Patent ID: 8593778
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B08B,B23K,C23G,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating a reducing gas, the apparatus comprising: an enclosure having a wall defining an interior hollow wherein at least a portion of the enclosure wall comprises an anode connected to a first voltage level; a magnetic coil residing outside of the interior hollow, wherein the magnetic coil is connected to an energy source; a gas inlet and a gas outlet that is in fluid communication with the interior hollow; and a cathode residing within the interior hollow and interposed between the gas inlet and the gas outlet wherein the cathode is connected to a second voltage level which has a negative bias relative to the first voltage level; wherein a pressure of the apparatus ranges from 1 to 20 atmospheres; and wherein energy is supplied to at least one of the cathode and the anode sufficient to generate electrons which attach to at least a portion of a reducing gas passing through the apparatus thereby forming a reducing gas at the gas outlet; wherein the reducing gas is a negatively charged ionic reducing gas.