Patent ID: 7070634

Claim:
A plasma reformer for dissociating water and hydrocarbon fuel in a preheated gaseous form comprising: a turbulent heating zone containing micro-porous articulated material with a first impervious ceramic wall laterally bounding it; a reaction chamber downstream from the turbulent heating zone, the reaction chamber having emitter electrode means attached to the first impervious ceramic wall laterally bounding it, an inner lateral wall containing collector electrode means, and an electric circuit maintained between the emitter electrode means and the collector electrode means; an energy retaining zone containing micro-porous articulated material arrayed downstream from the reaction chamber; low thermal conductivity materials surrounding the energy retaining zone; compression-expansion cushion mat material surrounding the low thermal conductivity material; an ion-neutralization filter surrounding the collector electrode means in the reaction chamber; a casing; and Ingress means into the turbulent heating zone and egress means from the energy retaining zone.