulfur-containing compounds and nitrogen-containing compounds, environmental hormones, Legionella bacteria, and the like. .
Examples of the fluid containing the substance to be decomposed include indoor air, engine exhaust gas, factory smoke, drinking water, domestic wastewater, hot spring, pool water, and factory wastewater.

  Usually, the gas to be decomposed and the concentration of the decomposition target in the liquid are relatively lean. Therefore, the decomposition rate is limited by the diffusion of the decomposition target. In that case, even if the photocatalyst is excited using light with high illuminance, the ratio of recombined excited electrons and holes is high, and a part or most of the light amount is wasted. Therefore, if the excitation light is irradiated with a constant amount of light, it is considered advantageous to develop the photocatalytic function with a large area and a low illuminance rather than a high illuminance and a small area.

This was confirmed by model experiments. The experimental method will be explained. First, an aluminum plate coated with a photocatalyst using a commercially available photocatalyst coating solution is placed in a glass sealed container that transmits ultraviolet light, and a predetermined amount of acetaldehyde gas is injected into the sealed container with a syringe. The mixture was allowed to stand until adsorption equilibrium was reached. The injection amount was adjusted so that the concentration of acetaldehyde in the container in the equilibrium state was 10 ppm. Next, ultraviolet rays were irradiated from the outside of the glass container using black light, and the manner in which the acetaldehyde concentration in the container was lowered by the decomposition action of the photocatalyst was quantified using gas chromatography. A comparative experiment was performed by changing the illuminance and the area of the aluminum plate so that the amount of light was constant. The area of each aluminum plate was changed so that the illuminance was 0.05 to 0.5 mW / cm ² and the amount of light was 1.1 mW.

  In the comparison method, the time (min) after irradiation with ultraviolet rays is x, the acetaldehyde concentration (ppm) in the container measured at that time is y, and the graph is in the form of y = a × exp (−b × x). Fitting was performed. Here, a and b are constants. The photocatalytic effect was compared by defining b as a decomposition rate coefficient and comparing the magnitudes of the decomposition rate coefficients. As a result of the experiment, a graph in which the horizontal axis represents the reciprocal of illuminance and the vertical axis represents the decomposition rate coefficient is shown in FIG.

From the results shown in FIG. 2, at an acetaldehyde concentration of about 10 ppm, which is considered to be a normal deodorization and purification level, if the excitation light is irradiated with a constant light amount, a photocatalytic function is manifested in a high illumination, a low illumination rather than a small area, and a large area. It was found that it would be advantageous to do so. This effect is considered to be conspicuous under conditions where the deodorization and purification rate is controlled by the diffusion concentration of the decomposition target, that is, the concentration of the decomposition target such as a malodor causing substance is lower than 10 ppm as in a normal room or car. Conditions are also expected to be advantageous. As a result of the model experiment, it was found that the efficiency is improved at the illuminance of 0.3 mW / cm ² or less when the decomposition target is 10 ppm or less.

In the apparatus of the present invention, when irradiating the incident aperture at the end of the diffusion plate with the LED, assuming that the illumination intensity is uniform within the entrance aperture surface, and the light leakage illuminance from the diffusion surface is also uniform, the area of the entrance aperture of the diffusion plate The value obtained by multiplying the illuminance in the entrance surface by approximately the value obtained by multiplying the leakage light illuminance from the diffusion surface by the area of the diffusion surface. Therefore, if the thickness of the sheet constituting the diffusion plate is reduced to increase the area, it is possible to arbitrarily reduce the illuminance.
The method of decreasing the illuminance by separating the distance from the light source emission position to the light receiving position of the photocatalyst carrier is not preferable because the entire apparatus becomes large.

  The photocatalyst device 1 according to the present invention can be used for a deodorizing device, an air purifying device, a water purifier, a waste water purifying device, and the like. The deodorizing device, the air purifying device, the water purifier, and the drainage purifying device according to the present invention can obtain a high photocatalytic effect by efficiently using excitation light by including the above-described photocatalytic device.

[Example 1]
As shown in FIG. 3, the surface of the acrylic sheet having a thickness of 0.25 mm and an area of 400 cm ² that transmits ultraviolet rays was roughened by sandblasting. The length a of the acrylic sheet 5 is 400 mm, the width b is 100 mm, and the length c of the sandblasted portion 7 is 300 mm. When light having a wavelength of 365 nm was incident from one end of the sheet and the transmitted light of the acrylic sheet and the scattered light leakage from the sandblasted portion were measured, 98% of the incident light amount was leaked from the acrylic sheet surface (both sides).

Photocatalyst coating was performed on 100 aluminum plates having an area of 300 cm ^{2 with} a commercially available photocatalyst coating liquid, and 101 sheets of acrylic sheets subjected to sandblasting were alternately stacked and laminated. One end of the acrylic sheet was fixed with a base, and was sufficiently mirror-polished to form an entrance.

Five LEDs with a central wavelength of 380 nm and power consumption of 2.5 W were used as the light source, and they were evenly fixed at a distance of 5 mm from the entrance. When irradiation is performed in this state, the average illuminance is 20.6 mW / cm ² within the entrance surface, and a total of 520 mW is irradiated. When this is evenly illuminated from an area 300 × 101 × 2 (both sides) = 60600cm ^2, will be illuminated by 0.0086mW / cm ² to photocatalyst carrier (aluminum plate).

This photocatalyst device is put in a 20 L stainless steel sealed container, and after sealing this container, a predetermined concentration and a predetermined amount of acetaldehyde gas is introduced and left until reaching the adsorption equilibrium, and the acetaldehyde concentration inside the container is measured by gas chromatography. It was 9.0 ppm as measured by chromatography.
Thereafter, the LED was turned on, and acetaldehyde was decomposed by the photocatalytic effect. The change with time of the acetaldehyde concentration is shown in FIG. Compared to Comparative Example 1 described later, acetaldehyde could be decomposed in a short time.

[Comparative Example 1]
A photocatalyst coating was applied to one aluminum plate having an area of 300 cm ^{2 with} a commercially available photocatalyst coating solution.
Five LEDs with a central wavelength of 380 nm and power consumption of 2.5 W were used as the light source, and they were fixed uniformly at a distance of 100 mm from the aluminum plate coated with the photocatalyst. When irradiation is performed in this state, the average illuminance is 1.7 mW / cm ² on the surface of the aluminum plate, and a total of 520 mW is irradiated.

This photocatalyst device is put in a 20 L stainless steel sealed container, and after sealing this container, a predetermined concentration and a predetermined amount of acetaldehyde gas is introduced and left until reaching the adsorption equilibrium, and the acetaldehyde concentration inside the container is measured by gas chromatography. It was 9.0 ppm as measured by chromatography.
Thereafter, the LED was turned on, and acetaldehyde was decomposed by the photocatalytic effect. The change with time of the acetaldehyde concentration is shown in FIG. Comparative Example 1 was slower in decomposition rate than Example 1.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the photocatalyst apparatus of this invention. It is a graph showing the relationship between irradiation illumination intensity and a decomposition rate coefficient. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part structure of the photocatalyst apparatus produced in the Example. It is a result of an Example and is a graph which shows the relationship between an acetaldehyde density | concentration and time.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Photocatalyst apparatus, 2 ... Photocatalyst apparatus main body, 3 ... Excitation light source, 4 ... Photocatalyst carrier, 5 ... Diffusing plate, 6 ... Incident port, 7 ... Sand blast processing area | region.

Claims (12)

  A state in which a plate-like photocatalyst carrier and a diffusion plate that diffuses light incident from one end by a diffusion factor provided on an arbitrary surface and leaks light are provided with a space through which a fluid containing a decomposition target substance can pass. The photocatalyst device main body in which a plurality of layers are alternately stacked and stacked, and one end of each diffusion plate is bundled to form an entrance, and an excitation light source provided so that excitation light can enter the entrance of the photocatalyst device A photocatalytic device comprising:   2. The photocatalytic device according to claim 1, wherein the diffusion plate is made of an acrylic sheet, and the diffusion factor is unevenness formed by sandblasting on the surface of the sheet.   The photocatalyst device according to claim 1, wherein the diffusion plate is made of a fluororesin sheet, and the diffusion factor is resin particles having a higher refractive index than a sheet material mixed inside the sheet.   The photocatalyst apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the photocatalyst support is formed by coating the surface of a corrugated substrate with a photocatalyst.   An excitation light irradiation method using the photocatalyst device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and irradiating a photocatalyst carrier with excitation light incident at high illuminance from the entrance through a diffuser plate at low illuminance. . 6. The excitation light irradiation method according to claim 5, wherein the illuminance of light applied to the photocatalyst carrier from the diffusion plate is 0.3 mW / cm ² or less.   A photocatalyst device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is prepared, the excitation light source is turned on, a fluid containing a decomposition target substance is caused to flow in a space between the photocatalyst carrier and a diffusion plate, and the incident port is used. A method for decomposing an object to be decomposed using a photocatalyst, wherein the photocatalyst support is irradiated with excitation light incident at a high illuminance from a diffuser plate at a low illuminance to develop a photocatalytic function and decompose the object to be decomposed. The decomposition by photocatalyst according to claim 8, wherein the concentration of the decomposition target in the fluid is less than 10 ppm, and the illuminance of light irradiated from the diffusion plate to the photocatalyst carrier is 0.3 mW / cm ² or less. Object decomposition method.   A deodorizing device comprising the photocatalytic device according to claim 1.   An air cleaning device comprising the photocatalytic device according to claim 1.   The water purifier characterized by including the photocatalyst apparatus in any one of Claims 1-4. A wastewater purification apparatus comprising the photocatalyst apparatus according to claim 1.

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