Patent ID: 8334422

Claim:
A method for sanitizing a gaseous medium, the gaseous medium comprising a biologic agent entrained, dispersed or suspended in the gaseous medium, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating a non-thermal plasma discharge curtain having an input power, W, and characterized as having a free area, S, said non-thermal plasma discharge curtain positioned so that the gaseous medium having a volumetric flow rate, Q, can pass through the free area of the non-thermal plasma discharge curtain, such that the ratio of input power to volumetric flow rate, W/Q, is in the range of between 3 and 100 joules per liter; (b) passing the gaseous medium through the non-thermal plasma discharge curtain, thereby contacting the biologic agent entrained, dispersed or suspended in the gaseous medium with the non-thermal plasma discharge so as to render a portion of said biologic agent inactive.