Patent ID: 7367196

Claim:
A spinning cold plasma apparatus, comprising: a vortex tube having a vortex reaction chamber, an inner wall, and a generated plasma, wherein the vortex tube having a cold gas outlet formed at a first end of the vortex tube and a hot gas outlet formed at a second end of the vortex tube, and the vortex tube having at least one gas inlet opening formed in the vortex tube for directing pressurized gas tangentially to the inner wall into the vortex reaction chamber; a valve positioned at least partially within the cold gas outlet to regulate the flow of cold plasma from the vortex reaction chamber; and an ionizing device for transmitting electromagnetic energy into the vortex reaction chamber to ionize pressurized gas therein, wherein the ionizing device is a source selected from the group consisting of a RF source, and a microwave source capable of forming plasma in the central region of the reaction chamber of said vortex tube.