Patent ID: 11945719
Assignee: NITRICGEN, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A  B  H | IPC A  B  C  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for generating nitric oxide comprising:
(i) a reaction chamber;
(ii) an inlet to provide a flow of reactant gas comprising nitrogen and oxygen to the reaction chamber;
(iii) a pair of electrodes located in the reaction chamber and separated by a gap;
(iv) a flow meter for measuring a gas flow from an external regulated source to determine the flow of the reactant gas through the reaction chamber;
(v) an electronic control circuit in communication with the flow meter and the electrodes to generate an electric arc discharge across the gap, wherein the electronic control circuit is configured to control a pulse frequency of the electric arc discharge and a pulse duration of the electric arc discharge independent of the pulse frequency; and wherein the electric arc discharge across the gap determines a concentration of nitric oxide generated in the reactant gas to produce a product gas comprising nitric oxide; and
(vi) an outlet for the product gas comprising nitric oxide.