Systems and methods for producing electrical discharges in compositions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017165629-A1
Application number	US-201515118244-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	Feb 18, 2014
Publication date	Jun 15, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods configured to produce electrical discharges in compositions, such as those, for example, configured to produce electrical discharges in compositions that comprise mixtures of materials, such as a mixture of a material having a high dielectric constant and a material having a low dielectric constant (e.g., a composition of a liquid having a high dielectric constant and a liquid having a low dielectric constant, a composition of a solid having a high dielectric constant and a liquid having a low dielectric constant, and similar compositions), and further systems and methods configured to produce materials, such as through material modification and/or material synthesis, in part, resulting from producing electrical discharges in compositions.

First claim

1 . A system for producing a voltage difference comprising:
a container; an electrode configured to be at least partially disposed in the container and configured to be coupled to a power supply; and a gas supply system configured to be at least partially disposed in the container and configured to be coupled to a power supply, the gas supply system comprising:
a first gas pipe comprising:
a first end having an opening; and
a second end configured to be coupled to a gas source; and
a bore extending through the second end and the first end;
where, if the first gas pipe is coupled to a gas source and the gas supply system is at least partially disposed in the container, gas from the gas source can be passed through the bore of the first gas pipe and into the container;

a second gas pipe comprising:
a first end having an opening; and
a second end configured to be coupled to a gas source; and
a bore extending through the second end and the first end; and
where, if the second gas pipe is coupled to a gas source and the gas supply system is at least partially disposed in the container, gas from the gas source can be passed through the bore of the second gas pipe and into the container; and

where the system is configured, to produce a voltage difference between at least a portion of the gas supply system and the electrode.

2 . The system of claim 1 , where the second gas pipe can be positioned such that the first pipe is disposed at least partially within the bore of the second gas pipe such that a channel is formed between the first gas pipe and the second gas pipe.

3 . The system of claim 2 , where the electrode is at least partially disposed in the container and coupled to a power supply, the first gas pipe is coupled to a gas source and is at least partially disposed in the container, and the second gas pipe is coupled to a gas source and is at least partially disposed in the container, and where the second gas pipe is positioned such that the first pipe is disposed at least partially within the bore of the second gas pipe such that a channel is formed between the first gas pipe and the second gas pipe.

4 . The system of claim 2 , where the container is configured to accommodate a composition comprising a liquid having a low dielectric constant and a liquid having a high dielectric constant.

5 . The system of claim 4 , where the liquid having a low dielectric constant is an organic liquid, and the liquid having a high dielectric constant is an organic liquid.

6 . The system of claim 3 , where a composition is disposed in the container between the gas supply system and the electrode, and the composition comprises a liquid having a low dielectric constant and a liquid having a high dielectric constant.

7 . The system of claim 6 , where the liquid having a low dielectric constant is an organic liquid, and the liquid having a high dielectric constant is an organic liquid.

8 . The system of claim 2 , where the container is configured to accommodate a composition comprising a liquid having a low dielectric constant and a solid having a high dielectric constant.

9 . The system of claim 8 , where the liquid having a low dielectric constant is an organic liquid, and the solid having a high dielectric constant is a packed solid.

10 . The system of claim 3 , where a composition is disposed in the container between the gas supply system and the electrode, and the composition comprises a solid having a high dielectric constant and a liquid having a low dielectric constant.

11 . The system of claim 10 , where the liquid having a low dielectric constant is an organic liquid, and the solid having a high dielectric constant is a packed solid.

12 . The system of claim 6 , where the first end of the first gas pipe is configured such that, if the system is activated, a nonuniform electrical field is produced between the gas supply system and the electrode.

13 . The system of claim 12 , where the first end of the first gas pipe is configured such that, if the system is activated, a nonuniform electrical field is produced between the gas supply system and the electrode.

14 . A system for producing an electrical discharge through a composition comprising:
a power supply; a reactor comprising:
a container;
an electrode at least partially disposed in the container and coupled to the power supply; and
a gas supply system at least partially disposed in the container and coupled to the power supply; and
a composition disposed in the container between the gas supply system and the electrode, where the composition comprises a liquid having a low dielectric constant and at least one of a liquid having a high dielectric constant and a solid having a high dielectric constant; where the system is configured, if activated, to produce a voltage difference between at least a portion of the gas supply system and the electrode.

15 . The system of claim 14 , where the liquid having a high dielectric constant has a dielectric constant of greater than 10.

16 . The system of claim 14 , where the liquid having a low dielectric constant has a dielectric constant of less than or equal to 10.

17 . The system of claim 14 , where the solid has a dielectric constant of greater than 10.

18 . The system of claim 14 , where the solid is at least one of substantially cylindrical, substantially rectangular, and substantially spherical shape.

19 . The system of claim 14 , where at least a portion of the gas supply system is substantially pointed such that at least a portion of the gas supply narrows from an end to another end.

20 . A method for producing an electrical discharge through a composition comprising:
disposing a composition, which comprises a liquid having a low dielectric constant and at least one of a liquid having a high dielectric constant and a solid having a high dielectric constant, in a reactor, where the reactor comprises:
a container;
disposing an electrode at least partially in the container; and
disposing a gas supply system at least partially in the container; and
activating the reactor such that a voltage difference is produced between the gas supply system and the electrode.

Assignees

• Univ King Abdullah Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Cha Min Suk
• Zhang Xuming
• Chung Suk Ho

Classifications

• H05H1/48 Primary

  using an arc (H05H1/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B01J19/088 Primary

  giving rise to electric discharges (for heating purposes H05B7/00; for the production of ozone C01B13/11, H01T19/00) · CPC title

• B01J2219/0883

  Gas-gas · CPC title

• B01J2219/0884

  Gas-liquid · CPC title

• B01J2219/0807

  involving electrodes · CPC title