Patent ID: 6261525
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B01J,H05B

Abstract:
A process gas decomposition reactor comprising,a reactor chamber having a gas inflow port spaced apart from a gas outflow port in a manner defining a gas flow path through a central region of the chamber,a gas flow stream traversing the reactor chamber from the inflow port to the outflow port, the gas flow including process gas effluent and reaction gas,first and second intertwined helical coils surrounding the gas flow path,first and second spaced apart microwave frequency waveguides, exterior to the reaction chamber, each respectively joined to one of the first and second helical coils, andfirst and second microwave energy oscillators feeding respective first and second waveguides, each waveguide feeding microwave energy to a respective one of the first and second helical coils, wherein reactive gases in the reaction chamber are heated to ionization by said energy for breakdown of the process gas effluent and recombination with the reaction gas.