Removal of ethylene by steamer corona discharge

Author

Kamase, Yukihiro ; Nagahama, Tadashi ; Mizuno, Akira

Author_Institution

Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1991

fDate

Sept. 28 1991-Oct. 4 1991

Firstpage

747

Abstract

In order to store fresh fruits or vegetables, exhaled ethylene gas should be removed. Pulsed streamer corona discharge has been applied for this purpose. Ethylene of 20 ppm concentration diluted in the air can be effectively removed with more than 99.5% efficiency with a treatment period of 0.3 s. It was experimentally confirmed that the energy efficiency of the ethylene removal with pulsed streamer corona discharge generated by the fast-rising square wave voltage was four times higher than that with the DC corona discharge, and eight times higher than that with the AC corona discharge.<>

Keywords

air pollution detection and control; corona; electric breakdown of gases; electrostatic devices; electrostatics; pulsed power technology; 0.3 s; efficiency; electrostatic devices; energy efficiency; ethylene; pollution control; pulsed power technology; square wave voltage; steamer corona discharge; Corona; DC generators; Electrodes; Energy efficiency; Plasma chemistry; Pulse generation; Resistors; Sparks; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0453-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1991.178322

Filename

178322