Biological and environmental applications of gas discharge plasmas / Graciela Brelles-Marino, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brelles-Mariño, Graciela.

Series:

Environmental research advances series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical wastes--Safety measures.

Medical wastes.

Plasma (Ionized gases)--Industrial applications.

Plasma (Ionized gases).

Plasma (Ionized gases)--Environmental aspects.

Environmental engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The emerging field of biological and environmental applications of plasma represents an inter/multidisciplinary effort among microbiologists, biologists, physicists, engineers and more recently, physicians. The book gives an overview of some of the most exciting present and future applications of gas discharge plasmas.

Contents:

Intro

BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF GAS DISCHARGE PLASMAS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

FOREWORD

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF NON-THERMAL PLASMAS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. COMMERCIALLY VIABLE, LARGE-SCALE PLASMA-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

2.1. Electrostatic Precipitation

2.1.1. Historical Background

2.1.2. Main Physical Processes Involved in Electrostatic Precipitation

2.1.3. Large Industrial Electrostatic Precipitators

2.1.4. Summary

2.2. Ozonizers

2.2.1. Historical Background

2.2.2. Ozone Properties and Applications

2.2.3. Ozone Formation in Electrical Discharges

2.2.4. Technical Aspects of Large Ozone Generators

2.2.5. Future Prospects of Industrial Ozone Generation

3. DECOMPOSITION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) IN MICROPLASMAS

3.1. Experimental Details

3.2. VOC Destruction Efficiency

3.3. By-Product Formation

3.4. Kinetic Studies

3.5. SUMMARY

4. PULSED ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN WATER

4.1. Background

4.2. Experimental Systems

4.3. Selected Experimental Results

4.4. Summary

5. CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

OZONE GENERATION WITH COLD PLASMAS FOR WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES

I. INTRODUCTION

II. OZONE AND ITS APPLICATIONS

III.1. Ozone Generation through Gas Discharges

III.2. Ozone Formation in Dielectric Barrier Discharges

III.3. Kinetics of Ozone Formation

IV. OZONE GENERATOR CONFIGURATIONS

V. OPTIMIZATION OF LARGE-SCALE OZONE GENERATORS

MICROSCOPY AS AN ANALYSIS TOOL FOR STUDYING PLASMA APPLICATIONS

INTRODUCTION

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY

OTHER MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES

CONCLUSION.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BACTERIAL BIOFILM INACTIVATION BY GAS-DISCHARGE PLASMAS

1.1. Biofilms

1.2. The Problem of Biofilm Inactivation and the Potential Use of Plasma

2. BIOFILMS AND ORAL HEALTH

3. PLASMA FOR FOOD SAFETY CONTROL - BIOFILMS IN FOOD

4. RESULTS WITH OTHER MODEL ORGANISMS

5. RESULTS FROM OUR LABORATORY

6. SOME CONCERNS

7. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUDING REMARKS

NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

1. DIRECT NON-THERMAL PLASMA MEDICINE VERSUS CONVENTIONAL THERMAL AND JET PLASMA TREATMENT OF LIVING TISSUE

1.1. Sterilization of Non-Living Objects for Medical Applications: A Review

1.2. Plasma-Assisted Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration: Discharge Systems for Air-Plasma Surgery and Nitrogen Oxide (NO) Therapy

Pulmonology

Phthisiology

Traumatology and Orthopedics

Gynecology

Dentistry

Maxillofacial Surgery

Ophthalmology

Otorhinolaryngology

Dermatology

Gastroenterology

Purulent Peritonitis

1.3. Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment of Various Diseases

1.3.1. Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment of Melanoma Skin Cancer

1.3.2. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Corneal Infections

1.3.3. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Dental Cavities

1.3.4. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Use for Skin Regeneration

1.3.5. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Chronic Foot and Leg Ulcers

1.4. Non-Damaging Plasma Treatments

2. DEVICE FOR DIRECT NON-DAMAGING APPLICATION OF PLASMA TO LIVING TISSUE: FLOATING ELECTRODE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE (FE-DBD)

2.1. Principle of Operation of the Floating Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge

2.2. Electrodes for Observation and Analysis of Plasma and for Application to Cells, Tissues, and Organs, among Others.

2.3. Non-Equilibrium Plasma Power Supply Systems

2.4. Safety of FE-DBD Plasma Application to Biological Surfaces

3. DIRECT TREATMENT BY NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA OF LIVING TISSUE WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THIS TISSUE: TOXICITY TRIALS

3.1. Skin Toxicity Trials on Human Cadaver Tissue

3.2. Skin Toxicity Trials on Live Hairless Mice

3.3. Skin Toxicity Trials on Live Regular Swine

3.4. Wound Toxicity Trials on Live Regular Swine

3.5. FE-DBD Treatment of Living Tissue: Next Steps

4. DIRECT NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA APPLICATION FOR SKIN STERILIZATION

EFFECTIVENESS OF DIRECT VERSUS INDIRECT (JET) PLASMA TREATMENT

4.1. Direct and Indirect Sterilization of Surfaces

4.2. Direct and Indirect FE-DBD Plasma Treatment

4.3. Effects of UV Radiation, Applied Electric Field, Thermal Energy, and Other Indirect Plasma Effects

4.4. Direct Plasma Inactivation of Bacteria

5. CONCLUDING REMARKS

DECONTAMINATION OF CHEMICAL AND MICROBIAL TARGETS USING GLIDING ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE

2. THE ENGINEERING OF GLIDARC REACTORS

2.1. Electrical Discharges

2.2. Characterization of Glidarc Discharges

2.3. Power Supplies for Electrical Discharge Reactors

2.4. Electrochemical Reactors of the Glidarc Type

2.5. Quality Indicators for Cold-Plasma Technologies

3. CHEMICAL REACTIVITY OF GLIDARC GENERATED SPECIES

3.1. Species Identified in the Glidarc Reactor

3.2. Chemical Properties of the Species Concerned: Chemical Effects on Liquid Targets

3.3. Temporal Post-Discharge Reactions

4. APPLICATIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ABATEMENT

4.1. Gas Pollutants

4.2. Pure Liquid Organic Pollutants

4.3. Solutes in Aqueous Media

4.4. Kinetics

4.5. Temporal Post Discharge Reactions

5. APPLICATION OF GLIDARC TECHNOLOGY TO MICROBIAL INACTIVATION.

5.1. Decontamination under Direct Discharge and Temporal Post-Discharge Reactions

5.2. Kinetics of Inactivation

5.3. Influence of Biological Parameters on Glidarc Decontamination

5.4. Lethal Agents for Microbial Decontamination Using Glidarc

6. CONCLUSION

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE: A VERSATILE TOOL FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

1. PLASMA TREATMENT OF SEEDS

1.1. Materials and Methods

1.2. Results

1.3. Conclusion

2. PLASMA TREATMENT OF WOOD

2.1. Materials and Methods

2.2. Results

2.3. Conclusion

3. MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA

3.1. Materials and Methods

3.2. Results

Temperature

Gas Species

Radiation

Electric Current

3.3. Conclusion

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61122-537-X

OCLC:

669492463