Process of and apparatus for producing a homogeneous radially confined plasma stream

摘要

Process of radial stabilization and homogenization of a plasma stream and a liquid stabilized plasma burner for the realization of such process. The arc is stabilized by its passage through several orifice plates, stabilized by a whirl or eddy of cooling liquid, then passes through a nozzle and is bent toward the peripheral surface of a rotatable anode lying out of the main outlet plasma stream issuing from the nozzle. The liquid stabilized burner has a rod cathode placed in the arc chamber, the cathode being progressively fed into the arc chamber to from an arc therewithin.