Patent ID: 8753488

Claim:
An apparatus for growing nano-clusters, the apparatus comprising: a pair of electrodes separated by an electrode pair spacing; a field generation module that generates a corona discharge across the electrodes, the corona discharge generating an electromagnetic field near the electrodes, a voltage potential across the electrodes comprising a medium voltage of between about 1 kilo Volt (“kV”) and 35 kV, the field generation module comprising a medium voltage module that generates a medium voltage waveform, the medium voltage waveform transmitted to the electrodes to generate the corona discharge; and a broad frequency generation module that generates a broad spectrum of frequencies within the medium voltage waveform, the broad spectrum of frequencies comprising a switching frequency of about 22 kilohertz (“kHz”) or higher and a plurality of harmonic frequencies higher than the switching frequency; and an element attraction module that generates one or more attraction frequencies within the medium voltage waveform, wherein each attraction frequency comprises a frequency selected to cause a resonance within atoms of a specific element, the raw material comprising atoms of the specific element, wherein the attraction frequency is operative to cause atoms of the specific element to resonate between the electrodes and gather together in a nano-cluster; and a raw material feeder module that feeds particles of a raw material through the electromagnetic field adjacent to the corona discharge occurring between the electrodes and in a direction parallel to a line between the electrodes where the corona discharge occurs, the electromagnetic field comprising the broad spectrum of frequencies is operative to separate at least a portion of the raw material fed through the electromagnetic field into free atoms.