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P Svarnas1, E Giannakopoulos2, I Kalavrouziotis2
1High Voltage Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, 26 504 Rion, Patras, Greece.
Abstract:
Sewage sludge is treated by means of cold plasma and stabilization in terms of biological load deactivation is achieved. The plasma is produced by floating electrode dielectric barrier discharge operating with air under atmospheric pressure conditions. The process is presented in detail and the discharge is characterized electrically. Additionally, simulation of the thermal flow inside the process chamber is implemented, using computational fluid dynamics. Deactivation of the serotypes S. Paratyphi B., S. Livingstone, S. Mbandaka and S. Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli and Coliforms, is hereby claimed. The process involves mean electrical power in the range of tens of watts, treatment time in the scale of minutes, and maximum instantaneous temperature <400 K. The present work is a preliminary contribution towards the promotion of advanced methods for the pro-ecological management of biosolids, according to European Regulations.
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