Apparatus and method for electron irradiation scrubbing

• Main Authors: Dominik Neumayr, Juan Mario Michan, William Jamieson Ramsay
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.05.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OFNEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMICBEAMS; SEPARATION; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

There is provided a dielectric barrier electrical discharge apparatus and corresponding system and method. The apparatus comprises: at least two electrodes arranged in use to provide at least one anode and at least one cathode, the at least two electrodes being separated to allow a fluid to be present between the electrodes in use, and at least one of the electrodes has a dielectric portion connected to at least part of said electrode; a sub-macroscopic structure connected to at least one of the at least two electrodes and/or to the dielectric portion; and a drive circuit connected to each of the at least two electrodes and arranged in use to establish an electric field between the electrodes, wherein in response to the presence of the electric field between the electrodes, the sub-macroscopic structure is arranged to field-emit electrons and electrical discharge is establishable between the dielectric portion and one of the at least two electrodes, and the drive circuit is further arranged to provide real power to the fluid in use.