Patent ID: 9093682
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: C01B,C25B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A cold plasma reforming chamber, comprising: an input for receiving a chemical gas mixture; a structure enveloping a vertical cavity coupled to the input and including two or more electrodes, wherein the vertical cavity provides a vertical path for the chemical gas mixture to rise past the two or more electrodes and the ground plane; wherein the two or more electrodes are configured to receive, from a drive circuit, a control voltage large enough to produce an electrical discharge for causing a cold plasma reaction efficient to molecularly break down a portion of the chemical gas mixture into hydrogen and unreacted chemical gas mixture; a control circuit including a sensor configured to sense a DC current or a DC voltage from the drive circuit and determine whether an electrical discharge is occurring in the vertical cavity in response to the sensed DC current or DC voltage; a drive circuit configured to vary a variable input voltage based on the determined occurrence of the electrical discharge in the vertical cavity; and a recycling chamber for redirecting the unreacted chemical gas mixture from an upper exit of the structure toward a reentry into the vertical cavity.