Industrial scale destruction of environmental pollutants using a novel plasma reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5856-5860

  Harling, Alice M ^a   Glover, David J ^b   Whitehead, J Christopher ^a   Zhang, Kui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Plasma Clean Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACKED BEDS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS;

DISCHARGE PLASMAS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE;

POLLUTION;

EID: 50849129877     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8001364     Document Type: Article

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