US RE50,565 E1
Modular plasma reformer treatment system
Garrett Hill, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Rimere, LLC, Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed by PlasmaFlow, LLC, Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/321,940.
Application 17/321,940 is a division of application No. 17/319,466, filed on May 13, 2021.
Application 17/319,466 is a reissue of application No. 16/049,795, filed on Jul. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,293,303, issued on May 21, 2019.
Application 17/321,940 is a reissue of application No. 16/049,795, filed on Jul. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,293,303, issued on May 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/538,177, filed on Jul. 28, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 53/32 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01D 53/92 (2006.01); F01N 3/01 (2006.01); F01N 3/037 (2006.01); F01N 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 53/32 (2013.01) [B01D 53/261 (2013.01); B01D 53/92 (2013.01); F01N 3/01 (2013.01); F01N 3/037 (2013.01); F01N 3/0892 (2013.01); B01D 2257/404 (2013.01); B01D 2257/502 (2013.01); B01D 2257/702 (2013.01); F01N 2240/22 (2013.01); F01N 2240/28 (2013.01); F01N 2240/30 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 28. A method of treating a gas stream, the method comprising:
directing the gas stream into a first reaction zone;
energizing the gas stream to generate a first plasma comprising a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma between a first inner electrode nested within a second electrode in the first reaction zone;
further energizing, within a second reaction zone, the gas stream energized in the first reaction zone to generate a second plasma comprising one of a rotating glide-arc plasma or a microwave plasma,
wherein the first and second reaction zones are disposed serially such that the first inner electrode is directly coupled to a common reaction zone common to the first and second reaction zones and configured to sustain therein the first plasma. ]