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AssigneePyrogenesis Canada Inc.
InventorsLakshminarayana Mydala Prahlada Rao, Jocelyn Remillard, Pierre Carabin
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A high power DC steam plasma torch system (S) includes a steam plasma torch assembly (1) wherein superheated steam (46) is used as the main plasma forming gas, thereby resulting in a very reactive steam plasma plume. The superheated steam (46) is injected internally directly into the plasma plume via a ceramic lined steam feed tube (25) for reducing condensation of steam before reaching the plasma plume. The superheated steam (46) flows through a gas vortex (16) which has tangentially drilled holes thereby resulting in a high speed gas swirl that minimizes electrode erosion. In the present steam plasma torch system (S), the plasma torch assembly (1) is ignited using an ignition contactor which is housed external to the plasma torch assembly (1). The superheated steam (46) is injected into the plasma plume using a water cooled steam vortex generator assembly (15).
A high power DC non transferred plasma torch system, comprising a plasma torch assembly housed in a housing, a cooling skid, a steam skid, a DC plasma power supply, a gas flow control cabinet, an ignition control cabinet, a control cabinet along with a programmable logic controller for the system, a torch ignition sequence, a torch control sequence and a human machine interface, wherein a water cooled vortex generator assembly with insulated superheated steam injection tubes is provided for injecting the superheated steam to a plasma plume.
A plasma torch system, comprising a plasma torch assembly, a cooling system for the plasma torch assembly, a steam system for the plasma torch assembly, a plasma power supply, a gas flow control system, and an ignition control system, and a controller for the plasma torch system, wherein a combination of the plasma power supply, an ignition contactor and a closely spaced cathode-ignition electrode assembly are used to ignite the plasma torch assembly.
A plasma torch assembly, comprising an electrode assembly for igniting the plasma torch assembly, a gas delivery system adapted to feed gas to the electrode assembly, a cooling system adapted to cool the electrode assembly, and a steam delivery system adapted for injecting steam directly into a plasma plume, wherein the steam delivery system includes a steam vortex generator assembly for injecting the superheated steam into the plasma plume.
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