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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2000
R. Roger Ruan, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Paul L. Chen, Roseville, MN (US);
Anrong Ning, Tianjin, CN;
Richard L. Bogaard, Park Rapids, MN (US);
Donald G. Robinson, Casselton, ND (US);
Shaobo Deng, St. Paul, MN (US);
Hongbin Ma, St. Paul, MN (US);
Chuanshuang Bie, St. Paul, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A dielectric barrier discharge system includes first and second non-thermal plasma reactors which are coupled together in series. The first reactor includes a first surface discharge electrode which defines a first discharge path along the first surface discharge electrode. The second reactor includes second and third electrodes which are separated by a gap and define a second discharge path which extends across the gap. The system can be used to decompose hazardous compounds in a liquid or a gas, such as in power plant flue gases.