Europlasma Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120193215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A SYNGAS - Treating a synthesis gas includes generating a plasma jet from a non-transferred arc torch having a main axis, the jet having a propagation axis substantially collinear with the torch main axis. The plasma torch is mounted on a feed enclosure. The syngas is received at an inlet port of the feed enclosure, downstream from the plasma torch and feeding the syngas so the flow encounters the plasma jet to mix the syngas and plasma jet in a distribution chamber. The mixture is propagated in a reactor downstream from the feed enclosure to convert the syngas into an outlet gas. The reactor is in communication in its upstream portion with the feed enclosure through a flared segment, and has a longitudinal axis that is substantially collinear with the propagation axis of the plasma jet. The outlet gas is extracted via an outlet port and particles are captured by a submerged conveyor. | 08-02-2012 |
20110284504 | METHOD OF MONITORING THE WEAR OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE ELECTRODES OF A PLASMA TORCH - Method of controlling the wear of at least one of the electrodes of a plasma torch including two electrodes having the same main axis, and being separated by a chamber designed to receive a plasma-generating gas, and at least one element for generating a magnetic field placed locally to the at least one electrode for which the control of wear is sought, in which the arc root is made to sweep longitudinally over a portion of the surface of this electrode from an initial position until the arc root reaches a defined final position of the portion, the longitudinal progression of the arc root being defined by a function dependent on at least the time, f(t), which is fixed. At least the electrical energy consumed by the torch as a function of the time since the electrode was commissioned is measured, the measurements are recorded in a storage device and, from the temporal evolution of at least the electrical energy consumed over at least part of the measurements, an adjustment variable ξ(t) is defined for the function f(t) over a period of time τ determined by the state of wear of the electrode. | 11-24-2011 |
20100179370 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF INERTING TOXIC MATERIALS BY PLASMA MELTING - The present invention pertains to a process and an device for plasma fusion inertizing of toxic materials, consisting of a melting vessel having an internal volume defined by walls. At least one non-transferred arc plasma source intended to generate a lance of plasma is inclined toward the lower part of the melting vessel and propagated along an axis of propagation situated outside of the vertical plane containing the normal to the wall at the point of intersection of said propagation axis with said wall so as to agitate the melting bath. The melting vessel is in fluid communication with the upstream part of a refining and pouring vessel and consists of an opening to which a non-transferred arc plasma source is connected, said source being mounted so as to emit a plasma lance to strike the refining bath directly in said upstream part. | 07-15-2010 |
20090077887 | Method and apparatus for treating a syngas - Treating a synthesis gas includes generating a plasma jet from a non-transferred arc torch having a main axis, the jet having a propagation axis that is substantially collinear with the main axis of the torch. The plasma torch is mounted on a feed enclosure. The syngas is received at an inlet port of the feed enclosure, the inlet port being downstream from he plasma torch and feeding the syngas so the flow encounters the plasma jet to mix the syngas and plasma jet. The mixture is propagated in an elongate reactor placed downstream from the inlet port to convert the syngas into an outlet gas. The reactor is in communication in its upstream portion with the feed enclosure and has a longitudinal axis that is substantially collinear with the propagation axis of the plasma jet. The outlet gas is extracted via an outlet port. | 03-26-2009 |