Gas discharge with a liquid electrolyte cathode in creating a flow of steam water plasma

The current article presents the results of an experimental study of a gas discharge with a flowing liquid electrolyte cathode under combustion conditions inside a chamber with walls made of refractory material. The copper anode was located above the cathode. The interelectrode distance was 20 cm. Aqueous solutions of sodium chloride with a concentration of 0.2-0.3 mol / l were used as an electrolyte. The electric power source was a three-phase rectifier with an output voltage of 2100 V. The discharge burned steadily without a ballast resistor in the power range of 25-30 kW. As a result, the researchers obtained a flow of steam water plasma with a mass velocity of 1.0-1.7 g/s. The total heat loss through the electrodes did not exceed 30% of the overall power consumption.