Low current plasmatron fuel converter having enlarged volume discharges
Abstract
A novel apparatus and method is disclosed for a plasmatron fuel converter (""plasmatron"") that efficiently uses electrical energy to produce hydrogen rich gas. The volume and shape of the plasma discharge is controlled by a fluid flow established in a plasma discharge volume. A plasmatron according to this invention produces a substantially large effective plasma discharge volume allowing for substantially greater volumetric efficiency in the initiation of chemical reactions within a volume of bulk fluid reactant flowing through the plasmatron.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1175323
- Patent Number(s):
- 6881386
- Application Number:
- 10/158,615
- Assignee:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02M - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-99EE50565
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN
Citation Formats
Rabinovich, Alexander, Alexeev, Nikolai, Bromberg, Leslie, Cohn, Daniel R., and Samokhin, Andrei. Low current plasmatron fuel converter having enlarged volume discharges. United States: N. p., 2005.
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Rabinovich, Alexander, Alexeev, Nikolai, Bromberg, Leslie, Cohn, Daniel R., & Samokhin, Andrei. Low current plasmatron fuel converter having enlarged volume discharges. United States.
Rabinovich, Alexander, Alexeev, Nikolai, Bromberg, Leslie, Cohn, Daniel R., and Samokhin, Andrei. Tue .
"Low current plasmatron fuel converter having enlarged volume discharges". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175323.
@article{osti_1175323,
title = {Low current plasmatron fuel converter having enlarged volume discharges},
author = {Rabinovich, Alexander and Alexeev, Nikolai and Bromberg, Leslie and Cohn, Daniel R. and Samokhin, Andrei},
abstractNote = {A novel apparatus and method is disclosed for a plasmatron fuel converter (""plasmatron"") that efficiently uses electrical energy to produce hydrogen rich gas. The volume and shape of the plasma discharge is controlled by a fluid flow established in a plasma discharge volume. A plasmatron according to this invention produces a substantially large effective plasma discharge volume allowing for substantially greater volumetric efficiency in the initiation of chemical reactions within a volume of bulk fluid reactant flowing through the plasmatron.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2005},
month = {4}
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