Patent ID: 7780924

Claim:
An apparatus for making a combustible gas comprising: a pressure and temperature resistant metal vessel adapted to be filled with a liquid and the metal vessel further comprising in an interior of said vessel at least one submerged electric arc between a negatively charged, carbon base anode arranged to move in a first set of directions acting on a positively charged, carbon base cathode arranged to move in directions perpendicular to said first set of directions, means for moving the anode in the first set of directions toward and away from the cathode; means for alternatively moving the cathode in the directions perpendicular to the first set of directions; said vessel being equipped with means for delivering a DC electric current to said anode and cathode, said means for delivering the DC electric current including copper holders adapted for minimizing the electric resistance between the delivery of the current and the electric arc, wherein long operating life is achieved via the anode being non-consuming acting on the cathode while minimizing the loss of power due to the electric resistance of carbon electrodes, wherein an incandescence, which is caused by the electric arc, of an interface area between said anode and said cathode is enclosed on all sides by temperature resistant electrically insulating skirts, except for clearances suitable for the flow of said liquid through the electric arc and the exit of said liquid through an enclosed area formed by said insulating skirts, wherein a combustible gas produced by said submerged electric arc acting on said liquid bubbles to the surface of said liquid for collection, wherein physical and chemical esoenergetic reactions caused by the electric arc generate heat acquired by said liquid, and wherein solid residues settle and accumulate in strainers placed along a liquid flow and are periodically collected.