Title :
Water-bloom treatment by underwater pulsed streamer-like discharges
Author :
Akiyama, H. ; Li, Z. ; Ohno, T. ; Lin, X. ; Sato, H. ; Namihira, T. ; Sakugawa, T. ; Katsuki, S. ; Takano, H. ; Ayukawa, M. ; Fujiwara, H. ; Kunitomo, S. ; Sasaki, K.
Author_Institution :
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, 860-8555, JAPAN
Abstract :
Cyanobacteria blooms (or water blooms) at a water surface of dams or lakes are caused by eutrophia of the water, and have caused serious environmental problems all over the world. Effects of pulsed streamer-like discharges in water on microcystis cells, which form the water bloom, are studied. Especially, microcystis cells before and after irradiating pulsed streamer-like discharges in water are observed by a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The discharges in water collapse gas vesicles of intracellular structure. Then the microcystis cells sink at the bottom of vessel, and keep an inactive state.
Keywords :
Environmental factors; Lakes; Surface discharges; Surface treatment; Transmission electron microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2007 16th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0913-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0914-3
DOI :
10.1109/PPPS.2007.4651850
