Solid oxide high temperature electrolysis glow discharge cell
    57.
    发明授权
    Solid oxide high temperature electrolysis glow discharge cell 有权
    固体氧化物高温电解辉光放电电池

    公开(公告)号:US08278810B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-02

    申请号:US12371575

    申请日:2009-02-13

    申请人: Todd Foret

    发明人: Todd Foret

    IPC分类号: H01J17/26

    摘要: The present invention provides a glow discharge cell comprising an electrically conductive cylindrical vessel having a first end and a second end, and at least one inlet and one outlet; a hollow electrode aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel and extending at least from the first end to the second end of the cylindrical vessel, wherein the hollow electrode has an inlet and an outlet; a first insulator that seals the first end of the cylindrical vessel around the hollow electrode and maintains a substantially equidistant gap between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode; a second insulator that seals the second end of the cylindrical vessel around the hollow electrode and maintains the substantially equidistant gap between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode; a non-conductive granular material disposed within the gap, wherein the non-conductive granular material (a) allows an electrically conductive fluid to flow between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode, and (b) prevents electrical arcing between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode during a electric glow discharge; and wherein the electric glow discharge is created whenever: (a) the glow discharge cell is connected to an electrical power source such that the cylindrical vessel is an anode and the hollow electrode is a cathode, and (b) the electrically conductive fluid is introduced into the gap.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种辉光放电单元,其包括具有第一端和第二端以及至少一个入口和一个出口的导电圆柱形容器; 与所述圆柱形容器的纵向轴线对准并且至少从所述圆柱形容器的第一端延伸到所述第二端的中空电极,其中所述中空电极具有入口和出口; 第一绝缘体,其围绕中空电极密封圆柱形容器的第一端并且在圆柱形容器和中空电极之间保持基本上等距的间隙; 第二绝缘体,其围绕中空电极密封圆柱形容器的第二端并且保持圆柱形容器和中空电极之间的基本上等距的间隙; 设置在所述间隙内的非导电性粒状材料,其中所述非导电粒状材料(a)允许导电流体在所述圆柱形容器和所述中空电极之间流动,以及(b)防止所述圆柱形容器和所述中空电极之间的电弧 中空电极在电辉光放电期间; 并且其中,每当以下情况下产生电辉光放电:(a)辉光放电单元连接到电源,使得圆柱形容器为阳极,中空电极为阴极,(b)引入导电流体 进入差距。

    System, Method and Apparatus for Lean Combustion with Plasma from an Electrical Arc
    60.
    发明申请
    System, Method and Apparatus for Lean Combustion with Plasma from an Electrical Arc 有权
    用于从电弧等离子体的精细燃烧的系统,方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120036829A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-16

    申请号:US13282260

    申请日:2011-10-26

    申请人: Todd Foret

    发明人: Todd Foret

    IPC分类号: F02K9/78 F02C7/264

    摘要: The present invention provides a plasma arc torch that can be used for lean combustion. The plasma arc torch includes a cylindrical vessel, an electrode housing connected to the first end of the cylindrical vessel such that a first electrode is (a) aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, and (b) extends into the cylindrical vessel, a linear actuator connected to the first electrode to adjust a position of the first electrode, a hollow electrode nozzle connected to the second end of the cylindrical vessel such that the center line of the hollow electrode nozzle is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, and wherein the tangential inlet and the tangential outlet create a vortex within the cylindrical vessel, and the first electrode and the hollow electrode nozzle create a plasma that discharges through the hollow electrode nozzle.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了可用于稀薄燃烧的等离子弧焊炬。 等离子弧焊炬包括圆柱形容器,连接到圆柱形容器的第一端的电极壳体,使得第一电极(a)与圆柱形容器的纵向轴线对准,并且(b)延伸到圆柱形容器中, 连接到第一电极以调节第一电极的位置的线性致动器,连接到圆柱形容器的第二端的中空电极喷嘴,使得中空电极喷嘴的中心线与圆柱形容器的纵向轴线对准 并且其中所述切向入口和所述切向出口在所述圆柱形容器内产生涡流,并且所述第一电极和所述中空电极喷嘴产生通过所述中空电极喷嘴排出的等离子体。