Non-Thermal Plasmas as Gas-Phase Advance Oxidation Processes

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Subject Categories: PLASMA PHYSICS AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL
Corporate Author: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB NM
Title: Non-Thermal Plasmas as Gas-Phase Advance Oxidation Processes
Personal Authors: Rosocha, Louis A.
Report Date: 11 AUG 1997
Pages: 8 PAGES
Report Number: LA-UR-97-2124
Monitor Acronym: XD
Monitor Series: SERDP
Descriptors: *PLASMAS(PHYSICS), *EMISSION CONTROL, OXIDATION, FREE RADICALS, POLLUTION ABATEMENT.
Identifiers: *NONTHERMAL PLASMA REACTORS, SERDP COLLECTION, SERDP(STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM)
Abstract: Non-thermal plasmas are useful for generating reactive species (free radicals) in a gas stream. Because radical-attack reaction rate constants are very large for many chemical species, entrained pollutants are readily decomposed by radicals. Such plasmas can generate both oxidative and reductive radicals; therefore, they show promise for treating a wide variety of pollutants.
Limitation Code: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Source Code: 211350
Citation Creation Date: 02 JUN 1999