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US 4,052,139 AGranted
Method and apparatus for improving the energy yield of a reaction
OwnerPierre Paillaud, Joel Raymondinventors
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Method and apparatus to improve the energy yield of a reaction, particularly a combustion process. When used in a heating system in which fuel is burned, a burner sprays fuel and combustion supporting gas, preferably air, into the reaction zone inside a combustion chamber. An electromagnetic radiation of which the frequency range is 8800 Mc/s .+-. 10% corresponding to the maximum motion which may be imparted to the reactants of the molecules is directed at the reactants, by an antenna whose axis intersects the axis of the burner inside the reaction zone. A dissociable substance, preferably water with a surface active agent, is used as an additive and injected towards the reaction zone. An electrostatic field is provided around the spray of fuel leaving the burner by a metal ring at a potential of 300 to 25,000 V.
A method of improving the energy yield of a reaction between reactants, comprising providing electromagnetic radiation the frequency of which substantially corresponds to the maximum thermal or ionic motion of the molecules of said reactants, and directing said electromagnetic radiation towards said reactants while allowing the reaction to proceed.
An apparatus for improving the energy yield of a combustion process comprising a combustion chamber, a burner extending inside said combustion chamber for spraying fuel and a combustion supporting gas into a reaction zone in said combustion chamber, means for supplying fuel and combustion supporting gas to said burner, means for generating a super high frequency in the band of 8800 Mc/s .+-. 10%, and means for directing said super high frequency towards said combustion zone.
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