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.
Claims19
A device for propagating molecular growth of hydrocarbons from a first gaseous hydrocarbon to a second gaseous hydrocarbon, comprising:
- an electrically charged or grounded vessel housing a liquid therein, the liquid defining a gas-liquid interface, the vessel comprising:
- a gas inlet positioned to receive the first gaseous hydrocarbon,
- a gas outlet positioned above the gas-liquid interface within the vessel to receive the second gaseous hydrocarbon from the vessel,
- a flow control valve in fluid communication with the gas outlet to prevent flow through the gas outlet until after the first gaseous hydrocarbon is converted to the second gaseous hydrocarbon;
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- an electrode within the vessel;
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- a power supply coupled to the electrode, wherein the power supply is configured to supply power to the electrode to induce an electrostatic field sufficient to generate a plasma within the vessel and propagate molecular growth of hydrocarbons from the first gaseous hydrocarbon to the second gaseous hydrocarbon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.