Inactivation of bacteria in flight by direct exposure to nonthermal plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11 PART 2, 2010, Pages 3234-3240

  Vaze, Nachiket D ^a   Gallagher Jr , Michael J ^b   Park, Sin ^a   Fridman, Gregory ^a   Vasilets, Victor N ^c   Gutsol, Alexander F ^d   Anandan, Shivanthi ^a   Friedman, Gary ^a   Fridman, Alexander A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sterilization; bioaerosol; dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); plasma medicine; plasma sterilization

Indexed keywords

AIR STERILIZATION; AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOAEROSOL; BIODEFENSE; CLOSED AIR; DIELECTRIC BARRIER; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE (DBD); LOG REDUCTIONS; MAJOR FACTORS; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OZONE GENERATOR; PLASMA SPECIES; PLASMA STERILIZATION; PLASMA TREATMENT; SHORT-LIVED SPECIES; SINGLE PASS;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CONTROL; OZONE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 78349311517     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2072788     Document Type: Article

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