Abstract:
A liquid treatment apparatus includes a housing for storing a liquid, a first electrode at least part of which is arranged in the housing, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first power supply that, in operation, applies a first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to make the first electrode held effectively positive with respect to the second electrode, and a second power supply that, in operation, applies a second voltage between the second electrode and the third electrode to make the third electrode held effectively negative with respect to the second electrode. Plasma is generated inside a bubble, which is present in the liquid, when the liquid is stored in the housing and the first power supply applies the first voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode.
Abstract:
An air purifier includes: a case having an air inlet and an air outlet; a tank that stores a liquid, the tank disposed in the case; a plasma generator that generates a plasma which is to be in contact with the liquid, the plasma generator including a pair of electrodes and a power supply which applies a voltage between the pair of electrodes; a fan that generates an air flow from the air inlet to the air outlet; a filter through which the air flow comes into contact with the liquid, the filter disposed in the case; and a controller that causes the power supply to start application of the voltage, and causes the fan to start generation of the air flow after elapse of a predetermined time period since the start of the application of the voltage.
Abstract:
A method for controlling a liquid treatment apparatus of the present disclosure includes: (i) providing the liquid treatment apparatus; (ii) treating a polluted liquid in a photocatalytic reaction tank by a photocatalytic reaction to produce a treated liquid; (iii) introducing a liquid mixture into a separation tank from the photocatalytic reaction tank through a feed passage by a circulation pump; (iv) introducing a filtrate to an outside of the separation tank through an extraction passage while filtering the liquid mixture introduced into the separation tank by a filtration membrane, and feeding the liquid mixture to the photocatalytic reaction tank through an overflow passage; and (v) making a flow rate of the liquid mixture measured by a liquid mixture flow meter higher than a flow rate of the filtrate measured by a filtrate flow meter by controlling the circulation pump by a controller.
Abstract:
An air purifier includes a case that includes an air inlet and an air outlet, a tank that is arranged in the case and stores liquid, a fan that causes an air flow from the air inlet to the air outlet to be produced, a partition that is arranged in the case and includes a filter that causes the air flow and the liquid to come into contact with each other while allowing the air flow to pass through the filter, and a plasma generator that includes a pair of electrodes arranged in a first space between the air inlet and the partition and a power supply and generates plasma so that the plasma comes into contact with the liquid.
Abstract:
A method according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes filtering plasma-treated water containing hydrogen peroxide which has been produced by generation of plasma in or near water; and applying ultrasound to the plasma-treated water after the filtering.