PLASMA REACTOR

摘要

A plasma reactor comprises a reaction chamber and an inlet head connected to the reaction chamber. The inlet head comprises an open end connected to the reaction chamber, a plasma inlet located opposite to the open end, an inner surface tapering from the open end towards the plasma inlet, and first and second gas inlets each located between the plasma inlet and the open end. A plasma torch injects a plasma stream into the reaction chamber through the plasma inlet, which is shaped to cause the plasma stream to spread outwardly towards the first and second gas inlets. This shaping of the inlet head and the plasma inlet can enable the plasma stream to impinge upon gas streams as they exit from the gas inlets and thereby cause a significant proportion of at least one component of the gas streams to be reacted before the gas streams begin to mix within the chamber.