A novel liquid plasma AOP device integrating microwaves and ultrasounds and its evaluation in defluorinating perfluorooctanoic acid in aqueous media

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 938-942

  Horikoshi, Satoshi ^a,b   Sato, Susumu ^c   Abe, Masahiko ^b   Serpone, Nick ^d  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave discharged liquid plasma; Microwaves; Perfluorinated acid; Ultrasonic cavitation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CAVITATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HORN ANTENNAS; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; NEGATIVE IONS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; LIQUID PLASMAS; MICROWAVE APPLICATORS; MICROWAVE DISCHARGE; MICROWAVE WAVEGUIDES; PERFLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; ULTRASONIC CAVITATION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

ALLOY; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DEFLUORINATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 79956337372     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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