Claims
- 1. An apparatus for separating constituents from a base material, comprising:
- a source for generating electromagnetic radiation;
- a resonator forming a resonating cavity;
- a wave guide for carrying said electromagnetic radiation from said generating source to said resonating cavity;
- a reactor defining a reaction chamber, said reactor at least partially disposed within said resonating cavity wherein said reaction chamber is hermetically sealed from said resonating cavity.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said source for generating electromagnetic radiation is selected from the group consisting of a gyrotron, magnetron, klystron, and traveling-wave tube.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said resonator is fabricated from material which is highly reflective of RF waves.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said reactor is formed from material transparent to RF waves.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said RF transparent material is constructed from a pyrolytic material.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 1, further including a heat exchanger thermally coupled to said reactor.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said heat exchanger includes an inner chamber for channeling the flow of a dielectric fluid disposed therein.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 1, further including an off gas pump connected to said reaction chamber.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said RF transparent material is selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, silicon nitride, quartz, sapphire, and diamond material.
- 10. An apparatus for separating constituents from a base material, comprising:
- a first source for generating a first electromagnetic wave having a first frequency;
- a second source for generating a second electromagnetic wave having a second frequency;
- a first resonator forming a first resonating cavity, wherein said first resonating cavity is coupled to said first electromagnetic wave source by way of a first wave guide, said first wave guide carrying into said first resonating cavity said first electromagnetic wave;
- a second resonator forming a second resonating cavity, wherein said second resonating cavity is coupled to said second electromagnetic wave source by way of a second wave guide, said second wave guide carrying into said second resonating cavity said second electromagnetic wave;
- a reactor defining a reaction chamber, said reactor at least partially disposed within said first and second resonating cavities, wherein said first and second resonating cavities are hermetically sealed from said reaction chamber.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein at least one of said first and second sources is selected from the group consisting of a gyrotron, magnetron, klystron and traveling wave tube.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein at least one of said first and second resonators is fabricated from material which is highly reflective of RF waves.
- 13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said reactor is formed from material which is transparent to RF waves.
- 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said RF transparent material is selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, silicon nitride, quarts, sapphire and diamond material.
- 15. The apparatus of claim 10, further including a heat exchanger coupled to said reactor.
- 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said heat exchanger includes an inner chamber for chaneling the flow of a dielectric fluid disposed therein.
- 17. The apparatus of claim 10, further including an off gas pump connected to said reaction chamber.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/602,195 filed on Feb. 16, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,784,682.
US Referenced Citations (8)
Continuation in Parts (1)
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