Gas-flow-engineered plasma reactor for efficiently producing fixed nitrogen products
AssigneeNitricity Inc.
InventorsJohn A. SCHWALBE, Joshua M. MCENANEY, Sreekumar CHOCKALINGAM, Sami KILANI
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a plasma reactor system that includes a gas-flow-engineered reactor to more efficiently produce fixed nitrogen products. In some instances, the gas-flow-engineered reactor may include a gas vortex-inducing input mechanism and/or a quenching mechanism integrated or otherwise associated with the plasma reactor system.
Claims32
A microwave-plasma reactor for generating fixed-nitrogen products comprising:
- a microwave generator operably coupled to a plasma chamber;
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- a gas-vortex-generating component operably coupled with the chamber comprising one or more directional channels to direct input gas in a rotational motion into the gas chamber to generate a gaseous vortex within the gas chamber.
A microwave-plasma reactor for generating fixed-nitrogen products comprising:
- a microwave generator operably coupled with a plasma chamber;
- a gas-vortex-generating component connected to the plasma chamber comprising one or more directional channels to direct input gas in a rotational motion into the plasma chamber to generate a gaseous vortex within the gas chamber wherein microwave energy ignites a plasma from the gaseous vortex;
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- one or more quenching ports operably coupled with the gas chamber to provide a cooling stream of gas to quench reactions generated by the plasma.
A method for producing fixed-nitrogen products by microwave plasma oxidation of nitrogen, the method comprising:
- producing a microwave plasma in a plasma reactor containing a gas stream comprising nitrogen and oxygen;
- producing a rotational gas stream along a wall of the plasma reactor;
- producing oxidized nitrogenous species in the plasma reactor with the microwave plasma through a conversion of the nitrogen and the oxygen;
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- quenching the oxidized nitrogenous species in the plasma reactor using a cooling stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.