An apparatus was designed for generating plasma in ethanol solution. The plasma was generated on the top of the electrode by applying microwave radiation of 2.45 GHz. The results showed that ignition power decreased with increasing temperature of ethanol solution. However, ignition power increased with increasing pressure and point electrode radius of curvature. Plasma and bubbles were generated periodically in the same manner. The electron temperature of the plasma increased with increasing power, while it decreased with increasing pressure.

The fate of oil spilled on seawater is an important issue for marine environment. This paper studied the dissolution of two crude oils and the photodegradation of their water-soluble fraction (WSF). The relationship between the solubility and the component of the crude oils was studied by gas chromatograph, UV absorption and synchronous fluorescence spectrum, and the result indicated that the aromatic hydrocarbon was liable to dissolve in water and the dissolved organic matter (DOM) in seawater enhanced the dissolution of crude oils. Moreover, the photodegradation of WSF accorded with the pseudo-first order reaction, and the reaction rate constants for WSF 1 and 2 were 0.088 and 0.121 h-1, respectively. This investigation is helpful for better understanding the transformation of crude oil spilled on the sea.

In this paper, the shock wave characteristics of pulsed discharge in liquid which occurred in the pipe with rod-rod electrodes were studied. The effects of shock wave peak pressure in the discharge were studied with changed the discharge voltage and electrode gap. The results show that the peak pressure of shock wave increased with the increasing of voltage. When the discharge voltage 22kV, the peak pressure of shock wave increased first and then decreased with the electrode gap increased. However, the discharge voltages 26kV and 28kV, the peak pressure of shock waves increased with electrode gap increased. The pressure of the shock wave (Pr) decays exponentially with the distance (r) from the discharging center. Under this experimental condition, the shock wave intensity is calculated by averaging many values of the experiment, and the experience formula is Pr = 2.56E·e-0.4831r.

Analysis of environmental materials is very important for the environmental assessment, especially for the crude oil-contaminated water. This paper investigated the degradation of crude oil in the polluted water under the irradiation of UV light, and used the UV absorption, synchronous fluorescence spectra and gas chromatograph to analysis the changes of the environmental materials in the crude oil polluted water during the irradiation. All of the absorbance substances, fluorescent substances and saturated hydrocarbons in the crude oil polluted water decreased with the UV light irradiation. In addition, the dissolved organic matters in the seawater had significant influence on the photodegradation of crude oil.

A preparation of nanometer silver sol by micro arc discharge has been study here through the reduction of Ag3PO4. Sodium citrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone were added respectively into the electrolyte as stabilizer. The results show that, the Ag3PO4 concentration, stabilizer type and concentration have great impacts on the formation of the nanometer silver sol. By means of UV-VIS extinction spectrophotometer, scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spectrometer, it is found that the solid powder extracted from the electrolyte solution after discharge is the aggregation of the silver formed in the solution and their original size maybe less than 20nm. Nanometer silver with smaller size and narrower size distribution can be obtained with sodium citrate as stabilizer than with polyvinylpyrrolidone. But the latter has higher conversion rate. From this experiment, we found that micro arc discharge can be a rapid, stable preparation method of nanometer silver sol.