US 12,458,946 B2
Compound annular non-thermal plasma reactor core
Herek L. Clack, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Kevin D. Melotti, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to The Regents of The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/635,864
Filed by THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/047295
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/071594, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/889,732, filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288552 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 19/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 19/088 (2013.01) [B01J 2219/0809 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0826 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0875 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0896 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-thermal plasma reactor system comprising:
an outer member;
a non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve disposed within the outer member, the non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve defining a central core volume, the non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve being dimensionally smaller than the outer member to define an annular volume between the non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve and the outer member, the non-thermal plasma inner member sleeve having an inner surface boundary and an outer surface boundary, the inner surface boundary being coaxial with the outer surface boundary to define a sleeve volume there between, the inner surface boundary and the outer surface boundary being permeable and configured to permit airflow between the annular volume and the central core volume;
dielectric material being disposed within the sleeve volume; and
a plurality of first electrode rods extending within the sleeve volume and at least a second electrode coupled to the inner member sleeve, the plurality of first electrode rods and the second electrode configured to exert electrical potential to produce a non-thermal plasma within the sleeve volume, the non-thermal plasma contacting the airflow as it flows through the sleeve volume between the annular volume and the central core volume.