Gas-to-gas reactor and method of using
AssigneePlasMerica, LLC
InventorDennis Keith Manning
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Abstract
A device and a process to propagate molecular growth of hydrocarbons, either straight or branched chain structures, that naturally occur in the gas phase of a first gas to gas phase molecules of a second gas having higher molecular chain lengths than the hydrocarbons of the first gas. According to one embodiment, the device includes a grounded reactor vessel having a gas inlet, a product outlet, and an electrode within the vessel; a power supply coupled to the electrode for creating an electrostatic field within the vessel for converting the first gas to a second gas.
Claims24
A method for synthesizing a hydrocarbon, comprising:
- providing a first hydrocarbon in a gas phase through a gas inlet of a vessel, wherein the vessel contains a liquid therein;
- subjecting the first hydrocarbon to a plasma within the vessel created by an electrostatic field, whereby a second hydrocarbon in a gas phase is obtained, wherein the second hydrocarbon is selected from the group consisting of ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, ethylene, acetylene, propene, propyne, allene, isobutene, 2-butene, 2-methyl-butane, 2,2-dimethyl-butane, 2,3-dimethyl-butane, and 3-methyl-pentane;
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- receiving the second hydrocarbon in the gas phase from the vessel through a gas outlet, wherein the gas outlet is positioned above a gas-liquid interface within the vessel.
A method for hydrocarbon conversion, the method comprising:
- introducing a first hydrocarbon in a gas phase into a vessel through a gas inlet, wherein the vessel is charged or grounded, and wherein the vessel contains a liquid therein;
- subjecting the first hydrocarbon to an electrostatic field creating a plasma, whereby the first hydrocarbon is converted to a heavier second hydrocarbon in a gas phase;
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- receiving the second hydrocarbon in the gas phase from the vessel through a gas outlet, wherein the gas outlet is positioned above a gas-liquid interface within the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.