Electric arc reactor
CA 1323670 C · Owner: Ramakrishnan, Subramania · Inventors: Ogilvy, Ian Michael; Oppenlander, Walter Tilman; Mundy, Alan Edward
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1-, ABSTRACT, "ELECTRIC ARC REACTOR", An electric arc reactor having a substantially straight feed material passage extending through both the anode and the cathode. Gas is fed into the gap between the two electrodes so as to swirl about the axis of the feed passage and thereby confine the lateral extent of the arc and also confine the location at which the upstream arc root attaches to the upstream electrode. An enlargement of the passage in the gap end of the upstream electrode provides an internal sloping root attachment surface. A similar enlargement may be provided in the downstream electrode, but spaced from the gap if the downstream electrode forms the cathode. Gas flow in a …
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- Granted October 26, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 26, 2010.
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