Plasmatron

Bromberg, L. et al., Emissions reductions using hydrogen from plasmatron fuel converters, Int.. Hydrogen Energ., 26, 1115, 2001. 

NiO + A1H3 + S —> 2Ni + Al + S02 + 3/lH2 with the purpose of synthesis of magnetic powders of nickel by plazmochemical method, (where EH - hydrogen atoms stream in plasmatron) [22],... 

The results were duplicated when D2 was employed in place of H2 in the duo-plasmatron only the voltages and apparent M/z values were altered, and a ion with essentially the same relatively long lifetime was inferred from the results. 

In a series of papers and books published over a period of nearly two decades Polak has reported the work of his group at the Petrochemical Research Institute of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow80-88. An electrode plasmatron was used which operated on a direct current with a maximum voltage output of 15 kV (Fig. 4). Argon containing 10—30 vol % of methane was decomposed at temperatures of 10,000 K and contact times of 10-4—10-5 s. Most of the methane was decomposed and 67—87% conversions to acetylene were obtained. The acetylene yield could be increased by using gas mixtures richer in methane89-91. ... 

Fig. 4. Schematic of plasmatron system used for methane pyrolysis. (Redrawn from Kinetika i termodinam. khim. reaktsii v nizkotemperaturnoi plazme, Polak, L. (ed.). Moscow Nauka 1965, by permission of Professor L. Polak, Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow)...

With natural gas83-86 containing 91% CH4 by vol introduced into a hydrogen plasmatron at 4000-4500 K and with water chilling injected perpendicular to the gas flow the total decomposition was 94% and the conversion to C2 H2 was as high as 76%. The composition by vol % of a typical gas mixture after the conversion was... 

Figure 7-4. Plasma furnace for iron reduction from oxides. Treatment of the oxide melt by gas energy carrier generated by the three-phase thermal arc plasmatron (1) three-phase thermal arc plasmatron.

Figure 7—34. Schematic of plasma reduction of boron from BCI3 (1) quartz plasmatron, (2) RF inductor, (3) quenching zone, (4) filter, (5) powder trapping system.

Figure 7—94. Zirconia (Z1O2) production from zirconia sand (ZrSi04) (1) plasmatron (2) plasma reactor, (3) centrifuge (4) filter.

Figure 9-34. General sehematie of the microwave installation for plasma treatment of gas-separating polymer membranes (1) modulation system (2) power supply (3) microwave magnetron (4) plasmatron ...

Bromberg, L., Hadidi, K., Cohn, D.R. (2005b), Plasmatron Reformation of Renewable Fuels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Publ. PSFC/JA-05-3, Cambridge, MA. 

Rykalin, N.N., Sorokin, L.M. (1987), Metallurgical RF-Plasmatron Electro- and Gas-Dynamics, Nauka (Science),... 

Kimblin, S. U. Erosion des electrodes et processus d ionisation entre les electrodes de Pare dans le vide et i la pression atmospherique, p. 226 in Investigation experimentales des plasmatrons (ME Joukov ed.) Nauka, Novosibirsk (1977)... 

The most popular member of the plasmatron family is the duoplasmatron (O Fig. 50.3). Its idea is that the plasma density between the anode and cathode is greatly increased in a small volume by an intermediate electrode placed between the anode and cathode putting on... 

The Brayton cycle turbo-generator is sized to meet onsite demands it is not intended for electricity sales. The electricity generated by the SC-CO2 Brayton cycle drives the flibe pump, the plasmatron, reagent pumps, pressure swing absorption compressors and the desalination plant brine pumps. The Brayton cycle is run at constant temperature and pressure at the turbine inlet and at constant temperature and pressure at the cooler outlet. For partial load, its power output is adjusted via SC-CO2 mass flow rate. 

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