Development trends of cold plasma reactors in the global context of carbon emission reduction

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-217

  Rusu, Iulian ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aerospace applications; Automotive applications; Gliding arc reactor; Mechanism; Non equilibrium plasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981329136     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2007.025     Document Type: Article

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