High voltage electrostatics and corona discharge are utilized for various applications in pollution and
environmental control. The traditional applications have many flaws due to improper construction of electrode
design and assembly that cause system failure, in particular when electrically stimulated devices are exposed to
high humidity. A new innovative-patented design by Hamade, electrically stimulated catalytic converter (ESCC),
eliminates such flaws and shows the wide practical applications of the new design. The new design utilized previous
patented designs and work of the same inventor but retrofitted for catalytic auto exhaust emission control. The
current and previous patents include: employing electrically stimulated filtration (ESF) to replace high efficiency
particulate air (HEPA) filters, treatment of biological and infectious diseases, electret fabrication, and, most
notably, the invention of a new electrically stimulated catalytic converter (ESCC). The electrically stimulated
catalytic converter invention includes an exhaust conduit fed from the engine exhaust port with a housed corona
charger apparatus. The opposite end is opened to the atmosphere outside of the vehicle or connected to a
reduced-size catalytic converter. The corona charger is intrusively or non-intrusively associated with a main flow
path defined by the exhaust conduit. The corona charger includes at least one electrode, which may be recessed
away from, the main flow path. A plurality of corona chargers may be used in various combinations, optimally
a two dimensional grid. The electrically stimulated catalytic converter is adapted to treat and eliminate auto
exhaust pollution emission to air.
HAMADE Thomas A.
. Novel Electrically Stimulated Catalytic Converter Prototype for Replacement of Conventional Auto Exhaust Emission Converters[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Science), 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s12204-018-1913-1
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