An electromagnetic reactor for radiating electromagnetic energy into a bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles in motion within an operating screw conveyor, comprising:
- a screw conveyor housing apparatus for containing said electromagnetic energy radiated by at least one antenna, said screw conveyor housing apparatus has an interior cavity that acts as a process chamber for radiating the electromagnetic energy to at least one substance residing in said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles in motion, said screw conveyor housing apparatus having at least one inlet for said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles to enter said process chamber and at least one discharge for said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles to exit said process chamber;
- at least one support apparatus between said screw conveyor housing apparatus and earth, said at least one support apparatus includes all structural supports between said screw conveyor housing apparatus and the earth;
- at least one mechanical screw conveyor apparatus located inside said screw conveyor housing apparatus, said at least one mechanical screw conveyor apparatus to cause movement of said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles from the at least one inlet to the at least one discharge, said at least one mechanical screw conveyor apparatus comprising at least one shaft with at least one vane extending from said at least one shaft, when said at least one shaft is rotated said at least one vane rotates and moves said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles, some portion of said at least one shaft or said at least one vane is constructed of a material transparent to the electromagnetic energy to be radiated into said process chamber, said at least one shaft comprising at least one cavity for the placement of said at least one antenna;
- at least one energy apparatus connected to said at least one antenna to radiate said electromagnetic energy into the process chamber, said at least one energy apparatus comprising an electromagnetic source connected to said at least one antenna, said at least energy apparatus comprising a radio frequency (RF) signal generator, multi-frequency synthesizer, RF signal output control, RF wave generator, RF generator having silicon carbide transistors, power amplifier, broadband power amplifier, directional coupler, impedance matching system, power supply, power meter, oscillator, an inverter, pulse synthesizer, transformer, low-to-high frequency converter, and/or frequency tuning circuitry, said at least one antenna comprising a monopole, dipole, tri-wave, Helmholtz coil, Maxwell coil, Helicon coil, bulb, LED emitter, and/or waveguide, wherein the at least one antenna comprises a metallic material, and/or a plasma material, wherein the plasma material is produced by passing an ionizing current to an ionizable substance, said at least one antenna is located inside said cavity of said at least one shaft, said at least one antenna is connected to a source of the electromagnetic energy with a circuit, said electromagnetic energy is radiated from said at least one antenna through the at least one shaft into said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles in said chamber;
- at least one power apparatus to rotate said at least one shaft and said at least one vane, said at least one power apparatus comprising an electric motor and at least two bearings, said power apparatus supported by said screw conveyor housing apparatus or said at least one support apparatus, or combination thereof, said electric motor applies mechanical rotation to said at least one shaft;
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- whereby by radiating an electric or magnetic field from said at least one antenna through said at least one shaft into said process chamber while rotating said at least one shaft and at least one vane to move said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles from said incoming end to said discharging end of said process chamber, said bulk volume of flowable or semi-flowable particles will receive the electromagnetic energy.