The present invention discloses high pressure flow reactor vessels and associated systems. Also disclosed are processes for producing thiol compounds and sulfide compounds utilizing these flow reactor vessels.

The present disclosure relates to a plasma reactor for plasma-based gas conversion comprising a plasma chamber and an effusion nozzle coupled to the plasma chamber. The plasma chamber comprises one or more gas inlets configured for introducing a feed gas into the plasma chamber, a first and a second electrode for generating gas discharge plasma, and at least one gas outlet opening for evacuating converted and unconverted feed gas from the plasma chamber. The effusion nozzle comprises a radial circumferential wall radially delimiting a gas-receiving cavity elongating along a central axis from a first end to a second end, and the gas-receiving cavity comprises an axial entrance opening at the first end for receiving the gas flow from the reaction chamber and an axial wall at the second end. The effusion nozzle is forming an extension of the second electrode or the effusion nozzle is forming the second electrode. The effusion nozzle further comprises one or more effusion openings for evacuating converted and unconverted feed gas from the gas-receiving cavity.

A nitric oxide generator generates nitric oxide from a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen such as air treated by a pulsating electrical discharge. The desired concentration of nitric oxide is obtained by controlling at least one of a frequency of the pulsating electrical discharge and duration of each electrical discharge pulse.

A nitric oxide generator generates nitric oxide from a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen such as air treated by a pulsating electrical discharge. The desired concentration of nitric oxide is obtained by controlling at least one of a frequency of the pulsating electrical discharge and duration of each electrical discharge pulse.

The present invention discloses high pressure flow reactor vessels and associated systems. Also disclosed are processes for producing thiol compounds and sulfide compounds utilizing these flow reactor vessels.

A solar thermochemical processing system is disclosed. The system includes a first unit operation for receiving concentrated solar energy. Heat from the solar energy is used to drive the first unit operation. The first unit operation also receives a first set of reactants and produces a first set of products. A second unit operation receives the first set of products from the first unit operation and produces a second set of products. A third unit operation receives heat from the second unit operation to produce a portion of the first set of reactants.

A plasma reactor comprises a housing, a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, a first electric field generator, and an effluent outlet. The housing includes an axial aligned passageway and an internal reactor chamber coupled with the passageway. The first fluid inlet receives and delivers a first fluid to the reactor chamber. The second fluid inlet receives and delivers a second fluid to the reactor chamber. The first electric field generator is positioned in the reactor chamber and includes a first electrode and a spaced apart second electrode. The first electric field generator generates a first electric field, wherein the first fluid passes through the first electric field creating a plasma which is injected into the second fluid while the second fluid is flowing through the passageway to create an effluent. The effluent outlet receives the effluent from the reactor chamber and delivers it to a destination.

An apparatus for producing ammonia using electric discharge of water according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plasma decomposition reaction part configured to produce hydrogen (H.sub.2) and oxygen (O.sub.2) from water by supplying the water to plasma generated by using nitrogen gas (N.sub.2) as electric discharge gas and produce nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO.sub.2) by allowing oxygen (O.sub.2) to react with nitrogen (N.sub.2), a thermal decomposition reaction part connected to a lower side of the plasma decomposition reaction part and configured to produce solid carbon and hydrogen (H.sub.2) by decomposing water and hydrocarbon by further supplying hydrocarbon or hydrogen to an additional supply port, and a synthetic catalyst part connected to the thermal decomposition reaction part and configured to produce ammonia (NH.sub.3) by synthesizing hydrogen (H.sub.2) and nitrogen monoxide (NO) separated from water.

A method and apparatus for generation of fluorine gas (F2) in situ at the point of use is provided. The portable fluorine generator includes a dilution system disposed within a housing and operable to mix a feed gas comprising fluorine with an inert gas. The portable fluorine generator further includes a plasma reactor unit disposed within the housing and operable to separate fluorine (F2) from the feed gas comprising fluorine.

A nitric oxide generator generates nitric oxide from a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen such as air treated by a pulsating electrical discharge. The desired concentration of nitric oxide is obtained by controlling at least one of a frequency of the pulsating electrical discharge and duration of each electrical discharge pulse.