公开(公告)号：US3883413A

公开(公告)日：1975-05-13

申请号：US47172574

申请日：1974-05-20

Applicant: AVCO CORP

Inventor： DOUGLAS-HAMILTON DIARMAID H

IPC: C01B13/11 ,  C01B15/027 ,  C01B15/029 ,  C01B21/16 ,  C01C3/00 ,  H01J33/00 ,  C01B13/00 ,  C01B13/12

CPC classification number: H01J33/00 ,  C01B13/11 ,  C01B13/115 ,  C01B15/027 ,  C01B15/029 ,  C01B21/16 ,  C01B2201/10 ,  C01B2201/64 ,  C01C3/003

Abstract: The disclosed system functions to generate ozone with improved efficiency. Oxygen gas is passed through an electric field, and while in the field is irradiated with brief bursts of high energy electrons. This produces a large number of secondary electrons in the gas and these electrons taken energy from the electric field. The secondary electrons efficiently dissociate oxygen molecules from the gas, thereby producing oxygen atoms which immediately combine with oxygen to form ozone. The electric field is pulsed on during the electron beam irradiation, and thereafter pulsed off in order to maximize energy deposition by electrons and minimize energy deposition by ions. The disclosed system may also be used to generate other substances in gas phase ionic or free-radical reactions in which a suitable gas or mixture of gases is passed through the discharge and made to react in it. For example, the system can be used to produce hydrogen peroxide or hydrazine from suitable gas mixtures of H2O + O2 and NH3 + N2, respectively.

Abstract translation: 所公开的系统用于以提高的效率产生臭氧。 氧气通过电场，同时在场中用短暂的高能电子辐射照射。 这在气体中产生大量的二次电子，这些电子从电场中获取能量。 二次电子有效地将氧分子与气体分离，从而产生立即与氧结合形成臭氧的氧原子。 在电子束照射期间电场被脉冲激励，然后脉冲离开，以便最大限度地利用电子进行沉积，并使离子的能量沉积最小化。

公开(公告)号：US3702973A

公开(公告)日：1972-11-14

申请号：US3702973D

申请日：1970-09-17

Applicant: AVCO CORP

Inventor： DAUGHERTY JACK D ,  DOUGLAS-HAMILTON DIARMAID H ,  PATRICK RICHARD M ,  PUGH EVAN R

IPC: H01J17/00 ,  H01S3/097 ,  H02K44/08 ,  H01S3/00

CPC classification number: H02K44/08 ,  H01J17/00 ,  H01J2893/006 ,  H01S3/09707 ,  Y10S422/906

Abstract: Apparatus for and a method of producing controlled discharges substantially throughout a large volume of a gaseous medium by generating in an enclosure a controlled density of free electrons in the medium and controlling the electron temperature of the free electrons to a level preventing a substantial increase in their density by a self-regenerative ionization process so that for a wide range of uniformity of both the density and temperature of the medium, a stable and controlled discharge is produced in the medium suitable for the intended use of the medium. Apparatus for and the method of producing a discharge in accordance with the invention is useful for the production of lasting action, electrically conductive ionized gas for use in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) devices and the like, or to produce or facilitate carrying out chemical processes such as, for example, the generation of ozone and the like.

Abstract translation: 用于通过在外壳中产生受控的自由电子密度并将自由电子的电子温度控制到防止其自由电子的显着增加的水平的方式，基本上在大体积的气体介质中产生受控放电的装置和方法 通过自再生电离过程的密度，使得对于介质的密度和温度两者的宽范围均匀性，在适合于介质的预期用途的介质中产生稳定和受控的放电。