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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399453 | Discharge reactor fuse link A fuse for an electrical discharge reactor made up of a fuse apparatus (10) and a power supply shut down procedure. The fuse apparatus (10) has an end cap (12) that encloses a spring (30) and a rivet (13) or piercing end (14... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381328 | Effluent treatment combining solid/liquid separation and pulsed electric fields The treatment of effluents in which a flow of the effluents is subjected to a pulsed electric field that modifies physicochemical and biologic characteristics of the medium, this modification being used during a solid/liquid separation operation, of the settlement o... | 06/03/2008 |
| 6881386 | Low current plasmatron fuel converter having enlarged volume discharges A novel apparatus and method is disclosed for a plasmatron fuel converter (“plasmatron”) that efficiently uses electrical energy to produce hydrogen rich gas. The volume and shape of the plasma discharge is controlled by a fluid flow established in a plasma disc... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6869574 | Apparatus and method of generating charged particles A charged particle generating method in which mode is changeable between an ion generation mode and an electron generation mode. In the ion generation mode, a raw material is supplied to a tip end of a charged particle generating electrode through a raw-material pas... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6702991 | Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a plasma fuel reformer A fuel reforming assembly has a control unit electrically coupled to a temperature sensor to determine the temperature of a catalyst positioned in the reaction chamber of a plasma fuel reformer. Based on the temperature of the catalyst, operation of the r... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6322757 | Low power compact plasma fuel converter The plasma fuel converter includes an electrically conductive structure for forming a first electrode and a second electrode is disposed to create a gap with respect to the first electrode in a reaction chamber. A fuel-air mixture is introduced into the g... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6264898 | Pulsed corona discharge apparatus An apparatus for remediating a contaminated fluent material, such as a gas, utilizes a pulsed corona discharge. The apparatus includes a reactor section and a power supply section. The reactor section has a plurality of first electrodes electrically inter... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6183604 | Durable and efficient equipment for the production of a combustible and non-pollutant gas from underwater arcs and method therefor A system for producing a clean burning combustible gas comprising an electrically conductive first electrode and an electrically conductive second electrode. A motor coupled to the first electrode is adapted to move the first electrode with respect to the... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6143256 | Apparatus for controlling an ozone generator The invention provides an ozone generator controlling apparatus capable of controlling an ozone generator so that when a discharge breakdown occurs in some discharge element, the operation of generating ozone can be continued without imposing a bad influe... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5845488 | Power processor circuit and method for corona discharge pollutant destruction apparatus A solid-state power processor circuit and method is used to supply power to generate a discharge in a corona discharge pollutant destruction apparatus. The circuit uses field effect transistors (FETs) and integrated circuit devices based upon metal oxide ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5836154 | Multi-state gaseous pollutant destruction apparatus and method A corona discharge pollutant destruction system has two or more corona discharge reactors in series, with each stage optimized for either oxidation of hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) or reduction of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The reactor... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5822981 | Automatic control system and method for corona discharge pollutant destruction apparatus In a pollutant destruction apparatus employing one or more corona discharge reactors, an automatic control system controls power generation characteristics for corona discharge reactions according to factors such as the types and the amounts of pollutants... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5587141 | Method and device for the production of fullerenes Soot containing fullerenes is produced by impressing a DC voltage between a carbonaceous anode and a cathode in an airtight chamber maintained in an inert gas atmosphere to cause arc discharge to occur. After termination of the impression of the DC voltag... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5368724 | Apparatus for treating a confined liquid by means of a pulse electrical discharge Apparatus for purifying confined liquids and slurries by means of a spark discharge wherein the inner surface of the treatment vessel is designed to include a reflector section adjacent to a pair of electrodes and a concentrating section for intensifying ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 4957606 | Separation of dissolved and undissolved substances from liquids using high energy discharge initiated shock waves A method and apparatus are disclosed for efficient processing of liquids and the precipitation of dissolved elements and chemical compounds. Improvements over prior systems include system layout, components and modes of operation of the system. Applicatio... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4334844 | Replica film of specimen for electron microscopy apparatus A uniform thin replica film of a specimen for electron microscopy having a high resolution power such as approximately 1 A is presented. This uniform thin replica film is directly prepared on the specimen by a plasma polymerization technique by depositing... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4175235 | Apparatus for the plasma treatment of semiconductors Apparatus for the plasma treatment of semiconductors comprises a plasma generating section, means for introducing a gas suitable for plasma treatment into the plasma generating section, high-frequency discharging means for activating the gas contained in ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4010090 | Process for converting naturally occurring hydrocarbon fuels into gaseous products by an arc heater A process for converting naturally occurring hydrocarbon fuels into gaseous products characterized by the steps of introducing a hydrocarbon gas into the arc chamber of an arc heater having an operating temperature therein sufficiently high to produce fre... | 03/01/1977 |
