Desarrollo de una superficie de Fresnel tipo canal usando un LED de alta potencia para adaptarlo a un reactor fotoquímico

A channel-type Fresnel surface was designed using the polynomial interpolation adjustment method. The experimental arrangement was composed of a metal complex, a high power LED lighting source, a cooling system and a Fresnel concentrator. The tests were done in a dark chamber, placing the compound at an effective focal distance from the reflected rays of the concentrator, for a time. By exposing the sample to the LED irradiation, its changes were registered in a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, obtaining an absorbance graph vs wavelength, the changes observed in the transition bands in displacement and intensity of the blue region to the red of the spectrum, confirmed the efficiency and usefulness of the Fresnel-type concentrator in the development of the photochemical reactor. This photochemical reactor has an advantage over commercial reactors, because it uses samples of compounds in small solutions, is portable, it can be implemented in university and pharmaceutical laboratories. The results were favorable, a low energy consumption was obtained, and a reduction of time in the molecular reaction process of the analyzed compound.