Cold plasma oxidation of harmful algae and associated metabolite BMAA toxin in aqueous suspension

We report experiments in which reactive oxygen species (ROS) from a 20 kHz HV discharge in Ar/O2 (90/10) gas mixture at atmospheric pressure were directly bubbled into highly concentrated aqueous suspensions of cyanobacteria Dolichospermum, green algae Scenedesmus and BMAA toxin, simulating extreme...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plasma processes and polymers 2019-02, Vol.16 (2), p.n/a
Hauptverfasser: Nisol, Bernard, Watson, Sean, Leblanc, Yves, Moradinejad, Saber, Wertheimer, Michael R., Zamyadi, Arash
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Zusammenfassung:We report experiments in which reactive oxygen species (ROS) from a 20 kHz HV discharge in Ar/O2 (90/10) gas mixture at atmospheric pressure were directly bubbled into highly concentrated aqueous suspensions of cyanobacteria Dolichospermum, green algae Scenedesmus and BMAA toxin, simulating extreme algal blooms. It has been found that even quite short treatment durations, up to 6 min, could greatly reduce the numbers of viable cells and completely destroy the BMAA toxin. Perhaps even more important, “plasma‐activated water” (PAW) was found to continue its effectiveness after 24 h, even 4 days after terminating the discharge. We report the outstanding effects of “plasma‐activated water” (PAW), obtained with Ar/O2 (90/10) atmospheric pressure discharges generated at water/bubbles interfaces, on suspensions of cyanobacteria Dolichospermum, green algae Scenedesmus and BMAA toxin, simulating extreme algal blooms. Quite short treatment durations (up to 6 min) could greatly reduce the numbers of viable cells and completely destroy the BMAA toxin. Perhaps even more important, PAW was found to continue its effectiveness even 4 days after terminating the discharge.
ISSN:1612-8850
1612-8869
DOI:10.1002/ppap.201800137