Apparatus for Flow-Through of Electric Arcs

摘要

A flow-through electric arc system includes a chamber within an insulated sleeve having an anode at one end of the insulated sleeve and a cathode at a distal end of the insulated sleeve. Fluid flows from an inlet of the chamber, through the insulated sleeve where it is exposed to an electric arc formed between the anode and cathode, and then flows out of an outlet of the chamber. By way of increasing the flow rate of the fluid, bi-products that are released from a reaction of the fluid to the electric arc are flushed by the fluid and at least some of the bi-products are precluded from accumulating on either of the anode, cathode, or both.

主权项

1. A method of exposing a fluid to an arc for the production of a gas, the method comprising:
forming the arc between two electrodes, the two electrodes housed within a bore within a sleeve having an input end, a central area, and an output end; and flowing the fluid from the input end of the sleeve, through the bore within the sleeve, and out of the output end of the sleeve at a velocity, such that, bi-products that are released from the fluid by reaction of the fluid with the arc are flushed out of the sleeve along with gases produced by the fluid being exposed to the arc and any fluid that remains; whereas, at least some of the bi-products that are released from the fluid by the reaction are prevented from accumulating one or both of the two electrodes.