Patents by Inventor Radu Burlica

Radu Burlica has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Gliding arc electrical discharge reactors with improved nozzle configuration
    Patent number: 8444924
    Abstract: A plasma gliding arc discharge reactor is described. The reactor may include a housing having a plurality of divergent electrodes, a power supply connected to the electrodes, which delivers pulsed power to the reactor, and a nozzle that directs a mixture of a carrier gas and a liquid to a region between the divergent electrodes, thereby generating plasma in the region. The nozzle can include a first inlet for receiving the carrier gas, a second inlet for receiving the liquid and a mixing chamber that is configured to mix the carrier gas and the liquid prior to being directed to the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Radu Burlica, Bruce Locke
  • Pulsed gliding arc electrical discharge reactors
    Patent number: 7919053
    Abstract: A pulsed gliding arc discharge (PGD) reactor includes an ignition coil driven by a pulse generator which is connected to a pair of divergent electrodes fixed by a reactor housing with a fluid inlet and outlet. Hydrogen peroxide and dye degradation can be carried out with a PGD reactor according to the invention with efficiencies that are more than two orders of magnitude greater than a conventional ACG reactor based on the calculated specific energy yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Inventors: Radu Burlica, Bruce R. Locke
  • GLIDING ARC ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE REACTORS WITH IMPROVED NOZZLE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20090236215
    Abstract: A plasma gliding arc discharge reactor is described. The reactor may include a housing having a plurality of divergent electrodes, a power supply connected to the electrodes, which delivers pulsed power to the reactor, and a nozzle that directs a mixture of a carrier gas and a liquid to a region between the divergent electrodes, thereby generating plasma in the region. The nozzle can include a first inlet for receiving the carrier gas, a second inlet for receiving the liquid and a mixing chamber that is configured to mix the carrier gas and the liquid prior to being directed to the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: RADU BURLICA, Bruce Locke
  • PULSED GLIDING ARC ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE REACTORS
    Publication number: 20070272543
    Abstract: A pulsed gliding arc discharge (PGD) reactor includes an ignition coil driven by a pulse generator which is connected to a pair of divergent electrodes fixed by a reactor housing with a fluid inlet and outlet. Hydrogen peroxide and dye degradation can be carried out with a PGD reactor according to the invention with efficiencies that are more than two orders of magnitude greater than a conventional ACG reactor based on the calculated specific energy yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Radu Burlica, Bruce R. Locke