Liquid gasification reactor
OwnerWilbur A. Dammann, W. David Wallmaninventors
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Abstract
A reactor includes a housing with an input port for liquid feedstock and an exhaust port for gas produced by a liquid gasification process. The housing includes a pressurized reaction chamber with a pair of spaced apart electrodes having inward free ends immersed in the liquid feedstock. One of the electrodes is mounted on an operable shaft, to move inward and outward relative to the other electrode. A drive mechanism for the operable shaft is located outside the reaction chamber to selectively move the shaft. The reaction chamber is pressurized to increase efficiency of the reactor, and the chamber within which the drive mechanism is located is pressurized to substantially the same pressure as the reaction chamber.
Claims11
A reactor for a liquid gasification process, comprising:
- a housing with an input port for selectively providing liquid feedstock to a reaction chamber;
- an exhaust port in the housing, for exhausting gas produced during the gasification process;
- a pressurized reaction chamber at least partially filled with a liquid;
- a pair of spaced-apart electrodes disposed within the reaction chamber with inward free ends immersed in the liquid;
- means for creating an electric arc between the electrodes;
- one of said electrodes mounted on a shaft, the shaft operable to move the mounted electrode inwardly and outwardly relative to the other electrode;
- a drive means mounted in a drive chamber located outside the reaction chamber, for selectively moving the shaft;
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- means for pressurizing the drive chamber to substantially the same pressure as the reaction chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.