Title :
Pulsed corona discharge in water for coli bacteria inactivation
Author :
Dors, M. ; Metel, E. ; Mizeraczyk, J. ; Marotta, E.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Plasma & Laser Eng., Polish Acad. of Sci., Gdansk
fDate :
June 30 2008-July 3 2008
Abstract :
The inactivation of E. coli and total coli bacteria during pulsed corona discharge in the river water was investigated. The bacterial suspension of volume 157 ml was polluted with E. coli and total coli with concentration of 230 cfu/100 cm3 and 1500 cfu/100 cm3, respectively. The processing was conducted in a tube reactor with hollow needle-to-rod electrode system. The 2 min. of treatment caused decrease of total coli concentration by three orders of magnitude leaving only 3 cfu/100 cm3, which was E. coli. Obtained energy efficiency was 0.15 cfu/J.
Keywords :
corona; microorganisms; plasma applications; river pollution; wastewater treatment; E. coli bacteria inactivation; Escherichia coli; bacterial suspension; hollow needle-rod electrode system; pulsed corona discharge; river water; total coli bacteria; tube reactor; wastewater treatment; Chemical lasers; Conductivity; Corona; Electrodes; Electrohydraulics; Inductors; Microorganisms; Needles; Rivers; Water pollution;
Conference_Titel :
Dielectric Liquids, 2008. ICDL 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Futuroscope-Chasseneuil
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1585-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1586-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICDL.2008.4622538
