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Plasma torch with liquid metal electrodes

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In order to eliminate the negative effect of erosion processes on electrodes in arc plasma generators, a new scheme of arc discharge was proposed in which the surface of a molten metal acts as electrodes. A plasma reactor was designed on the basis of this concept. The electrophysical characteristics of such a discharge in steam and air as plasma gases were studied. Experiments on destruction of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls and steam coal gasification were performed.

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Original Russian Text © M.R. Predtechenskii, O.M. Tukhto, 2006, published in Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, 2006, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 149–154.

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Predtechenskii, M.R., Tukhto, O.M. Plasma torch with liquid metal electrodes. High Energy Chem 40, 119–124 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018143906020093

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