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Electromagnetic converter for reduction of exhaust emissions
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Inventors: Cornwell, James H.; Kukla, William J.;
Assignee: Environmental Research International, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL)
Primary Examiner: Hart; Douglas
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond
An electromagnetic converter directs the exhaust stream of a fossil fuel combustion process, for example the exhaust from an internal combustion engine, through a series of electrostatic fields to convert a substantial portion of the pollutants into non-harmful base elements. In an exemplary embodiment, the exhaust stream is directed through an anti-turbulator chamber, which conditions the flow. The chamber includes an electron transfer grid in the path of the flow. The grid has a negative dc charge of sufficient strength to achieve the first ionization level of the HC, CO, and CO.sub.2 molecules present. The ionized exhaust is thereafter directed to an ion generator chamber, which includes coils carrying a very high positive dc charge, e.g. 20,000-50,000 volts dc, sufficient to achieve ionization potential of the molecules to induce molecular breakdown into the base components of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. From the ion generator chamber, the exhaust is directed to a collector chamber which collector surfaces connected to a positive dc ground or otherwise configured to induce polar covalent bonding of the carbon ions. The resulting gases emitted contain substantially reduced levels of HC, CO, and CO.sub.2, and very high levels of pure oxygen, as compared to present catalytic converters. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to devices and methods that represents a significant breakthrough in treatment of pollutants, particularly in the reduction of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide exhaust emissions resulting from fossil fuel combustion processes.
A preferred embodiment of the invention is an electromagnetic converter for automobiles and other motor vehicles using internal combustion engines.
The device, which is self-contained in a housing that can be connected into the exhaust line, is intended for use both in gasoline engines and in diesel fuel engines, as well as engines operating on other types of fuels.
According to the present invention, the exhaust stream is directed, under controlled conditions, through a positive electric field of a sufficient strength to induce molecular breakdown in the exhaust gases, i.
e.
to break down the molecules into their base components, and the gases are held in this energized state as the exhaust stream is thereafter directed in to a carbon bonding chamber.
There, the carbon ions bond, by polar covalent bonding, to the walls of the collector and the remaining gases, in the form of oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen, are discharged to atmosphere.
The devices according to the invention are effective in converting a significant portion of the oxygen present in pollutant compounds (CO, CO.
sub.
2 and NO.
sub.
x) into the more desirable form of pure oxygen.
In one embodiment, the device includes a housing with three successive chambers: first, an anti-turbulator chamber which includes a grid negatively charged on the order of 6 kv dc; this chamber conditions the flow and adds energy; second, an ion generator chamber with a positive charge on the order of 50 kv dc that breaks down molecules of CO, CO.
sub.
2, HC and NH.
sub.
4 into component ions and radicals with unpaired electrons; and third, a collector chamber to induce polar covalent bonding of the carbon particles.
In accordance with the present device and method, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are broken down molecularly into carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
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