Process of converting gaseous hydrocarbons to a liquid hydrocarbon composition
AssigneeEVOEnergy, LLC
InventorsYury N. Novoselov, Alexey I. Suslov, Oleg P. Kutenkov
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Abstract
A non-thermal, repetitively-pulsed gliding discharge reactor includes a high-voltage power source configured to provide a pulsed high-voltage potential; a gas inlet; a liquid sorbent inlet; a product outlet; a plurality of first electrodes connected to the high-voltage power source; a plurality of second electrodes that are grounded; and a trough; the plurality of first electrodes being separated from the plurality of second electrodes by a discharge region.
Claims26
A process of converting gaseous hydrocarbons to a liquid hydrocarbon composition, the process comprising:
- introducing a gaseous hydrocarbon into a reactor comprising:
- a plurality of first electrodes, each individually connected to a pulsed, high-voltage power source;
- a plurality of second electrodes that are grounded;
- and
- a trough;
- the plurality of first electrodes being separated from the plurality of second electrodes by a discharge region;
- introducing to the trough a liquid sorbent comprising gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, a liquid alkane, or a mixture of any two or more such materials;
- generating a non-thermal, repetitively pulsed gliding discharge in the discharge region;
- and
- producing the liquid hydrocarbon composition.
A process of converting gaseous hydrocarbons to liquid hydrocarbon fuel, the process comprising:
- introducing a gaseous hydrocarbon into a reactor comprising:
- a plurality of first electrodes, each individually connected to a pulsed, high-voltage power source;
- a plurality of second electrodes that are grounded;
- and
- a trough;
- the plurality of first electrodes being separated from the plurality of second electrodes by a discharge region;
- introducing to the trough a liquid sorbent;
- generating a non-thermal, repetitively pulsed gliding discharge in the discharge region;
- and
- producing a liquid hydrocarbon composition;
- wherein a duration of a single pulse of the non-thermal, repetitively-pulsed gas discharge reactor is less than 100 ns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.