Device for generation of pulsed corona discharge

Patent · Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1043912

Gutsol, Alexander F ^[1]; Fridman, Alexander ^[2]; Blank, Kenneth ^[3]; Korobtsev, Sergey ^[4]; Shiryaevsky, Valery ^[4]; Medvedev, Dmitry ^[4]

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1. San Ramon, CA
2. Marlton, NJ
3. Philadelphia, PA
4. Moscow, RU

The invention is a method and system for the generation of high voltage, pulsed, periodic corona discharges capable of being used in the presence of conductive liquid droplets. The method and system can be used, for example, in different devices for cleaning of gaseous or liquid media using pulsed corona discharge. Specially designed electrodes and an inductor increase the efficiency of the system, permit the plasma chemical oxidation of detrimental impurities, and increase the range of stable discharge operations in the presence of droplets of water or other conductive liquids in the discharge chamber.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC07-00ID13868; FG36-04GO14042
• Assignee: Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
• Patent Number(s): 8,173,075
• Application Number: US patent applicaiton 12/373,618
• OSTI ID: 1043912
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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