Title :
Direct decomposition of anesthetic gas by atmospheric multi-gas inductively coupled plasma
Author :
Goto, Yu ; Sasaki, Ryoichi ; Hotta, Eiki ; Okino, Akitoshi ; Miyahara, Hidekazu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Energy Sci., Tokyo Tech., Yokohama
Abstract :
This paper investigates the application of atmospheric thermal plasma for decomposition of anesthesia gas. With the multi-gas inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source, atmospheric plasma by anesthesia gas, which consists of N2O, O2 and buffer air, can be directly generated. Not only pyrolysis but radicals, excited species or ultraviolet radiation will be contributed to the reactions so higher decomposition efficiency will be expected. Experimental results of decomposition rate, energy efficiency and by-products are reported.
Keywords :
plasma applications; plasma chemistry; plasma sources; pyrolysis; anesthesia gas; atmospheric thermal plasma; decomposition; energy efficiency; excited species; multi-gas inductively coupled plasma source; pyrolysis; radicals; ultraviolet radiation; Anesthesia; Anesthetic drugs; Argon; Costs; Helium; Laboratories; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma sources;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1929-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590889
