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| 20080199370 | Efficient infrared-based reaction vessel - The present invention provides an efficient infrared (IR) reaction vessel system that includes an infrared reaction vessel having an optical window into a reaction reservoir that absorbs minimal infrared energy, a male cap attached to the reaction vessel that allows precise positioning with respect to an infrared heat source, and at least one access tube passing through the cap. The infrared reaction vessel of the present invention further provides vacuum lines that also repulse ions and minimize evaporation loss and novel temperature control feedbacks such as the use of a proximally positioned resistive thermal device (RTD). | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080241016 | PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEM, PLASMA MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, PLASMA MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PLASMA CONTROL SYSTEM - A microwave plasma processing system | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080253942 | Method and Apparatus for Application of Electrostatic Charges to Compounds Held Within Containers - A method and apparatus for application of electrostatic charges to compounds to change the physical characteristics of the compounds. The compound is located within a container, that can be sealed or open, in proximity to an electrode so that there is capacitive coupling between the electrode and the compound. A high frequency, high voltage signal is applied to the electrode for a time sufficient to increase negative ions in the compound, thus changing its physical characteristics. The method can increase the pH and decreases oxidation-reduction potential. A grounded platform is provided for use with a non-conductive container, and the entire apparatus can be provided in a housing enclosure to permit safe application of electrical potential to the compound being treated. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090016941 | Electrode Device For Plasma Discharge - It is disclosed a plasma discharging electrode device generating non-equilibrium plasma for treating a gas. The device has a substrate comprising an integrated sintered ceramic body; an electrode embedded in said substrate; and a catalyst supported by said substrate and accelerating the reaction of the gas. The substrate has a surface portion whose porosity is higher than that of a portion in the vicinity of the electrode in the substrate. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090028761 | ADVANCED MULTI-WORKPIECE PROCESSING CHAMBER - An apparatus and method are described for processing workpieces in a treatment process. A multi-wafer chamber defines a chamber interior including at least two processing stations within the chamber interior such that the processing stations share the chamber interior. Each processing station includes a plasma source and a workpiece pedestal for exposing one of the workpieces to the treatment process using a respective plasma source. The chamber includes an arrangement of one or more electrically conductive surfaces that are asymmetrically disposed about the workpiece at each processing station in a way which produces a given level of uniformity of the treatment process on a major surface of each workpiece. A shield arrangement provides an enhanced uniformity of exposure of the workpiece to the respective one of the plasma sources that is greater than the given level of uniformity that would be provided in an absence of the shield arrangement. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090028762 | MICROCHANNEL STRUCTURE BODY - A fine channel device, having an inlet opening for introducing a gas and an inlet path interconnecting with this inlet opening, a fine channel interconnecting with the inlet path, a discharge path interconnecting with the fine channel, and a discharge opening interconnecting with this discharge path. The inner diameter of the inlet path is greater than that of the fine channel, and either increases gradually, or remains identical, with increasing distance from the position where the inlet opening and the inlet path are in interconnection with each other. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090047189 | AEROSOL CHARGE NEUTRALIZING DEVICE - An aerosol charge neutralizing device simple in structure and easy to maintain, comprising an aerosol passing container that has a conductive material-made tube body constituting an aerosol passing path permitting aerosol to flow therethrough and has an opening pair consisting of openings in pair disposed oppositely across the center line of the tube body and penetrating through the wall surface of the tube body, and insulation tube that has an insulation material-made tube, has a window pair consisting of windows in pair disposed oppositely across the center line of the tube and penetrating through the wall surface of the tube, and is fitted concentrically over the outer surface of the aerosol passing container with the windows coinciding with the openings, a bipolar ionizing element that has a discharge electrode on a dielectric film and is attached to the insulation tube with the windows closed and the discharge electrode exposed to the aerosol passing path, and an outer tube that includes air-tightly the insulation tube and the bipolar ionizing element between it and the aerosol passing container. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090060805 | Process and apparatus for hydrogen and carbon production via carbon aerosol-catalyzed dissociation of hydrocarbons - The present invention relates to a novel process for sustainable, continuous production of hydrogen and carbon by catalytic dissociation or decomposition of hydrocarbons at elevated temperatures using in-situ generated carbon particles. Carbon particles are produced by decomposition of carbonaceous materials in response to an energy input. The energy input can be provided by at least one of a non-oxidative and oxidative means. The non-oxidative means of the energy input includes a high temperature source, or different types of plasma, such as, thermal, non-thermal, microwave, corona discharge, glow discharge, dielectric barrier discharge, or radiation sources, such as, electron beam, gamma, ultraviolet (UV). The oxidative means of the energy input includes oxygen, air, ozone, nitrous oxide (NO | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090074632 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber for carrying out plasma processing inside, a top plate made of a dielectric material for sealing the upper side of this chamber, and an antenna section that serves as a high frequency supply for supplying high frequency waves into the chamber via this top plate. The top plate is provided with reflecting members inside thereof. The sidewalls of the reflecting members work as wave reflector for reflecting high frequency waves that propagate inside the top plate in the radius direction. Alternatively, no reflecting members may be provided in a manner in which the sidewalls of a recess of the top plate serve as a wave reflector means. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090136394 | SURFACE MODIFIED ELECTRODES FOR ER FLUIDS - The invention relates to modified electrodes for ER fluids prepared by adding a rough, wear-resisting, and low conductive modified layer on the surface of metallic electrodes. The material for the modified layer can be at least one from diamond, alumina, titanium dioxide, carborundum, titanium nitride, nylon, polytetrafluoroethylene, adhesive, and adhesive film. Through the addition of the modified layer, the adhesion of the ER fluid to electrodes is increased so that the shear stress measured near the plates is close to the intrinsic value, which makes the ER fluid applicable, while reducing the leakage current and increasing the breakdown voltage of the ER fluid equipment. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090155137 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PLASMA JET - The invention relates to an apparatus for producing a plasma jet, having at least one discharge tube through which a process gas flows. According to the invention, electrically conductive discharge protection is provided on at least one discharge tube. The advantages of the invention are, in particular, that parasitic discharges are suppressed, and the thermal loads on the individual components of the apparatus and of the substrate are reduced. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090162260 | Plasma reactor gas distribution plate with radially distributed path splitting manifold - In a showerhead assembly, a path splitting manifold comprises a gas supply inlet and a planar floor and plural gas outlets extending axially through the floor and azimuthally distributed about the floor. The path splitting manifold further comprises a plurality of channels comprising plural paths between the inlet and respective ones of the plural outlets. A gas distribution showerhead underlies the floor of the manifold and is open to the plural outlets. In certain embodiments, the plural paths are of equal lengths. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090162261 | Plasma reactor gas distribution plate having a vertically stacked path splitting manifold - In a gas distribution showerhead assembly, a circular path splitting manifold having an axis of symmetry comprises a gas supply inlet, an enclosure with plural gas outlets extending through the enclosure, and a plurality of channels stacked along the axis of symmetry, and comprising plural paths of equal lengths between the inlet and respective ones of the plural outlets. A showerhead open to the plural outlets comprises a showerhead floor and a plurality of gas injection holes extending axially through the floor of the showerhead. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090162262 | Plasma reactor gas distribution plate having path splitting manifold side-by-side with showerhead - A path splitting manifold of a showerhead assembly comprises a gas supply inlet and a side wall and plural gas outlets extending radially through the side wall. The path splitting manifold further comprises a plurality of channels comprising plural paths between the inlet and respective ones of the plural outlets. A showerhead is adjacent the side wall and is open to the plural outlets. In one embodiment, the paths are of equal lengths. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090162263 | ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE PLASMA REACTOR - An atmospheric-pressure plasma reactor comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and a power generation unit. The first electrode and the second electrode respectively have a first opening and a second opening corresponding to each other. Disposed inside the first electrode is a gas-in space, which communicates with the first opening. Moreover, the power generation unit is coupled to the first electrode to provide the first electrode with AC power. The second electrode is grounded. The plasma process by the atmospheric-pressure plasma reactor is capable of forming high-uniformity thin film on a substrate. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090196804 | PLASMA REACTOR - A plasma reactor includes a first tabular electrode, a plural second tabular electrodes that are disposed in parallel at given intervals perpendicularly to the first electrode, a honeycomb structure disposed between the first electrode and each of the plural second electrodes, and a pulse power supply that applies an electrical pulse between the first electrode and each of the plural second electrodes. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090208387 | PLASMA REACTOR AND PLASMA REACTION APPARATUS - A plasma reactor includes a plasma reaction section that includes a pair of tabular electrodes facing each other arranged with an opening and generates plasma in a discharge section between the pair of tabular electrodes upon application of a voltage between the pair of tabular electrodes so that a first gas that passes through the discharge section is made to undergo a reaction, each of the pair of tabular electrodes including a ceramic dielectric and a conductor buried in the ceramic dielectric, and a heat-supplying gas circulation section that is stacked adjacently to the plasma reaction section and is integrally formed with the plasma reaction section, the heat-supplying gas circulation section applying heat of a second gas that passes through to the plasma reaction section to promote the reaction of the first gas. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090214399 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus for processing a sample placed within a processing chamber in a vacuum reactor using plasma generated within the processing chamber, the apparatus comprising an atmospheric transfer chamber disposed on a front portion of the apparatus for transferring the sample under atmospheric pressure, a vacuum transfer chamber arranged on a rear side of the atmospheric transfer chamber for transferring the sample in the inner side of the chamber being vacuumed, a lock chamber disposed between and connecting the vacuum transfer chamber and the atmospheric transfer chamber, a plurality of vacuum processing units including vacuum reactors and arranged in the circumference of and connected to the vacuum transfer chamber, and a plurality of flow controllers arranged in a space below the vacuum transfer chamber or the lock chamber for controlling flow rates of a plurality of gases for processing the sample to be supplied respectively to the vacuum processing units. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090214400 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a plasma processing apparatus capable of generating a uniform plasma by preventing a nonuniformity of a current flow in a slot antenna. A dielectric plate is disposed to close a top opening of a plate cover and a slot antenna for generating plasma is disposed on the dielectric plate. By allowing an outer periphery of the slot antenna to make direct contact with an inner wall portion of the plate cover by using a conductive member having elasticity, when a microwave is supplied to slot antenna, it is possible to make an electrical resistance between the inner wall portion of the processing vessel and the outer periphery of the flat plate antenna substantially the same at any point in the entire circumference of the processing vessel, so that magnitude of the microwave current flowing in the slot antenna can be made approximately the same. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090214401 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - The invention provides a plasma processing method capable of reducing particle caused by flinging up of particles by airflow due to the pressure fluctuation in the processing chamber during the time the sample is carried into the processing chamber, subjected to plasma processing and carried out of the processing chamber. The invention provides a plasma processing method using a plasma processing apparatus comprising multiple plasma processing chambers for processing samples, a transfer chamber connected to the processing chambers for transferring samples, and a supply system for supplying gas which is the same gas as a transferring gas supplied to the transfer chamber to both the processing chambers and transfer chamber or to only the processing chambers, wherein the process comprises (b) a step of transferring the sample into the processing chamber with the transferring gas supplied to the processing chamber; (c) thereafter, generating plasma from the transferring gas supplied to the processing chamber while maintaining the supply of transferring gas to the processing chamber; (d) a step of switching the gas supplied to the processing chamber from transferring gas to processing gas while maintaining plasma by supplying processing gas continuously to the processing chamber; and (e) a step of subjecting the sample to plasma processing. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090238734 | SUSCEPTOR WITH ROLL-FORMED SURFACE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention generally provides apparatus for supporting a large area substrate in a plasma reactor. One embodiment, a substrate support for using in a plasma reactor includes an electrically conductive body has a top surface with a plurality of roll-formed indents. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090269256 | ELECTROSTATIC COALESCING DEVICE - An electrical appliance including at least one sheet-shaped electrode and a connecting device for electrically connecting the at least one electrode to a voltage source. The connecting device includes a casing having two or more tubular casing parts. Each casing part enclosing a channel filled with a dielectric medium, and an elongated conductor for feeding electric power from the voltage source to the at least one electrode. The conductor extends through the channels of the casing parts and is surrounded by the dielectric medium therein. The conductor extends through a hole in an electrically conductive member of each individual electrode. The conductor is electrically connected to the conductive members of the electrodes and each individual electrode has a part arranged between two of the casing parts with the two casing parts clamped against opposite sides of the intermediate electrode part. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090274590 | PLASMA REACTOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK HAVING A COAXIAL RF FEED AND MULTIZONE AC HEATER POWER TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE COAXIAL FEED - A workpiece support pedestal includes an insulating puck having a workpiece support surface, a conductive plate underlying the puck, the puck containing electrical utilities and thermal media channels, and an axially translatable coaxial RF path assembly underlying the conductive plate. The coaxial RF path assembly includes a center conductor, a grounded outer conductor and a tubular insulator separating the center and outer conductors, whereby the puck, plate and coaxial RF path assembly comprise a movable assembly whose axial movement is controlled by a lift servo. Plural conduits extend axially through the center conductor and are coupled to the thermal media utilities. Plural electrical conductors extend axially through the tubular insulator and are connected to the electrical utilities. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090274591 | APPARATUS FOR CATALYTIC THERMOPHYSICAL SCISSION OF LIQUID AMMONIA IN GASEOUS NITROGEN AND HYDROGEN - A compact apparatus for the thermophysical catalytic resolution of liquid ammonia (pressure 10 bar) to produce hydrogen and nitrogen at the gas state. The apparatus uses three reactors placed in cascade, the first two reactors carrying out a thermocatalytic resolution, and the third reactor being a microwave resonator. Hydrogen adapted to supply alkaline fuel cells is obtained after crossing a scrubber. The equipment on board of the vehicles allows the generation of electric energy for car drive with a yield of 12,000 kJ/kg NH | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090304562 | Radical Sterilization Apparatus - [Problems] To provide a radical sterilization apparatus which can generate hydroxy (OH) radical and oxygen (O) radical at a high density to thereby surely and economically sterilize a subject to be treated. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090317310 | FUEL INJECTOR UTILIZING NON-THERMAL PLASMA ACTIVATION - A non-thermal plasma assisted combustion fuel injector that uses an inner and outer electrode to create an electric field from a high voltage power supply. A dielectric material is operatively disposed between the two electrodes to prevent arcing and to promote the formation of a non-thermal plasma. A fuel injector, which converts a liquid fuel into a dispersed mist, vapor, or aerosolized fuel, injects into the non-thermal plasma generating energetic electrons and other highly reactive chemical species. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090324456 | Linear allignment chamber for carbon dioxide large volume disposal - An invention for linear orientation of electron depleted ionic gaseous streams required for outer shell covalent bonding of carbon dioxide molecular particles and clarified nitrogen gas removed from the combustion products of coal fired furnaces using calcium metal components of electrolytic fuel cell alkaline spent electrolyte or other sources in the intermediate synthesis of calcium cyanamide and in subsequent process synthesis for ammonia and a large variety of cyanagenic chemicals. A new method of generating actinic radiation in the terahertz frequency range is presented. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100028222 | Catalytic conditioner for fuel - A catalytic fuel conditioner has an insulated conveyance ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100074808 | Plasma generating system - The present invention provides a plasma generating system that includes a nozzle and a gas flow tube. The nozzle includes a housing having a cavity formed therein, where the cavity forms a gas flow passageway, and a rod-shaped conductor disposed in the cavity and operative to transmit microwave energy along the surface thereof so that the microwave energy excites gas flowing through the cavity. The gas flow tube is disposed in a chamber containing an excitation energy and having an inlet disposed at a downstream end of the gas flow passageway so that the gas exiting the cavity flows through the gas flow tube and is excited by the excitation energy. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100074809 | PLASMA ENERGY CONVERTER AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC REACTOR USED FOR PRODUCING SAID CONVERTER - A plasma energy converter and an electromagnetic reactor used for producing said converter are claimed. The invention relates to methods and devices of plasma physics, in particular to systems used for the electromagnetically confining a high-energy plasma in such a way that the conditions for carrying out high-temperature reactions, including a controlled nuclear fusion reaction, are formed. The invention comprises a working chamber provided with a working medium which is placed in the field of an electromagnetic system for confining and heating a plasma. Said system consists of at least two electromagnetic vortex reactors having opposite charges and mutually oppositely oriented spins, the vortex fields of which are located in the working chamber. The reactors comprise a working chamber and a system for initiating the plasma state of the working medium. Said system for initiating the plasma state of the working medium comprises the concentrator of a microwave vortex electromagnetic field, the axis of which coincides with the axis of the reactor vortex field. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100098600 | PLASMA SYSTEM - A plasma system for generating a plasma is generated. The plasma system includes a tube, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The tube has a plasma jet opening, a first end surface and a second end surface. The plasma jet opening penetrates the wall of the tube. The plasma passes through the plasma jet opening and is emitted to the outside of the tube. The positive electrode has a side surface facing and adjacent to the tube. The negative electrode is separated from the positive electrode by a first predetermined distance. The negative electrode has a negative electrode side surface facing and adjacent to the tube. The first positive electrode and the first negative electrode are disposed between the first end surface and the second end surface, and a portion of the plasma jet opening is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100104484 | Hydrogen mixed gas supplying apparatus - A hydrogen mixed gas supplying apparatus, consists of: a lead flow pipe, an atomizer, a liquid storage tank and a plasma heater; wherein, the lower end of lead flow pipe is linked to the liquid storage tank through a tube such that the methanol mixed liquid stored in the liquid storage tank is lead into the lead flow pipe; at the bottom end of lead flow pipe is the atomizer that atomizes the methanol mixed liquid into mixed liquid micro particles having average diameter not over 2 μm; lead air from one end of the lead flow pipe pushes the mixed liquid micro particles to plasma heater that dissolved the mixed liquid micro particles into hydrogen ions, hydroxide ions and the corresponding free radicals;and finally, the mixed gas of low temperature hydrogen gas, carbon monoxide, methane, carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas is then generated. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100135867 | Plasma Generator and Reaction Apparatus - Provided is a plasma generator which can eliminate breakage due to thermal stress without deteriorating plasma generating efficiency. A plasma generator | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100135868 | SOFT X-RAY PHOTOIONIZATION CHARGER - A soft X-ray photoionization charger includes a housing having a chamber and an aperture formed on one side surface of the housing and joined to the chamber. The chamber forms a flow path of an aerosol containing particles. A photoionizer is fixed to the aperture of the housing. The photoionizer includes a head for irradiating soft X-rays into the chamber to neutralize the particles. A transparent window is mounted between the chamber and the head. The transparent window is made of a material permitting passage of the soft X-rays. The photoionization charger further includes a soft support ring arranged around the transparent window and tightly fitted to the aperture. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100172808 | ION GENERATOR - An ion generator can generate clean ionized gas, in which no foreign matters are mixed, and apply the same to a treated object. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100215554 | System and process for upgrading heavy hydrocarbons - A system and process for upgrading hydrocarbons such as heavy oils includes a high temperature plasma reactor apparatus, in one or more vessels, into which the oils are introduced along with water, such as steam, to produce lighter hydrocarbon fractions, along with carbon monoxide and hydrogen, that flows to an additional stage where more hydrocarbons and water are introduced for further fractionating reactions facilitated by reaction of carbon monoxide and water to produce carbon dioxide and nascent, or prompt, free radicals of hydrogen. Heavy hydrocarbons upgraded can include heavy oils in the form of tar sands, oil shale, and oil residuals. The vessel or vessels can each contain a carbonaceous bed facilitating the described reactions and example embodiments include one vessel with the reactions performed in a single bed and, also, two vessels with the reactions performed in a carbonaceous bed portion in each vessel. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100239472 | REACTOR | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100247402 | REACTOR - A reactor includes a reaction vessel having an inlet for to-be-reformed gas and an outlet for reformed gas, a pair of electrodes for plasma generation, disposed in the internal space of the reactor vessel so as to face each other, a power source for applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes, and a catalyst for promoting the reforming reaction of to-be-reformed gas, wherein one of the pair of electrodes is a linear electrode, the other of the pair of electrodes is a honeycomb electrode made of a conductive ceramics, the catalyst is loaded on the partition walls of the honeycomb electrode, and the ratio of the maximum outer diameter d | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100296978 | MICROCHANNEL LASER HAVING MICROPLASMA GAIN MEDIA - The invention provides microchannel lasers having a microplasma gain medium. Lasers of the invention can be formed in semiconductor materials, and can also be formed in polymer materials. In a microlaser of the invention, high density plasmas are produced in microchannels. The microplasma acts as a gain medium with the electrodes sustaining the plasma in the microchannel. Reflectors are used with the microchannel for obtaining optical feedback to obtain lasing in the microplasma gain medium in devices of the invention for a wide range of atomic and molecular species. Several atomic and molecular gain media will produce sufficiently high gain coefficients that reflectors (mirrors) are not necessary. Microlasers of the invention are based on microplasma generation in channels of various geometries. Preferred embodiment microlaser designs can be fabricated in semiconductor materials, such as Si wafers, by standard photolithographic techniques, or in polymers by replica molding. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296979 | PLASMA GENERATOR - To provide a plasma generator having plasma-generating zone of increased volume. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100310434 | Distributed Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor - A plasma reactor consisting of a plurality of elements placed between two or more plasma generating electrodes is presented. Said elements consisting of surfaces, conducting, and/or dielectric which allow for the dielectric isolation of the electrodes from each other and creating a plurality of dielectrically isolated spaces for plasma generation. This plasma reactor achieves a high surface area, with low capacitance allowing simplified construction and is suitable for high frequency operation. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100329939 | Gas isolation valve - Provided is a gas isolation valve which separates reactive materials, principally gases, contained in a high temperature reactor from the surrounding atmosphere. The valve is of modular construction with each module having a gas providing section and a gas removal section. Any number of modules can be provided in series. A central chamber, open at each end gives unimpeded access to the high temperature reactor. It is through the central chamber that the product of the reactor is removed and harvested. In the case of Ilas invention the product is carbon nanotubes. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329940 | PLASMA REACTOR - A plasma reactor includes a reaction container having an inlet | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110165030 | INTERNAL RESISTIVE HEATING OF CATALYST BED FOR MONOPROPELLANT CATALYST - Catalyst beds for monopropellant propulsion systems are heated by resistance heating through a conductive material that is incorporated in the catalyst bed and a pair of electrodes on opposite sides of the bed. Imposition of a voltage across the electrodes to heat the bed is performed at will without consumption of any heating components, and heating of the bed is achieved rapidly and uniformly across the entire bed. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110189057 | Dielectric Barrier Discharge Cell with Hermetically Sealed Electrodes and Automatic Washing of Electrodes During Operation of the Cell - A Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Generation Cell (DBDPGC) includes a plurality of hot electrodes interspersed with a plurality of ground electrodes whereby a power supply connected between the hot and ground electrodes creates a non-thermal plasma between the electrodes. The hot electrodes are hermetically sealed. A cleaning solution is applied to the electrodes to wash gas stream contaminants and/or reaction by products off the electrodes at times during operation of the cell when desired to clean the electrodes to maintain cell efficiency. A catalyst solution can be applied to the electrodes after cleaning. Where a plurality of cells are electrically connected in parallel, shorts in a cell can be detected by sensing the difference in currents feed to each of the plurality of cells. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110206566 | SYNGAS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - Syngas components hydrogen and carbon monoxide may be formed by the decomposition of carbon dioxide and water or steam by a solid-oxide electrolysis cell to form carbon monoxide and hydrogen, a portion of which may be reacted with carbon dioxide to form carbon monoxide. One or more of the components for the process, such as steam, energy, or electricity, may be provided using a nuclear power source. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110229377 | Apparatus for Removal of Surface Oxides via Fluxless Technique Involving Electron Attachment and Remote Ion Generation - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the dry fluxing of at least one component and/or solder surface via electron attachment. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for removing oxides from the surface of a component comprising: providing a component on a substrate wherein the substrate is grounded or has a positive electrical potential to form a target assembly; passing a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas through an ion generator comprising a first and a second electrode; supplying an amount of voltage to at least one of the first and second electrodes sufficient to generate electrons wherein the electrons attach to at least a portion of the reducing gas and form a negatively charged reducing gas; and contacting the target assembly with the negatively charged reducing gas to reduce the oxides on the component. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110243802 | SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN - The present invention relates to a flexible modular system for the production of hydrogen from organic material, which system comprises at least one loading device or loading module, at least one gasification module comprising at least one plasma generator, which is powered with an alternating current, a gas cooling module comprising a cooling device, at least one gas cleaning module comprising at least one gas cleaning device, and at least one water-gas-shift and hydrogen separation module. Each of the modules is constructed as a standard container having a standard size and which modules are connected to each other by means of an interface which comprises a coupler and connections for a gas, electric power, and communication. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110250100 | RECYLING AND REBURNING CARBON DIOXIDE IN AN ENERGY EFFICIENT WAY - A system for converting carbon dioxide into a fuel to be re-burned in an industrial process. The preferred feed stocks are taken from large volume carbon dioxide producers, and municipal waste. The reaction and processes reclaim lost energy in municipal waste, and industrial exhaust gas. The system is provided with a plasma melter having a feedstock input for receiving a feed fuel, and a syngas output for producing a syngas having an H | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110268619 | PLATINUM MICROPARTICLES GENERATOR - A platinum microparticles generator comprises a linear first electrode, a board-shaped second electrode, and an applying means. The first electrode contains at least platinum. The second electrode comprises an outlet opening, which is a circular through-hole, located so as to face one end of the first electrode. The applying means applies a voltage between the first and second electrodes. Then, the first electrode has an outside diameter in a range of 0.03 [mm] to 0.10 [mm]. Further, the outlet opening has an inside diameter in a range of 1.0 [mm] to 4.5 [mm]. Thus, the platinum microparticles generator can emit a sufficient amount of platinum microparticles while restraining generation of ozone. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110286892 | ELECTRO-KINETIC AIR MOVER WITH UPSTREAM FOCUS ELECTRODE SURFACES - An electro-kinetic air mover for creating an airflow using no moving parts. The electro-kinetic air mover includes an ion generator that has an electrode assembly including a first array of emitter electrodes, a second array of collector electrodes, and a high voltage generator. Preferably, a third or leading or focus electrode is located upstream of the first array of emitter electrodes, and/or a trailing electrode is located downstream of the second array of collector electrodes. The device can also include an interstitial electrode located between collector electrodes, an enhanced collector electrode with an integrally formed trailing end, and an enhanced emitter electrode with an enhanced length in order to increase emissivity. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120020845 | Plasma apparatus for termination of radioactive and other wasters - The apparatus is proposed for termination of radioactive and other wastes particularly for physical processing of radioactive waste with simultaneous production of hydrogen, oxygen, and electric energy. It includes an ion divider, a plasma chamber communicated with the ion divider, a controllable hydrogen-oxygen dispenser introducing hydrogen and oxygen into the plasma chamber, transformer pipe coils, a transformer chamber surrounded by the transformer coils, the transformer chamber communicated with the plasma chamber, equipment for supplying water and steam into the transformer coils, cooling equipment for receiving ionized steam from the transformer coils and cooling the steam, a sprayer receiving the ionized steam from the cooling equipment and introducing the steam into the ion divider; and dispenser equipment for introducing radio-active wastes and/or worked-out rocket fuels into the transformer chamber, wherein the radio-active wastes and/or worked-out rocket fuels are terminated. Supplemental equipment is also illustrated and described. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120058021 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING GASEOUS OR VAPOROUS STERILANTS FROM A SURFACE - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing chemical sterilant molecules from a medium, such as a carrier gas. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing that defines an internal cavity. The housing has an inlet and an outlet fluidly communicating with the internal cavity. An electrode is dimensioned to be received in the internal cavity of the housing. The electrode is made of a material that is chemically active with respect to molecules of a chemical sterilant and conductive to electricity. The electrode is connected to a source of an electrical charge such that an electrical field gradient is formed in a region of space surrounding the electrode. The electrical field gradient is operable to force the chemical sterilant molecule toward the electrode. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120070347 | Carbon Conversion System with Integrated Processing Zones - A Carbon Conversion System having four functional units, each unit comprising one or more zones, wherein the units are integrated to optimize the overall conversion of carbonaceous feedstock into syngas and slag. The processes that occur within each zone of the system can be optimized, for example, by the configuration of each of the units and by managing the conditions that occur within each zone using an integrated control system. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120087841 | CONTAINER WITH A PLURALITY OF REACTION SPACES AND ELECTRODES - The invention relates to a container ( | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120141332 | VORTEX REACTOR AND METHOD OF USING IT - A vortex reactor is provided. The vortex reactor includes a substantially cylindrical shaped portion forming a reaction chamber therein, wherein said substantially cylindrical shaped portion forms a first charged electrode; a circumferential flow apparatus fluidly connected to the reaction chamber for creating a circumferential fluid flow; a second charged electrode; and an outlet for releasing said circumferential fluid flow. Also provided are methods of processing particulate solids using the vortex reactor of the invention. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120164033 | SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING SILANE - Methods and systems for producing silane that use electrolysis to regenerate reactive components therein are disclosed. The methods and systems may be substantially closed-loop with respect to halogen, an alkali or alkaline earth metal and/or hydrogen. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120195804 | REACTOR AND PLANT FOR THE CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF HIGH-PURITY SILICON TETRACHLORIDE OR HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM TETRACHLORIDE - A reactor and a plant containing the reactor for conducting a continuous, industrial process for preparing high-purity silicon tetrachloride or high-purity germanium tetrachloride is provided. The plant contains a plasma reactor having a dielectric, a high voltage electrode and an earthed, metallic heat exchanger, in which the longitudinal axes of the dielectric, of the high-voltage electrode and of the earthed, metallic heat exchanger are oriented parallel to one another and at the same time parallel to the force vector of gravity. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120258016 | IGNITION OR PLASMA GENERATION APPARATUS - There is provided an ignition or plasma generation apparatus that eliminates the need for resonance means in a combustion chamber and simplifies the electrode structure within the combustion chamber in an instance where energy from each of a spark discharge and microwaves is used to ignite an air-fuel mixture gas in an internal combustion engine. The ignition or plasma generation apparatus includes a mixing circuit for mixing a high-voltage pulse from a high-voltage pulse generator and microwave energy from a microwave generator; and an ignition plug into which an output from the mixing circuit is supplied, the plug used for introducing the output into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The output supplied from the mixing circuit to the ignition plug is supplied in a manner in which the microwave energy and the high-voltage pulse are superimposed on each other on a same transmission line. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130230435 | Electrochemical Co-Production of a Glycol and an Alkene Employing Recycled Halide - The present disclosure is a method and system for electrochemically co-producing a first product and a second product. The system may include a first electrochemical cell, a first reactor, a second electrochemical cell, at least one second reactor, and at least one third reactor. The method and system for for co-producing a first product and a second product may include co-producing a glycol and an alkene employing a recycled halide. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130259762 | Devulcanization of Rubber and Other Elastomers - A devulcanization apparatus for devulcanizing a plurality of cross-linked elastomer particles. The apparatus includes a first conveyor functioning as a high voltage electrode and a second conveyor functioning as a ground electrode. A generator is operable to apply an alternating electric field between the first and second conveyors. A devulcanization region is provided between the first and second conveyors in which the cross-linked elastomer particles are placed. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130272929 | SANITIZATION STATION USING PLASMA ACTIVATED FLUID - A sanitization station including a fluid source and one or more plasma generators for generating non-thermal plasma is disclosed. One or more nozzles spray a mist or stream of fluid through plasma generated by the one or more plasma generators to activate the fluid. The fluid is then used to sterilize an object. Another sanitization station includes a chamber for holding a fluid and a plasma generator in fluid communication with the chamber for generating plasma. A circulating source moves the fluid in the chamber past plasma generated by the plasma generator to activate the fluid and one or more spray nozzles coat the surface of an object with fluid that is activated by plasma. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130302215 | COMBINATION DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE REACTOR - A combination dielectric barrier discharge reactor includes a rectangular or cylindrical electrically insulative housing and a plurality of reactor units arranged in a parallel or series manner in the housing in a rectangular or circular array. Each reactor unit includes a hollow cylindrical electrode and a rod electrode extending along the longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical electrode and a DC working voltage 6 kv-500 kv applied to each reactor unit between the respective hollow cylindrical electrode and the respective rod electrode. The combination dielectric barrier discharge reactor is a modularized structure constructed subject to actual requirements, practical for decomposing waste lubricating oil, insulation oil, milling oil and smokes discharged from a kitchen, smoking room, motor vehicle or machine. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130323132 | RENEWABLE BLENDED NATURAL GAS AND ROCK WOOL PRODUCTION FROM A PLASMA-BASED SYSTEM - A method and system for augmenting the heat energy of a plasma torch in a gassifier using chemical energy, including the steps of injecting a fuel in the proximity of a plasma torch inside the gassifier chamber; and injecting an oxidant in the proximity of a plasma torch inside the gassifier chamber. As apparatus, an enhanced plasma gassifier arrangement is of the type that has a gassifier chamber having an electrically operated plasma torch for issuing a plasma discharge into the gassifier chamber. A fuel injection arrangement is disposed to surround the electrically operated plasma torch for injecting a fuel and an oxidant into the gassifier chamber. A natural gas inlet delivers natural gas into the gassifier chamber, thereby enhancing the temperature within the gassifier chamber. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140030162 | COLD PLASMA STERILIZATION DEVICE - A cold plasma device for large area decontamination that can function as a scrub brush to sterilize surfaces and areas that are otherwise difficult, time consuming and/or may cause exposure hazards under convention sterilization methods. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140044604 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON MONOXIDE PRODUCTION - A method and apparatus for producing a carbon monoxide containing product in which cathode and anode sides of an electrically driven oxygen separation device are contacted with carbon dioxide and a reducing agent, respectively. The carbon dioxide is reduced to carbon monoxide through ionization of oxygen and the reducing agent lowers the partial pressure of oxygen at the anode side to partially drive oxygen ion transport within the device through the consumption of the oxygen and to supply heat. The lowering of oxygen partial pressure reduces voltage and therefore, electrical power required to be applied to the device and the heat is supplied to heat the device to an operational temperature and to the reduction of the carbon dioxide occurring at the cathode side. The device can be used as part of an integrated apparatus in which the carbon dioxide is supplied from a waste stream of a process plant. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140248191 | REACTOR ASSEMBLY FOR IMPROVING REACTION BETWEEN TWO IMMISCIBLE PHASES FOR METAL REDUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS - A reactor assembly ( | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140328727 | JOHNSON AMBIENT-HEAT ENGINE - An ambient-heat engine has a substantially thermally-conductive housing whose interior is divided into a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber by a substantially gas-impermeable barrier. An ionically-conductive, electrical-energy-generating mechanism forms at least a portion of the barrier. First hydrogen-storage medium is disposed within the high-pressure chamber and second hydrogen-storage medium is disposed within the low-pressure chamber. An electrical-energy storage device connected to the ionically-conductive, electrical-energy-generating mechanism is operable between a charge condition and a discharge condition. In a charge condition, hydrogen atoms within the high-pressure chamber are converted to hydrogen ions and conducted through the electrical-energy-generating mechanism to the low-pressure chamber causing electrical-energy to be generated to the electrical-energy storage device. When the electrical-energy storage device is in a discharge condition an electric current is passed through the electrical-energy-generating mechanism causing hydrogen in the low-pressure chamber to convert to hydrogen ions and conduct through the electrical-energy-generating mechanism to the high-pressure chamber. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150023846 | Hydrogen Generator - A hydrogen generator and a fuel cell system including a fuel cell battery and the hydrogen generator. The hydrogen generator includes a cartridge, a housing with a cavity to removably contain the cartridge, and an initiation system. The cartridge includes a casing; a plurality of pellets including a hydrogen containing material; a plurality of solid heat transfer members in contact with but not penetrating the casing; a hydrogen outlet in the casing; and a hydrogen flow path from each pellet to the hydrogen outlet. A plurality of heating elements is disposed inside the housing. When the cartridge is in the cavity, each heating element is disposed so heat can be conducted from the heating element and through the casing and corresponding heat transfer member to initiate the release of hydrogen gas. The initiation system can selectively heat one or more pellets to release hydrogen gas as needed. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150044105 | PLASMA CHEMICAL DEVICE FOR CONVERSION OF HYDROCARBON GASES TO LIQUID FUEL - A system with a non-thermal, repetitively-pulsed gliding discharge reactor for converting gaseous hydrocarbons into liquid fuels efficiently. The system optionally contains a gas separator for removing non-hydrocarbon components from the gaseous hydrocarbon feed to improve efficiency of the system. The system may optionally reclaim hydrogen gas from the product gas for storage, transportation or power generation. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150098871 | POLYSILICON MANUFACTURING DEVICE - The present disclosure in an exemplary embodiment relates to an apparatus for manufacturing polysilicon. The apparatus for manufacturing polysilicon comprises a base plate; a container body coupled to the base plate; at least one rod; a reaction gas source and a power supply. The at least one rod is configured to have legs respectively connected with three electrodes installed on the base plate and to be disposed in the container body. The reaction gas source is configured to communicate with the container body for supplying a reaction gas into the container body. The power supply is configured to connect with the electrodes for supplying an electric current to energize the rod to generate heat. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150139863 | LIQUID TREATMENT APPARATUS - A liquid treatment apparatus includes a dielectric tube through which a liquid flows, a first electrode, at least one end of which is disposed in the dielectric tube, a second electrode, at least one end of which is disposed in the dielectric tube, and a power supply for applying a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the dielectric tube has a protrusion projecting outwardly from an inside of the dielectric tube, an inner wall face of the protrusion facing the first electrode. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150360141 | INDUCTION HEATER SYSTEM FOR A FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR - A system for the production of a polycrystalline silicon product is disclosed. The system includes a reaction chamber, a susceptor, an induction unit, and a plurality of energy sources. The reaction chamber has a reactor wall, and the susceptor encircles the reactor wall. The induction heater surrounds the susceptor, and has multiple induction coils for producing heat in the susceptor. The coils are grouped into a plurality of zones. The plurality of energy sources supply electric current to the coils. Each energy source is connected with the coils of at least one zone. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160030910 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT PARTICLE PRODUCTION USING A PLASMA SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a nanoparticle production system and methods of using the system. The nanoparticle production system includes a plasma gun including a male electrode, a female electrodes and a working gas supply configured to deliver a working gas in a vortexing helical flow direction across a plasma generation region. The system also includes a continuous feed system, a quench chamber, a cooling conduit that includes a laminar flow disruptor, a system overpressure module, and a conditioning fluid purification and recirculation system. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160039675 | NITROUS ACID GENERATOR - A nitrous acid generator includes a treatment vessel having an inner space being capable of holding a liquid; a gas supplier supplying a gas to the inner space such that the gas forms a bubble in the liquid, the gas containing oxygen and nitrogen; a plasma generator including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a power supply for applying a voltage therebetween, the plasma generator generating plasma in the bubble, the plasma producing nitrogen oxide including nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide; a gas-liquid contact member to which the nitrogen oxide and the liquid are introduced from the treatment vessel, the gas-liquid contact member causing the nitrogen oxide to be dissolved in the liquid while the nitrogen oxide and the liquid pass through the gas-liquid contact member; and a cooler cooling the nitrogen oxide and the liquid while the nitrogen oxide and the liquid pass through the gas-liquid contact member. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160051961 | METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING A HYDROGEN GENERATING SYSTEM - A method of and apparatus for optimizing a hydrogen producing system is provided. The method of optimizing the hydrogen producing system comprises producing hydrogen gas using a hydrogen producing formulation and removing a chemical substance that reduces the hydrogen gas producing efficiency. Further, the hydrogen producing system comprises a hydrogen producing catalyst, a hydrogen generating voltage applied to the hydrogen producing catalyst to generate hydrogen gas, and a catalyst regenerating device to regenerate the hydrogen producing catalyst to a chemical state capable of generating the hydrogen gas when a hydrogen generating voltage is applied. | 02-25-2016 |
