The Modern Problems of Electrostatics with Applications in Environment Protection
By: edited by Ion I. Inculet, Florin Teodor Tanasescu, Radu Cramariuc
Contributors: Tanasescu, Florin Teodor; Cramariuc, Radu
Series: NATO Science Series, 2. Environmental Security, 1389-1839 -- 63; NATO science series -- 63.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Imprint; Springer
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9789401144476
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Bucharest, 9-12 November, 1998
Description: Among the many technological and legal efforts being made to restore our environment, electrostatic technologies may well hold the solution to the cleaning of air, water and soil. Such technologies include non-thermal plasma processing - electron beam irradiation, electrical discharge, hybrid plasma systems. The book also contains descriptions of the industrial implementation of the technology for NO<sub><em>x</em></sub> and SO<sub>2</sub> removal using accelerated electrons. This technique has been implemented in three plants, built in China, Poland and Japan. Water pollution can be controlled and reduced by the use of ozone and UV irradiation. Soil pollution can be reduced by electrical methods and by using electrostatics to spray agricultural pesticides. Further articles cover the future of EHD systems in environmental protection, new aspects of ESD research, and industrial waste recycling technologies.