Patent ID: 6959538

Claim:
An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust stream piping; a hyper-plasma reactor having an inlet and an opposite outlet, comprising: a dielectric plasma reactor wall, said dielectric plasma reactor wall defining a reactor space; an inner electrode disposed within said reactor space in parallel relation to said dielectric plasma reactor wall; and an outer electrode adjoining said dielectric plasma reactor wall, said outer electrode being arranged in a sequential pattern comprising a series of discretely spaced apart locations, said sequential pattern being arranged with respect to an axis; a first source connected to the inlet, said first source providing air; a second source connected to the inlet, said second source providing hydrocarbons; a catalytic converter connected to said piping; and a connection between the outlet and said piping at an upstream location relative to said catalytic converter; wherein the air from the first source mixes with the hydrocarbons from the second source, wherein the mixture passes into the inlet, through the reactor space, and out the outlet.