Development and optimization of low power non-thermal plasma jet operational parameters for treating dyes and emerging contaminants
Abstract
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have come out as the latest class of environmental contaminants, which are highly recalcitrant and toxic in nature. Currently, no suitable rectification methods are available against the ECs, resulting in a continuous increase in their concentration. Non-thermal plasma, as an advanced oxidation process, has been emerging as a promising technology against the ECs treatment. In the present work, a detailed experimental study is carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a non-thermal plasma jet with two dyes, Rhodamine B and Methylene Blue, as model contaminants. The plasma jet provided a complete dye decoloration in 30 min with an applied voltage of 6.5 kV. .OH, having the highest oxidation potential, acts as the main reactive species, which with direct action on contaminants also acts indirectly by getting converted into H2O2 and O3. Further, the effect of critical operational parameters viz., sample pH, applied voltage (4.5-6.5 kV), conductivity (5-20 mScm-1), and sample distance on plasma treatment efficacy was also examined. Out of all the assessed parameters, the applied voltage and sample conductivity was found to be the most significant operating parameter. A high voltage and low conductivity were found to favor the dye decoloration, while the pH effect was not that significant. To understand the influence of plasma discharge gas on treatment efficacy, all the experiments are conducted with Argon and Helium gases under the fixed geometrical…
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