A method of stimulating chemical reactions within a liquid uses a gas plasma ejected from a gas-buffered plasma injection device to create a plasma-liquid interface. The injection device has an electrically-conductive housing with an inlet, an outlet and an electrode embedded in the housing interior so as to create flow paths through the electrode and between the electrode and housing, in the method, the outlet is submersed in a liquid and a gas plasma is supplied at the inlet. A direct-current voltage applied across the electrode and housing accelerates the plasma and ejects it through the outlet into the liquid.
Full Patent: Direct Injection Of Plasma Activated Species (Pas) Into Liquid Solutions Assisted With Gas Buffering Housing
FY07-028
Sensing Devices / Technology
Weidong Zhu Vladimir Tarnovsky
David Zimmerman Director of Technology Commercialization Stevens Institute of Technology dzimmer3@stevens.edu