Patent ID: 11945720
Assignee: NITRICGEN, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A  B  H | IPC A  B  C  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for generating nitric oxide comprising:
(i) providing a flow of a reactant gas comprising nitrogen and oxygen to an apparatus comprising:
(a) a reaction chamber;
(b) an inlet to provide the flow of the reactant gas comprising nitrogen and oxygen to the reaction chamber;
(c) a pair of electrodes in the reaction chamber and separated by a gap;
(d) an electronic control circuit in communication with 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;
(e) an outlet for a product gas comprising nitric oxide;

(ii) promoting the electric arc discharge across the electrodes through the gas flow while controlling the pulse frequency of the electric arc discharge and the pulse duration of the electric arc discharge to produce the product gas comprising nitric oxide; and
(iii) outputting the product gas comprising nitric oxide.