Patent ID: 7799290
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: A61L,A62D,B01D,B01J,B09C,C02F,H05H

Abstract:
1. A method for decontaminating a fluid by destroying a toxic material that has contaminated the fluid, comprising the steps of: (a) producing a voltage sufficiently great to generate a non-thermal plasma discharge when the voltage is applied to two generally planar bare electrodes and a plurality of dielectric covered electrodes, the two generally planar bare electrodes defining a volume between them, the plurality of dielectric covered electrodes passing through the volume and intersecting the two generally planar bare electrodes, such that the non-thermal plasma is generated at each intersection between one of the generally planar bare electrodes and one of the plurality of dielectric electrodes; and (b) conveying the fluid into the volume, the non-thermal plasma discharge in the volume destroying the toxic material, thereby decontaminating the fluid.