Patent ID: 8268138

Claim:
A system for gases dissociation; the system comprising: an electron source including a thermionic cathode having a surface exposed to a thermal energy source and being thus configured and operable to emit electrons; an electric field generator generating an electric field having an energy sufficient to dissociate reactant gas molecules; an anode spaced apart from the thermionic cathode at a predetermined distance defining a reaction chamber between the thermionic cathode and anode, the anode being separated from the thermionic cathode by a gas components separator, and being electrically connected to the thermionic cathode; an intermediate electrode between the thermionic cathode and anode being spaced from the thermionic cathode a predetermined distance; the reaction chamber being configured and operable to cause interaction between the electrons with said reactant gas molecules within said chamber and said reactant gas molecules being at least one of CO 2 and H 2 O, said product compounds are O 2 and at least one of CO and H 2 .