摘要:
A process and equipment for plasma sterilization in which articles in a sterilizing chamber are taken through at least one combination sterilizing cycle. The articles to be sterilized may include the interior of a vessel or chamber. In that case, the vessel or chamber itself may serve as a sterilizing chamber and connects to the plasma generating chamber. Each combination sterilizing cycle includes a pulsed treatment with gaseous antimicrobial agent, removal of the gaseous antimicrobial agent, and a plasma treatment. The pulsed treatment includes one or more pulse-vacuum cycles, each pulse-vacuum cycle includes the steps of evacuating the sterilizing chamber and exposing the article to the gaseous antimicrobial agent with a predetermined pressure profile during a predetermined time. The gaseous antimicrobial agent is preferably carried in a gas mixture with a nonreactive carrier gas. In one embodiment, the predetermined pressure is pulsed. In another embodiment, it is ramped. After the pulsed treatment, the antimicrobial agent is removed by evacuating the sterilizing chamber. The plasma treatment includes exposure of the article to a plasma having essentially uncharged, highly reactive free radicals, molecules and atoms.
摘要:
Plasma discharge reactors of various designs are disclosed; the reactors are capable of synthesizing large numbers of bioactive compounds of great chemical diversity.
摘要:
An arrangement sterilizes metal cans with a low-pressure plasma. The necessary reactor is formed by two electrodes Inserted into one another, whereby an annular gap remains for the container sleeve. The metal can is connected electroconductively with the outer electrode. The sterilizing plasma can hereby be ignited between the inner electrode and the inner surfaces of the metal can.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for making thermoplastic web from polyester or polyester blends for subsequent aqueous coating without requirement of an undercoat or primer coat for adhesion of subsequent coatings. Feedstock pellets of polymer, such as polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate, are melted in a screw extruder. Molten polymer is extruded from an extrusion die as a thick, high-viscosity ribbon, which is tempered and stretched in both the machine direction and the transverse direction to form a web of biaxially-oriented polymer of the desired width and thickness. The web is heated to a temperature above T.sub.g to set the biaxial orientation and then is glow discharge treated by passing it through an in-line glow discharge apparatus at atmospheric pressure wherein a stable glow discharge is produced in a gas mixture containing helium between two electrodes connected by an alternating power source operating at a voltage between 0.5 kV and 20 kV at a frequency between 60 Hz and 40 MHz. The web is coated with an aqueous gelatin subbing layer. The coated web then is maintained at elevated temperature. The combination of glow discharge treatment before sub coating and heat treatment after sub coating greatly enhances the adhesion of subsequently-coated aqueous gelatin layers such as photographic emulsions to the web, sufficiently that adhesion-promoting U-coat or primer coat as required in prior base-making methods can be omitted.
摘要:
A solid-state power processor circuit and method is used to supply power to generate a discharge in a corona discharge pollutant destruction apparatus. The circuit uses field effect transistors (FETs) and integrated circuit devices based upon metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) technology to amplify low-voltage pulse signals to high voltage levels. A resonator in the power processor circuit generates sinusoidal oscillation from the high voltage pulses, and provides the high-voltage, high-frequency electrical power necessary for corona discharge.
摘要:
A device for creating a deposit of silicon oxide on a traveling solid substrate, wherein the substrate is subjected to an electrical discharge with a dielectric barrier in the presence of a controlled atmosphere containing a silane and an oxidizing gas, the atmosphere being at a pressure higher than 10,000 Pa, and wherein the atmosphere is maintained in the immediate vicinity of an electrode in the region where the electrical discharge is produced and further wherein any entrainment of oxygen other than that forming part of the atmosphere in the region is prevented.
摘要:
A web or film is electrostatically charged by sequentially subjecting the web or film to a series of electric fields such that adjacent electric fields have substantially opposite polarities. Both a method and apparatus are disclosed for charging the web or film.
摘要:
According to the process the substrate (2) is subjected to an electrical discharge with a dielectric barrier, for example a discharge in the presence of an atmosphere containing a silane, an oxidizing gas, NO, N.sub.2 O, CO.sub.2 or O.sub.2, in particular, and a neutral carrier gas such as nitrogen or argon. A controlled atmosphere containing the silane and the oxidizing gas is maintained in the immediate vicinity of the electrode, around the electrode (6) employed for the electrical discharge, while avoiding the process being perturbed by atmospheric air entrained, for example, by the substrate (2) as it travels (3).
摘要:
The invention relates to an electrode for an ozone generator of the type comprising an outer electrode having an inner surface made of dielectric material and an outer surface comprising an electric conducting material; an inner electrode having an outer surface, said inner electrode being concentrically positioned inside the outer electrode; a gap positioned between said inner and outer surfaces; means for circulating an oxygen containing gas through said gap; means for applying a potential difference between said inner and outer surfaces; means for cooling the inner electrode; and means for cooling the outer electrode; wherein said inner electrode comprises: a massive member of heat and electric conducting material whose at least a portion of the outer surface is provided a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of points; at least one inner duct having opposite opened ends, provided in the massive member and defining an inner surface to said inner electrode, said inner duct being intended to allow a flow of cooling gas to circulate therethrough and contact said inner surface; said electrode having such a mass and outer surface that it can work as a heat sink to collect heat generated at its outer surface and bring it at a regulated heat flow to its inner surface where it can be collected by the cooling gas. The invention also relates to an ozone generator comprising such an inner electrode and to a method of use of said ozone generator.
摘要:
A discharge reactor that generates silent discharge and/or creeping discharge between dielectric and high voltage electrode and/or grounded electrode, said dielectric being located between high voltage electrode and grounded electrode, and which generates clean ozone in the discharge space 1 as it passes through said discharge space 1 or as it is held within said discharge space 1, which discharge reactor is characterized in that the dielectric is made of highly purified quartz glass (SiO.sub.2) or single-crystal sapphire which is a highly purified crystallized aluminium oxide or high-purity alumina ceramics which is the firing of highly purified aluminum oxide. Further, in order to obtain cleaner and highly concentration ozone, at least the electrode or electrodes in the area of the discharge space which is to be exposed to discharge are made of a high-purity aluminum material and at least the area of the discharge space which is to be exposed to discharge is further coated with an anodic oxidation film.