METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING TRAVELING SPARK IGNITER AT HIGH PRESSURE

    公开(公告)号:US20230114936A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17866427

    申请日:2022-07-15

    申请人: Knite, Inc.

    摘要: An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse.

    Plasma treatment system with multiple horizontal channels

    公开(公告)号:US11565948B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17027386

    申请日:2020-09-21

    申请人: James B. Garber

    发明人: James B. Garber

    摘要: A system using electrical discharge plasma (EDP) for treating a liquid, such as water or waste water to degrade or destroy polar contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds, the system includes a sealed process tank and multiple submerged EDP channels stacked horizontally. Each EDP channel consists of a cathode and an anode, a gas hood, and a gas diffuser. The basic submerged EDP channel is bounded by a plate at the bottom and a submerged gas hood at the top which creates a gas headspace, and hence, a local water surface to provide a local gas/liquid interface in each channel. The cathode lies above the local water surface and anode lies below the local water surface. Each EDP channel may have a gas diffuser at the bottom of the EDP channel for introducing a process gas into the liquid creating bubbles that carry contaminants in the liquid to the local gas/liquid interface. An electrical discharge arcs between the cathode and the anode to generate a plasma used for destruction of contaminants in the water or wastewater at the local gas/liquid interface.

    PLASMA ACTIVATED FLUID PROCESSING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220159821A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17601476

    申请日:2020-04-10

    申请人: VitalFluid B.V.

    IPC分类号: H05H1/48 C02F1/46 H05H1/24

    摘要: The invention relates to a plasma activated fluid processing system, comprising: an alternating current, AC, source (10), one reaction chamber (14), wherein the one reaction chamber comprises a plurality of reaction electrodes (11) and a corresponding ground electrode (12), each reaction electrode and corresponding ground electrode separated by a gap; or a plurality of reaction chambers (14), wherein each reaction chamber comprises at least one reaction electrode (11) and a corresponding ground electrode, the reaction electrode and corresponding ground electrode separated by a gap; wherein the AC source is electrically connected on one side to each ground electrode in parallel and on another side to each reaction electrode in parallel, wherein each reaction electrode is connected to ground (13) via a capacitor (21), and wherein an inductor (20) is provided between each reaction electrode and the AC source.

    Water Treatment Apparatus And Method For Treatment Of Water

    公开(公告)号:US20220081326A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17299876

    申请日:2019-12-13

    申请人: ABB Schweiz AG

    IPC分类号: C02F1/46 C02F1/78 H05H1/48

    摘要: A ballast water treatment apparatus including a ballast water transport line configured to transport a ballast water main stream, a plasma generation device configured to generate an activated gas from a feed gas; and a mixing device. The plasma generation device includes a feed gas inlet for a feed gas, a first electrode and a second electrode, for activating the feed gas by an electric discharge between the first electrode and the second electrode thereby generating the activated gas, a cooling fluid passage for cooling the plasma generation device, the cooling fluid passage having a cooling fluid inlet and a cooling fluid outlet, the cooling fluid passage being fed with a cooling fluid, and a combining section being configured to combine the activated gas with the cooling fluid from the cooling fluid outlet to generate an activated fluid product. The mixing device is configured to mix the activated fluid product and the ballast water main stream.