プラズマ誘起流の制御による小型滅菌装置の開発

抄録

Plasma sterilization has a potential as an alternative method against conventional sterilization methods because it enables to operate at low temperature, low cost and high safety. In this study, we developed a small sterilization device to which plasma actuator is applied, and formed an air flow by generating plasma which can transport chemical species efficiently. Sterilization tests for two cases of air and water were performed. It took 2 min in the case of air and 15 min in the case of water. Reactive chemical species such as NOx are considered as the sterilization factors. The air flow generated by plasma was also enabled to enhance the effect on sterilization.