Hybrid Plasma Reactor/Filter for Transportable Collective Protection Systems

Josephson, Gary B. ; Tonkyn, Russell G. ; Frye, J. G. ; Riley, Brian J. ; Rappe, Kenneth G.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Hybrid Plasma;    Specifications Collective Protection;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Nonthermal Plasma;    Oxygen;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1015276
RP-ID  :  PNNL-20270
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  1015276

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

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.