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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Atsuo Kondou, Okazaki, JP;
Yasumasa Fujioka, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Sakuma, Nagoya, JP;
Masaaki Masuda, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Dosaka, Shioya-gun, JP;
Keizo Iwama, Shioya-gun, JP;
Atsuo Kondou, Okazaki, JP;
Yasumasa Fujioka, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Sakuma, Nagoya, JP;
Masaaki Masuda, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Dosaka, Shioya-gun, JP;
Keizo Iwama, Shioya-gun, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plasma reactor is provided with two or more plasma generating electrodes which are installed in series inside a gas passage in a casing, with each plasma generating electrode being electrically controlled independently. The surface area of the conductor on each unit electrode forming the plasma generating electrode installed on the upstream side of the gas passage is smaller than the surface area of the conductor on the unit electrode forming the plasma generating electrode installed on the downstream side of the gas passage. Plasma can be generated between each of the unit electrodes by supplying each of the plasma generating electrodes with independently controlled electric power. The plasma reactor can efficiently react specific components contained in the gas passing through the gas passage.