Influence of Pulse Width on Decolorization Efficiency of Organic Dye by Discharge Inside Argon Bubble in Water

Abstract

Water purification by discharge inside bubble in water containing organic dye has been investigated. The discharge reactor consists of a glass tube and a tungsten wire inserted into the glass tube, which is immersed in the water. Room air is injected into the glass tube to generate bubbles in the water. The high voltage pulses are generated by a magnetic pulse compression circuit and a pulsed power generator with inductive-energy storage using semiconductor opening switch. The pulse width is adjusted in the range from 61 to 570 ns. The high voltage is applied to the tungsten wire to generate streamer discharges, which propagate into the bubble from the tip of wire. Indigo carmine is employed as a specimen to evaluate decolorization efficiency. Potassium nitrate is used to adjust the solution conductivity. Decolorization rate increases with increasing conductivity of the solution and the applied voltage. The solution of 1,830 S/cm in conductivity is successfully decolorized. Energy efficiency for decolorization increases with decreasing ohmic loss by decreasing the applied voltage and the pulse width.

Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Water Treated under Nitrogen with Low-Temperature Glow Plasma

“…Thus, an abundant number of papers [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] describe procedures in which plasma was generated by electric static or pulsed either dc low-voltage or RF discharges inside gas bubbles formed in water. Such treatment produced ozone [8] and hydrogen peroxide [11,13,18,19]. It could also evoke reactions of various organic compounds [20,21].…”