Direct Treatment of Liquids Using Low-Current Arc in Ambient Air for Biomedical Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Setup
2.2. Investigation of Properties of the Treated Water
2.3. Microorganism Culturing and Colony Counting
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Generation of the Discharge
3.2. Species Generated in Gas Phase
3.3. Generation of RONS in Water
3.4. Inactivation of E. coli
3.5. Treatment of Flowing and Circulating Liquid
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Component | Anion | Concentration (mg/L) |
---|---|---|
NaF | F− | 5 |
NaCl | Cl− | 10 |
NaNO2 | NO2− | 15 |
KBr | Br− | 10 |
KNO3 | NO3− | 30 |
KH2PO4 | PO43− | 30 |
Na2SO4 | SO42− | 40 |
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Gamaleev, V.; Iwata, N.; Hori, M.; Hiramatsu, M.; Ito, M. Direct Treatment of Liquids Using Low-Current Arc in Ambient Air for Biomedical Applications. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 3505. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9173505
Gamaleev V, Iwata N, Hori M, Hiramatsu M, Ito M. Direct Treatment of Liquids Using Low-Current Arc in Ambient Air for Biomedical Applications. Applied Sciences. 2019; 9(17):3505. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9173505
Chicago/Turabian StyleGamaleev, Vladislav, Naoyuki Iwata, Masaru Hori, Mineo Hiramatsu, and Masafumi Ito. 2019. "Direct Treatment of Liquids Using Low-Current Arc in Ambient Air for Biomedical Applications" Applied Sciences 9, no. 17: 3505. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9173505