Open AccessThe ozonizer discharge as a gas-phase advanced oxidation process
Author(s) -
Louis A. Rosocha
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/532503
Subject(s) - pollutant , radical , decomposition , thermal oxidation , pollution , nonthermal plasma , plasma , gas phase , thermal decomposition , process (computing) , chemistry , environmental chemistry , environmental science , computer science , organic chemistry , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , silicon , biology , operating system
Non-thermal plasmas are useful for generating reactive species (free radicals) in a gas stream. Because radical attack reaction rate constants are very large for many chemical species, entrained pollutants are readily decomposed by radicals. Such plasmas can generate both oxidative and reductive radicals; therefore, they show promise for treating a wide variety of pollutants