Savvypro wrote:
For the furnace - only hydrogen is use, no oxygen involved.
From my understanding of the way the Atomic hydrogen welder operates, the H2 is split into 2H (atomic form) by the ark and then recombines to H2 on the material being welded. The process allows welding to take place without the material oxidizing. No oxygen used in the welding process.
My knowledge of the Browns Gas process is very limited so if I'm wrong please say so. Just from the Browns Gas Facts link you provided - from going by points 19, 20 and 21 it sounds like the same hydrogen process as described above may be happening in both the Browns Gas and Atomic hydrogen processes. But with the Browns Gas process Oxygen is included in the mixture.
This process generates Plasma.
Irving Langmuir - (The Plasma Universe Wikipedia-like Encyclopedia)
He also discovered atomic hydrogen, which he put to use by inventing the atomic hydrogen welding process; the first plasma weld ever made.
Neon lighting reminded Irving Langmuir blood plasma hence the term plasma.
Al