Impact of design parameters on the performance of non-thermal plasma air purification system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 302, Issue , 2016, Pages 204-212

  Bahri, Mitra ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a   Rohani, Sohrab ^b   Kazemian, Hossein ^b,c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge; Electrode configuration; Energy density; Non thermal plasma; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW CONTROL; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; OZONE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; ENERGY DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL SET UP; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OZONE CONCENTRATION; SPECIFIC INPUT ENERGIES;

AIR PURIFICATION;

EID: 84969287476     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.035     Document Type: Article

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