Treatment of waste by dc arc discharge plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 684-692

  Inaba, T ^a   Iwao, T ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA TORCHES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; REFUSE INCINERATORS;

DIRECT CURRENT (DC) ARC DISCHARGE PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0034294094     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.879362     Document Type: Article

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