Applications of Pulsed Power in Advanced Oxidation and Reduction Processes for Pollution Control.

摘要

Pulsed power shows strong promise in developing innovative technologies aimed at pollution control. At Los Alamos we are applying pulsed power technology to the environment through the use of relativistic electron beams and nonequilibrium plasmas for the destruction of hazardous organic compounds in aqueous-based and gaseous-based media, respectively. These two techniques have also been applied to the treatment of flue gases such as SOx and NOx by other researchers. In this paper, we will describe our electron-beam and plasma experiments carried out on hazardous waste destruction. Additionally, we will describe the scaling of electron-beam and nonequilibrium plasma systems to industrial sizes, including discussions of electron accelerator architecture, comparison of continuous- duty versus repetitively pulsed accelerators, plasma-discharge modulators, and needed pulsed power technology development.