CPC F23G 5/40 (2013.01) [B01J 19/087 (2013.01); B09B 3/50 (2022.01); B09B 3/70 (2022.01); F23G 5/085 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0809 (2013.01); B09B 2101/25 (2022.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A reactor for waste destruction, comprising:
a housing in a form of a cavity with an input orifice in an upper portion of the cavity connected to a waste feed apparatus that supplies solid and liquid waste, and an output orifice for outputting gaseous products of the waste destruction,
wherein inner surfaces of the cavity are entirely or partially conductive, such that a bottom surface of the inner surfaces is entirely conductive, and upper portions of vertical walls of the inner surfaces are conductive, while lower portions of the vertical walls of the inner surface are non-conductive;
an electrode inserted into the cavity through the upper portion of the cavity, wherein the electrode is isolated from the inner surfaces; and
a source of high-voltage pulses connected to the electrode,
wherein a size of a gap between the electrode and the bottom surface is configured to generate streamers of pulse corona discharge plasma when the high-voltage pulses are supplied to the electrode, so as to effect the waste destruction of the solid and liquid waste in the cavity.
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