Ultrasonically enhanced electrohydraulic discharge for removal of organic compounds

Autor: Masaaki Okubo, Yuya Kumazawa, Haruhiko Yamasaki, Tomoyuki Kuroki, Kohei Kishimoto
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Electrostatics. 108:103502
ISSN: 0304-3886
Popis: We investigate the decomposition of phenol using a hybrid reactor that combines a pulsed electrohydraulic discharge plasma with ultrasound application to increase the efficiency of wastewater treatments. The discharge and grounded electrodes are a needle-type electrode and a perforated plate, respectively. Ultrasound is directly applied to the plasma reactor through water by using ultrasonic oscillators. Hybridization of the pulsed high-voltage discharge with ultrasound generates a continuous streamer discharge by cavitation-induced bubbles. The phenol removal efficiency (energy yield) becomes higher than that corresponding to the sum of the efficiencies of the pulsed high-voltage discharge and ultrasonic applications.
Databáze: OpenAIRE