公开(公告)号：US4834853A

公开(公告)日：1989-05-30

申请号：US77740

申请日：1987-07-27

申请人： Don Ethington ,  Ray J. Riley ,  Richard W. Tock

发明人： Don Ethington ,  Ray J. Riley ,  Richard W. Tock

IPC分类号： B01J19/08

CPC分类号： B01J19/088

摘要： A fast pyrolysis reactor includes a tank having a top, bottom and sidewalls extending therebetween and defining a reaction chamber. A fluid inlet and a gas outlet communicate with the chamber. A plurality of cooperatively paired first and second electrodes are positioned within the chamber. Each electrode of a pair is laterally spaced from and vertically aligned with its associated electrode. A gas collection bell is positioned within the chamber and communicates with the gas outlet for collecting generated gas. A power transformer has the poles thereof operatively connected with the electrodes. A tray is positioned between and below the electrodes for defining an interface region extending between the electrodes so that a plasma field is generated between the electrodes when the interface region is formed from two generally immiscible fluids, one of which is conductive and the other of which is insulative, so that the fluids are electrically and thermally decomposed by the plams field into a gas mixture.

摘要翻译： 快速热解反应器包括具有在其间延伸并限定反应室的顶部，底部和侧壁的罐。 流体入口和气体出口与腔室连通。 多个协同配对的第一和第二电极位于腔室内。 一对的每个电极与其相关联的电极横向间隔开并垂直对准。 气体收集钟定位在室内并与气体出口连通以收集产生的气体。 电力变压器的极与电极可操作地连接。 托盘位于电极之间和之下，用于限定在电极之间延伸的界面区域，使得当界面区域由两个通常不混溶的流体形成时，在电极之间产生等离子体场，其中一个是导电的，另一个是导电的 是绝缘的，使得流体通过泥浆场被电气和热分解成气体混合物。

公开(公告)号：US4690743A

公开(公告)日：1987-09-01

申请号：US729567

申请日：1985-05-02

申请人： Don Ethington ,  Ray J. Riley ,  Richard W. Tock

发明人： Don Ethington ,  Ray J. Riley ,  Richard W. Tock

IPC分类号： B01J19/08 ,  C07C3/24

CPC分类号： B01J19/088

摘要： A medium to high BTU fuel gas is synthesized in a closed tank using a diffuse electrical plasma. An electrode is disposed within, and electrically insulated from, an interface between immiscible mixtures of water and oil in the tank. Comminuted fossil fuel or carbon particles are dispersed in the oil near the interface. A voltage step up transformer connects a potential of about 2-5 kV (kilovolts) across an arc gap between the electrode and the water-oil interface. Electrical breakdown of the oil, due to the high voltage, produces an initial arc across the gap, which at steady state becomes a diffuse, partially-ionized, stable plasma. The electron flow in the plasma chemically and catalytically reforms compounds in the water and oil layers. A capacitor, connected across primary windings of the transformer, has a selected capacitance sufficient to modify the AC voltage and current waveforms so that the power factor of the combined circuit across the arc gap approaches unity. This significantly enhances the efficiency of the plasma as a chemical reformer. The interface spaced opposite the electrode is formed by an open top tray disposed within the oil opposite the electrode. Water is continuously added to the tray to fix the position of the water-oil interface with respect to the electrode at the overflow level of the tray. A chamber is positioned above and around the plasma to collect the gases which escape from the ionized reaction zone.

摘要翻译： 使用扩散电等离子体在封闭的罐中合成中至高BTU燃料气体。 电极设置在罐中不相容的水和油混合物之间的界面内并与其电绝缘。 粉碎的化石燃料或碳颗粒分散在界面附近的油中。 电压升压变压器通过电极和水 - 油界面之间的电弧间隙连接约2-5kV（千伏）的电位。 由于高电压，油的电击穿产生跨越间隙的初始电弧，在稳定状态下，其成为扩散的，部分电离的稳定的等离子体。 等离子体中的电子流化学和催化改性水和油层中的化合物。 连接在变压器的初级绕组上的电容器具有足够的选定电容，以修改交流电压和电流波形，使得跨电弧间隙的组合电路的功率因数达到一致。 这显着提高了作为化学重整器的等离子体的效率。 与电极相对隔开的界面由设置在与电极相对的油中的开口顶板形成。 将水连续地添加到托盘中，以在托盘的溢出水平处固定水 - 油界面相对于电极的位置。 腔室位于等离子体的上方和周围，以收集从电离反应区逸出的气体。