The Influence of Parameters of Stabilized Corona Discharge on its Microbicidal Effect

• Authors: V. Scholtz , L. Kommová , J. Julák
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This work presents the study of microbicidal effects of positive flashing corona, negative pulseless corona and glow corona discharges and the comparison of their efficiency in the point-to-plane arrangement in water suspension. The flashing corona seems to be the most effective one, however the interval of optimal parameters is wide. The total inhibition of microorganisms becomes after 75 s or 8-10 min of exposition for bacteria or yeast, respectively. A hypothesis explaining the different sensitivity of various microbes is postulated.

Keywords

EN

52.77.-j; 52.27.Lw

Discipline

• 52.77.-j: Plasma applications
• 52.27.Lw: Dusty or complex plasmas; plasma crystals

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 803-806

Dates

published

2011-06

received

2010-07-16

(unknown)

2011-01-31

Contributors

author

V. Scholtz

• Department of Physics and Measurements, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Praha, Czech Republic

author

L. Kommová

• Department of Physics and Measurements, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Praha, Czech Republic

author

J. Julák

• Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Studničkova 7, 128 00, Praha, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.119.803