Recent Progress in Applications of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for Water Organic Contaminants’ Degradation
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Abstract
Owing to current global water scarcity, there is an urgent need for advanced water treatment technologies to be invested in wastewater treatment processes. Additionally, there is growing concern that some anthropogenic contaminants have been detected in finished drinking water and wastewater slated for reuse, such as organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, industrial dyes and even viruses, and their health effects are poorly understood at low concentrations. Atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) is a kind of advanced oxidation technology with high efficiency, low energy consumption, and little environmental impact. In recent decades, as a new method of environmental pollution abatement, APP has proven able to decompose and even completely eliminate stubborn organic contaminants. This paper focuses on the application of different types of plasma in the wastewater purification, such as water containing perfluorinated compounds, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, dyes, phenols, and viruses. Then, the effects of discharge parameters (discharge power, electrode distance, gas flow rate and working gas composition) on degradation efficiency were summarized. Finally, the existing challenges and future prospects of plasma-based wastewater purification are outlined.
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OpenAlex topics: Plasma Applications and Diagnostics · Mercury impact and mitigation studies · Water Treatment and Disinfection
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Henan Key Laboratory of Ion-Beam Bioengineering, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Sanya Institute, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China · Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Foundation of Key Technology Research Project of Henan Province · Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology · Key Discipline Construction Project of Zhengzhou University · Youth Innovation Project of Key Discipline of Zhengzhou University · Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province · Scientific Research and Innovation Team of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · Science and Technology Major Project of Xinxiang City · Guangzhou Medical Key Subject Construction Project
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