PLASMATRON FUEL CONVERTER HAVING DECOUPLED AIR FLOW CONTROL

WIPO Patent Application WO2004094795

A3

A novel apparatus and method is disclosed for a plasmatron fuel converter ("plasmatron") that efficiently uses electrical energy to produce hydrogen rich gas. The plasmatron (10) has multiple decoupled gas flow apertures or channels (30, 40, 50, 60, 80) for performing multiple functions including fuel atomization, wall protection, plasma shaping, and downstream mixing. In one aspect, the invention is a plasmatron fuel converter comprising a first electrode (20) and a second electrode (24) separated from the first electrode by an electrical insulator (22) and disposed to create a gap with respect to the first electrode (20) so as to form a discharge region (26) adapted to receive a reactive mixture. A power supply (18) is connected to the first and second electrodes and adapted to provide voltage and current sufficient to generate a plasma discharge within the discharge region (26). Fluid flows are established in the vicinity of the plasma discharge region (26) by multiple decoupled flow establishing means.

RABINOVICH ALEXANDER (US)
ALEXEEV NICOLAI (RU)
BROMBERG LESLIE (US)
COHN DANIEL R (US)
SAMOKHIN ANDREI (RU)

PCT/US2004/008441

May 06, 2005

March 19, 2004

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MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY (US)
RABINOVICH ALEXANDER (US)
ALEXEEV NICOLAI (RU)
BROMBERG LESLIE (US)
COHN DANIEL R (US)
SAMOKHIN ANDREI (RU)

B01J19/08; B01J19/12; C01B3/34; C01B3/38; F02M25/12; H05H1/46; F02B; (IPC1-7): B01J19/08

US6322757B1	2001-11-27
US20030221949A1	2003-12-04

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