Abstract
Nonthermal atomospheric-pressure oxygen plasma is modeled in two-dimensional cross-sectional region and plasma discharge characteristics are analyzed by numerical simulations based on finite difference method. Plasma simulation code for discharge in plasma display panel (PDP) cell is applied to the simulation of oxygen plasma in decontamination reactor. Discharge characteristics in the PDP cell are dielectric barrier discharge, and it must be the effective for plasma discharge sterilization process. Micro-control technology of plasma flow in the PDP cell is potentially applicable for the manipulation of the cells of microorganisms. Distribution and time history of atomic oxygen and metastable molecular number density are numerically obtained.
