Gas-to-liquid reactor and method of using
AssigneePlasMerica, LLC
InventorsDennis Keith Manning, Arland H. Johannes
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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 to a molecular size sufficient to shift the natural occurring phase to a liquid or solid state is provided. According to one embodiment, the device includes a grounded reactor vessel having a gas inlet, a liquid 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 gas to a liquid and or solid state.
Claims20
A device for propagating molecular growth of hydrocarbons, comprising:
- an electrically charged or grounded vessel having an inlet, an outlet and an electrode within the vessel;
- a variable frequency power supply coupled through the vessel to the electrode, the variable frequency power supply being configured to provide power to the electrode and modify a frequency of the power supplied to electrode to change a conversion rate of a first hydrocarbon to a second hydrocarbon, the second hydrocarbon having a hydrocarbon chain length greater than the first hydrocarbon;
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- a controller configured to:
- measure a characteristic of a product formed in the vessel;
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- adjust the frequency of the variable frequency power supply in response to the measured characteristic.
A device for propagating molecular growth of hydrocarbons, comprising:
- an electrically charged or grounded vessel having an inlet, an outlet and an electrode within the vessel;
- a variable voltage power supply coupled through the vessel to the electrode, the variable voltage power supply being configured to provide power to the electrode and modify a voltage of the power supplied to the electrode to change a conversion rate of a first hydrocarbon to a second hydrocarbon, the second hydrocarbon having a hydrocarbon chain length greater than the first hydrocarbon;
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- a controller configured to:
- measure a characteristic of a product formed in the vessel;
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- adjust the voltage of the variable voltage power supply in response to the measured characteristic.
A device for propagating molecular growth of hydrocarbons, comprising:
- an electrically charged or grounded vessel having an inlet, an outlet;
- 1+n electrodes disposed within the vessel;
- a variable voltage or variable frequency power supply coupled to the 1+n electrodes within the vessel;
- n grounded electrodes;
- wherein n is an integer>1;
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- a controller configured to:
- measure a characteristic of a product formed in the vessel and
- adjust the voltage or frequency of the variable voltage and variable frequency power supply in response to the measured characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.