Secondary Burning of Gases from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels
AssigneeMagnegas Corporation
InventorsScott Marton, Richard Conz, Ermanno Santilli
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Abstract
A system for reducing pollutants from the burning of a fossil fuel includes a pressure vessel containing in its interior a feedstock (e.g., methanol) and at least one set of electrodes. An electric arc is formed between the electrodes and the feedstock is exposed to a plasma of the electric arc thereby converting at least some of the feedstock into a gas. There are controls for the electric arc and a way to collect the gas. The gas is mixed with flue gases from burning of fossil fuels and secondarily burned (the mixture of flue gases and the gas in combination are ignited), thereby reducing the amount of pollutants.
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A system for reducing pollutants from the burning of a fossil fuel, the system comprising:
- a pressure vessel containing in its interior a feedstock and at least one set of electrodes;
- an electric arc formed between the electrodes;
- means for exposing the feedstock to a plasma of the electric arc thereby converting at least some of the feedstock into the gas;
- means for controlling the electric arc;
- means for collecting the gas;
- means for mixing the gas with flue gases from burning of fossil fuels;
- means for secondarily burning the mixture of flue gases and the gas, thereby reducing the amount of pollutants.
A method for secondary burning of flue gases, the flue gases produced by burning of a fossil fuel, the method comprising:
- forming an arc between a set of electrodes within a pressure vessel, the arc formed in a feedstock within the vessel;
- exposing the feedstock to a plasma of the arc thereby converting at least some of the feedstock into a gas;
- mixing the gas with flue gases produced from burning of fossil fuels;
- igniting the gas and the flue gases.
A method for reducing pollution that comes from burning of a fossil fuel, the method comprising:
- creating a gas by forming an arc between a set of electrodes submerged in methanol within a pressure vessel;
- mixing the gas with flue gases produced from burning of coal;
- igniting the gas and the flue gases, thereby forming a new flue gas, the new flue gas having less pollutants than the flue gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.