• DocumentCode
    1336745
  • Title

    Rapid decontamination of large surface areas

  • Author

    Farrar, L.C. ; Farrar, Lawrence C. ; Haack, David P. ; McGrath, Steven F. ; Dickens, James C. ; O´Hair, Edgar A. ; Fralick, Joseph A.

  • Author_Institution
    Montec Assoc. Inc., Butte, MT, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    173
  • Lastpage
    179
  • Abstract
    The effectiveness of the decontamination of biological agents (spores) on surfaces by two thermal plasma systems is reported. Using existing systems, operating at nonoptimum conditions, a steam plasma decontaminated surfaces at a maximum speed of 1.4 mph and a nitrogen plasma decontaminated at a maximum of 2.4 mph
  • Keywords
    biological effects of radiation; cellular effects of radiation; microorganisms; plasma applications; N2 plasma; biological agents; large surface areas; nonoptimum conditions; rapid decontamination; spores; steam plasma decontaminated surfaces; thermal plasma systems; Decontamination; Fungi; Nitrogen; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature; Pollution measurement; Roads; Surface contamination;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.842896
  • Filename
    842896
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1336745