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Title: Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter for Transportable Collective Protection Systems

Abstract

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has performed an assessment of a Hybrid Plasma/Filter system as an alternative to conventional methods for collective protection. The key premise of the hybrid system is to couple a nonthermal plasma (NTP) reactor with reactive adsorption to provide a broader envelope of protection than can be provided through a single-solution approach. The first step uses highly reactive species (e.g. oxygen radicals, hydroxyl radicals, etc.) created in a nonthermal plasma (NTP) reactor to destroy the majority (~75% - 90%) of an incoming threat. Following the NTP reactor an O3 reactor/filter uses the O3 created in the NTP reactor to further destroy the remaining organic materials. This report summarizes the laboratory development of the Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter to protect against a ‘worst-case’ simulant, methyl bromide (CH3Br), and presents a preliminary engineering assessment of the technology to Joint Expeditionary Collective Protection performance specifications for chemical vapor air purification technologies.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1015276
Report Number(s):
PNNL-20270
400403209; TRN: US201113%%138
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; ADSORPTION; AIR CLEANING; HYBRID SYSTEMS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; METHYL BROMIDE; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA; RADICALS; SPECIFICATIONS; collective protection; hybrid plasma; nonthermal plasma; methyl bromide; catalysis

Citation Formats

Josephson, Gary B, Tonkyn, Russell G, Frye, J G, Riley, Brian J, and Rappe, Kenneth G. Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter for Transportable Collective Protection Systems. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.2172/1015276.
Josephson, Gary B, Tonkyn, Russell G, Frye, J G, Riley, Brian J, & Rappe, Kenneth G. Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter for Transportable Collective Protection Systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1015276
Josephson, Gary B, Tonkyn, Russell G, Frye, J G, Riley, Brian J, and Rappe, Kenneth G. 2011. "Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter for Transportable Collective Protection Systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1015276. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1015276.
@article{osti_1015276,
title = {Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter for Transportable Collective Protection Systems},
author = {Josephson, Gary B and Tonkyn, Russell G and Frye, J G and Riley, Brian J and Rappe, Kenneth G},
abstractNote = {Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has performed an assessment of a Hybrid Plasma/Filter system as an alternative to conventional methods for collective protection. The key premise of the hybrid system is to couple a nonthermal plasma (NTP) reactor with reactive adsorption to provide a broader envelope of protection than can be provided through a single-solution approach. The first step uses highly reactive species (e.g. oxygen radicals, hydroxyl radicals, etc.) created in a nonthermal plasma (NTP) reactor to destroy the majority (~75% - 90%) of an incoming threat. Following the NTP reactor an O3 reactor/filter uses the O3 created in the NTP reactor to further destroy the remaining organic materials. This report summarizes the laboratory development of the Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter to protect against a ‘worst-case’ simulant, methyl bromide (CH3Br), and presents a preliminary engineering assessment of the technology to Joint Expeditionary Collective Protection performance specifications for chemical vapor air purification technologies.},
doi = {10.2172/1015276},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1015276}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}