• 동굴
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• 제76호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2006

The Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) is a nonequilibrium gas discharge that is generated in the space between two electrodes, which are separated by an insulating dielectric layer. The dielectric layer can be put on either of the two electrodes or be inserted in the space between two electrodes. If an AC or pulse high voltage is applied to the electrodes that is operated at applied frequency from 50Hz to several MHz and applied voltages from a few to a few tens of kilovolts rms, the breakdown can occur in working gas, resulting in large numbers of micro-discharges across the gap, the gas discharge is the so called DBD. Compared with most other means for nonequilibrium discharges, the main advantage of the DBD is that active species for chemical reaction can be produced at low temperature and atmospheric pressure without the vacuum set up, it also presents many unique physical and chemical process including light, heat, sound and electricity. This has led to a number of important applications such as ozone synthesizing, UV lamp house, CO2 lasers, et al. In recent years, due to its potential applications in plasma chemistry, semiconductor etching, pollution control, nanometer material and large area flat plasma display panels, DBD has received intensive attention from many researchers and is becoming a hot topic in the field of non-thermal plasma.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.711-717
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• 2017

Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma is a new technique for use in environmental pollutant degradation, which is characterized by the production of hydroxyl radicals as the primary degradation species. Due to the short lifetime of the chemically active species generated during the plasma reaction, the dissolution of the plasma gas has a significant effect on the reaction performance. The plasma reaction performance can be enhanced by combining the basic plasma reactor with a homogenizer system in which the bubbles are destroyed and turned into micro-bubbles. For this purpose, the improvement of the dissolution of plasma gas was evaluated by measuring the RNO (N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline, an indicator of the generation of OH radicals). Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of the diameter, rotation speed, and height of the homogenizer, pore size, and number of the diffuser and the applied voltage on the plasma reaction. The results showed that the RNO removal efficiency of the plasma reactor combined with a homogenizer is two times higher than that of the conventional one. The optimum rotor size and rotation speed of the homogenizer were 15.1 mm, and 19,700 rpm, respectively. Except for the lowest pore size distribution of $10-16{\mu}m$, the pore size of the diffuser showed little effect on RNO removal.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.167-177
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• 2016

This work investigated the decomposition of aqueous anatoxin-a originated from cyanobacteria using an underwater dielectric barrier discharge plasma system based on a porous ceramic tube and an alternating current (AC) high voltage. Plasmatic gas generated inside the porous ceramic tube was uniformly dispersed in the form of numerous bubbles into the aqueous solution through the micro-pores of the ceramic tube, which allowed an effective contact between the plasmatic gas and the aqueous anatoxin-a solution. Effect of applied voltage, treatment time and the coexistence of nutrients such as $NO_3{^-}$, $H_2PO_4{^-}$ and glucose on the decomposition of anatoxin-a was examined. Chemical analyses of the plasma-treated anatoxin-a solution using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and ion chromatography (IC) were performed to elucidate the mineralization mechanisms. Increasing the voltage improved the anatoxin-a decomposition efficiency due to the increased discharge power, but the energy required to remove a given amount of anatoxin-a was similar, regardless of the voltage. At an applied voltage of 17.2 kV (oxygen flow rate: $1.0L\;min^{-1}$), anatoxin-a at an initial concentration of $1mg\;L^{-1}$ (volume: 0.5 L) was successfully treated within 3 min. The chemical analyses using LC-MS and IC suggested that the intermediates with molecular weights of 123~161 produced by the attack of plasma-induced reactive species on anatoxin-a molecule were further oxidized to stable compounds such as acetic acid, formic acid and oxalic acid.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.104-104
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• 2013

고분자이면서 유전체인 Poly-Tetra-Fluoro-Ethylene (PTFE) 튜브에 AC형 고전압을 인가하여 유전체 장벽 방전 (dielectric barrier discharge, DBD)를 유도하고, 발생된 마이크로 플라즈마에 의한 PTFE 튜브 내벽의 표면 개질에 관한 연구이다. 가스인입과 진공배기가 가능한 장치에 PTFE 튜브를 연결하고, 튜브내부를 진공상태를 유지하면서 반응가스를 이용하여 튜브 내벽을 표면개질 하였다. 반응가스를 아르곤, 수소, 아세틸렌, 산소, 질소를 반응 단계에 맞게 혼입하여 마이크로 플라즈마를 발생시켜 플라즈마에 의한 표면변화를 관찰하였다. 표면은 반응성 가스 플라즈마에 의해 물리 화학적 반응이 일어나 고분자 표면의 반응성 활성화를 통한 표면개질의 방식으로 진행되었다. 표면 개질된 튜브 내벽 표면에 대해 XPS, FT-IR, SEM, 접촉각 측정과 분석 실시함으로써 표면변화를 관찰하였다.

• 진공이야기
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2015

Nonthermal bio-compatible plasma (bioplasma) sources and their characteristics operating at atmospheric pressure could be used for biological cell interactions, especially for plasma bioscience and medicines. The electron temperatures and plasma densities of this bioplasma are measured to be 0.7 ~ 1.8 eV and $(3-5){\times}10^{14-15}cm^{-3}$, respectively. Herein, we introduced general schematic view of the plasma-initiated ultraviolet photolysis of water inside the biological solutions or living tissue for the essential generation mechanism of the reactive hydroxyl radical [OH] and hydrogen peroxide [$H_2O_2$], which may result in apoptotic cell death in plasma bioscience and medicines. Further, we surveyed the various nonthermal bioplasma sources including plasma jet, micro-DBD (dielectric barrier discharge) and nanosecond discharged plasma. The diseased biological protein, cancer, and mutated cells could be treated by these bioplasma sources or bioplasma activated water to result in their apoptosis for new paradigm of plasma bioscience and medicines.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.1563-1568
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• 2003

국제환경기구(GEF)의 해양환경 위해 지정 대상의 하나인 선박안정수 처리기술로써, 선박 안정수에 포함되어 타 지역으로부터 이동되는 유해성외래침입생물 처리방안을 제안하였다 alpha-AL$_2$O$_3$ 유전장벽층 전극에 의한 강 전리방전 기술을 적용하여 주위 산소와 물분자로부터 고농도 수산자유기(OH : hydroxyl radical) 및 활성입자( OH, $O_2$＋, O (1D), HO$_2$)를 전리, 발생시켜서 이들을 해수에 신속히 용해 확산시켜 비교적 낮은 ∼20mg/L 정도의 수산기농도 하에서 유해성외래침입생물을 소멸 처리하는 환경 친화적 녹색 청정 처리기술이다. 제안된 기술은 대상물의 처리 후 부수적으로 발생할 수 있는 처리잔류물이 전혀 발생하지 않으며, 인공적 화학성분의 약제를 사용하지 않는 저렴한 처리방법으로 대ㆍ소형 원양선박의 안정수에 포함되어 있는 유해성외래침입생물의 타 지역 해양확산을 방지하고 안전하게 처리할 수 있는 자연치유적 신기술이다.