Apparatus and methods for fertilizer production

A system for producing fertilizer comprising:

• a reactor vessel comprising a closed chamber, the reactor vessel comprising an upper outer dome and a lower outer dome, with the upper and lower domes forming a gas and liquid tight seal therebetween,
• the closed chamber housing:
• a collection liquid comprising water, the water having a water surface,
• a reactor splitter configured to create a plasma output via electricity, the plasma output configured to split nitrogen, the reactor splitter having a two part electrode arrangement comprising
• a large electrode positioned on an upper end of the reactor splitter and protruding through a top of the reactor vessel, the large electrode firing the plasma output onto the water surface,
• a small electrode mounted adjacent a bottom of the reactor, the small electrode having an antenna, a tip of the antenna aligned below the plasma output of the large electrode, the small electrode and the antenna submerged below the water surface, the antenna focusing the plasma output into a plasma beam in the collection liquid to thereby increase efficiency of the reactor splitter,
• wherein the large electrode has a diameter of about one-quarter inch, the large electrode being larger than the small electrode such that the large electrode is sized to withstand the amount of energy and heat required to generate the plasma output,
• an output evacuation nozzle for evacuating collection liquid from the reactor vessel to a collection vessel,
• a gas input configured to deliver nitrogen to the reactor vessel,
• a collection vessel, the collection vessel positioned to collect collection liquid containing split nitrogen from the reactor vessel for recombination of split nitrogen into an aqueous nitric acid solution, and
• a cooling arrangement for preventing the reactor splitter from overheating, wherein the cooling arrangement comprises the water in the reactor vessel and an input drip emitter in the reactor vessel for selectively introducing a flow of water into the reactor vessel, and removal of collection liquid to the collection vessel via the output evacuation nozzle.