METHOD FOR PLASMA-CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF FUELS THAT CAN BE USED IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OR A GAS TURBINE INTO A SYNTHETIC GAS AND THE PLASMA-CATALYTIC CONVERTER USED FOR SAME

摘要

The invention relates to the methods and devices used for the plasma-catalytic conversion of liquid hydrocarbons, e.g. engine fuels, into a synthetic gas using periodic-pulse streamer pseudocorona microwave discharge (or semi-continuous microwave discharge) in the presence of air and, in certain cases, water. In said method for the plasma-catalytic conversion of engine fuels into a synthetic gas, the vapour-air-fuel and air-fuel conversion processes can be carried out in the synthetic gas. The inventive device comprises a heater (14), a combustion chamber (1), a microwave resonator-plasma catalytic reactor 3 (fig. 1) and a super-high frequency generator (12), all of which are connected in series. The super-high frequency periodic-pulse streamer pseudocorona discharge is used in the reactor for the plasma-catalytic conversion of engine fuels at low temperatures. The main part of the thermodynamically-necessary energy is supplied by the prior heating of the reagents. Part of the thermal energy is recovered from the synthetic gas at the reactor outlet.