TY - JOUR
T1 - Streamer-like electrical discharges in water
T2 - Part I. fundamental mechanisms
AU - Joshi, Ravindra P.
AU - Thagard, Selma Mededovic
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments One of the authors (SMT) would like to acknowledge the support by the National Science Foundation (CBET: BRIGE 1125592).
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Electrical discharge plasma formed in liquid water is under intensive investigation for many possible applications in biomedical, environmental and chemical engineering as well as for general scientific issues in plasma chemistry and other engineering applications. The subject of pulsed breakdown of water has additionally begun to assume importance due to growing interest in decontamination, purification of water containing chemical impurities and industrial sludge, and also in the emerging area of bio-electrics. This review paper focuses on the plasma physics (Part I) and chemistry of electrical discharges in liquid water and the chemical effects of plasmas on the degradation of organic molecules (Part II). This part discusses dielectric liquid breakdown and its mechanisms, streamer propagation and the effect of electrode polarity on streamer dynamics.
AB - Electrical discharge plasma formed in liquid water is under intensive investigation for many possible applications in biomedical, environmental and chemical engineering as well as for general scientific issues in plasma chemistry and other engineering applications. The subject of pulsed breakdown of water has additionally begun to assume importance due to growing interest in decontamination, purification of water containing chemical impurities and industrial sludge, and also in the emerging area of bio-electrics. This review paper focuses on the plasma physics (Part I) and chemistry of electrical discharges in liquid water and the chemical effects of plasmas on the degradation of organic molecules (Part II). This part discusses dielectric liquid breakdown and its mechanisms, streamer propagation and the effect of electrode polarity on streamer dynamics.
KW - Breakdown
KW - Electrical discharge
KW - Plasma
KW - Water
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U2 - 10.1007/s11090-012-9425-5
DO - 10.1007/s11090-012-9425-5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84873404882
SN - 0272-4324
VL - 33
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
JF - Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
IS - 1
ER -