Experimental and numerical investigations of a plasma reactor for the thermal destruction of medical waste using a model substance

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1031-1040

  Fiedler, J ^a   Lietz, E ^a   Bendix, D ^a   Hebecker, D ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DISINFECTION; PLASMA JETS; POLYETHYLENES; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

MEDICAL WASTES; THERMAL DESTRUCTION; THERMAL PLASMA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

PLASMA TORCHES;

EID: 2342423978     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/7/013     Document Type: Article

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