Mobile Crematorium Using Corona Plasma Instead of Fuel Burning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing movable crematoriums require fuel for operation and maintain high temperatures, making them unsuitable for mobile use due to fuel consumption and thermal management challenges.
Innovation Solution
A movable crematorium with a reactor having a conductive inner surface and an electrode that generates corona discharge plasma using high-voltage pulses, facilitating plasma-chemical destruction of organic and inorganic substances without the need for fuel, by forming free radicals and ultraviolet radiation to break down dead bodies into harmless gases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fuel-based burning method is used, then cremation can be achieved, but fuel consumption and high temperature maintenance make it unsuitable for mobile use
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the fundamental operating parameters from thermal combustion to plasma-chemical destruction. By applying high-voltage pulses (electrical energy parameter change) instead of fuel-based thermal energy, the system achieves cremation without fuel consumption, enabling mobile use while eliminating the energy supply constraint
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces the mechanical/thermal combustion system with an electrical plasma system. Instead of using fuel burners and thermal heating mechanisms, the system uses high-voltage pulse generators to create corona discharge plasma, substituting the entire thermal energy delivery mechanism with an electrical field-based approach
2Productivity
If traditional burning method is used, then cremation process can be completed, but harmful combustion products are generated
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses plasma-generated free radicals (highly reactive oxidizing species) to accelerate and complete the oxidation of organic matter. The plasma environment creates an oxygen-rich reactive atmosphere that ensures complete combustion of all organic components, converting them entirely to CO2 and H2O without leaving harmful intermediate combustion products
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite plasma-chemical environment combining ionized gas, free radicals, and UV radiation. This multi-component reactive medium works synergistically to ensure complete destruction of organic matter, producing only simple gaseous products (CO2 and H2O) rather than complex harmful combustion byproducts
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and fuel-free cremation of human or animal bodies, producing only water and carbon dioxide as gaseous products, addressing the limitations of traditional burning methods by utilizing plasma-chemical reactions for complete destruction.
Implementation Method 1
a gap is provided between the inner surfaces and the electrode, the gap assuring generation of corona discharge plasma in the reactor due to the high-voltage pulses
Implementation Method 2
plasma-chemical destruction of dead bodies of humans or animals
Implementation Method 3
causing formation of free radicals due to disintegration of water molecules H2O→OH·+H·
Implementation Method 4
chain reaction of oxidation of organic substances, which occurs in presence of water
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AI summary
The invention relates to cremation of dead bodies of humans or animals by plasma-chemical destruction method. A mobile crematorium includes a chassis bearing a reactor implemented as a closed cavity with an opening for placing dead bodies of humans or animals to be cremated into the reactor, and to close the reactor after that, and also with an opening for outputting gaseous products. The crematorium additionally includes a source of high-voltage pulses, that is connected to an electrode protruding into the reactor via an isolating member, wherein inner surfaces of the reactor cavity are made conductive entirely or partially and a gap is provided between the inner surfaces and the electrode, the gap assuring generation of corona discharge plasma in the reactor due to the high-voltage pulses.