Feasibility of Trace Alcohol Congener Detection and Identification Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

In this paper, a feasible scheme is reported for the detection and identification of trace alcohol congeners that have identical elemental composition using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy （LIBS）. In the scheme, an intensive pulsed laser is used to break down trace alcohol samples and the optical emission spectra of the induced plasma are collected for the detection and identifq ication of alcohol molecules. In order to prepare trace alcohol samples, pure ethanol or methanol is bubbled by argon carrier gas and then mixed into matrix gases. The key issue for the scheme is to constitute indices from the LIBS data of the alcohol samples. Two indices are found to be suitable for alcohol detection and identification. One is the emission intensity ratio （denoted as H/C） of the hydrogen line （653.3 nm） to the carbon line （247.9 nm） for identification and the other is the ratio of the carbon line （as C/Ar） or the hydrogen line （as H/Ar） to the argon lines （866.7 nm） for quantitative detection. The calibration experiment result shows that the index H/C is specific for alcohol congeners while almost being independent of alcohol concentration. In detail, the H/C keeps a specific constant of 34 and 23 respectively for ethanol and methanol. In the meanwhile, the C/Ar and H/Ar indices respond almost linearly to the alcohol concentration below 1300 ppm, and are therefore competent for concentration measurement. With the indices, trace alcohol concentration measurement achieves a limit of 140 ppm using a laser pulse energy of 300 mJ.     

裸露金属电极中的亚微秒脉冲常压辉光放电（英文）

In order to better understand the physical mechanism of sub-microsecond pulsed glow discharge with bare metal electrodes,using a one-dimensional self-consistent fluid model,the properties of the discharge at atmospheric pressure are numerically studied.The results show that,a discharge without dielectric layers,i.e.a barrier free discharge,is extinguished only with the decrease of the applied voltage.Only one positive discharge event occurs at the slope of the pulsed voltage.A stable glow of barrier free discharge can be achieved only in short durations of the pulsed voltage.The barrier free discharge always starts with a subnormal glow discharge and then evolves into a normal glow discharge.Moreover,to control the discharge stabilization better,the effects of pulse repetition frequency,pulse duration,rising(front) and falling(slope) times on the discharge characteristics are investigated systematically.It is found that the discharge is comparatively more sensitive to the repetition frequency and the pulse duration,while little affected by the rising and falling times.     

Grafting Silane onto Silicate Glass Surface Treated by DBD in Air

Dielectric barrier discharge plasma in air was used to modify glass surface to induce the graft of silane onto the treated surface to increase the possibility of biomolecule immobilization. The plasma treated glass had been characterized by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, Fourier transform infrared attenuated total reflection spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） and surface water contact angle measurement. The validity of grafting silane onto glass surface was approved by the analysis of water contact angle measurement, SEM and XPS. The grafted silane content was measured by visible absorption spectroscopy using acid Orange-7. It is shown that the grafting density of silane for glass samples increases significantly after plasma treatment.     

常压辉光放电等离子体研究进展及聚合物表面改性

综述了常压辉光放电等离子体(APGDP)的产生机理及研究进展。介绍了难以产生稳定的APGDP 是由于辉光放电容易向细丝放电和弧光放电过渡,其解决措施是选择合适的介质板材料、电极间距、电源电压及频率、气体成分等。指出APGDP对化纤聚合物表面改性的效果与聚合物的分子结构、等离子体气体、介质板材料等因素有关,且改性效果具有时效性,要根据聚合物的分子结构选择合适的等离子体。     

A kinetic Study of Ozone and Nitric Oxides in Dielectric Barrier Discharges for O2／NOx Mixtures

A simple model is described to simulate Kinetic preocesses in dielectric barrier discharges for O2/NOx mixtures.A threshold of ozone production found experimentally is confirmed by the calculations of this modeling,and the underlying chemical reaction mechanisms are discussed.It is also found that the effects of diffusion processes in the period of the lifetime of O atoms are not important to microdischarge channels with a large radius.i.e.larger than 150μm.     

Two-Dimensional Simulation of Spatial-Temporal Behaviors About Period Doubling Bifurcation in an Atmospheric-Pressure Dielectric Barrier Discharge

As a spatially extended dissipated system, atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharges （DBDs） could in principle possess complex nonlinear behaviors. In order to improve the stability and uniformity of atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharges, studies on tem- poral behaviors and radial structure of discharges with strong nonlinear behaviors under different controlling parameters are much desirable. In this paper, a two-dimensional fluid model is devel- oped to simulate the radial discharge structure of period-doubling bifurcation, chaos, and inverse period-doubling bifurcation in an atmospheric-pressure DBD. The results show that the period-2n （n = 1, 2... ） and chaotic discharges exhibit nonuniform discharge structure. In period-2n or chaos, not only the shape of current pulses doesn＇t remains exactly the same from one cycle to an- other, but also the radial structures, such as discharge spatial evolution process and the strongest breakdown region, are different in each neighboring discharge event. Current-voltage characteris- tics of the discharge system are studied for further understanding of the radial structure.     

预电离大气压低温等离子体射流及其在表面清洗中的应用

具有高化学活性的大气压放电低温等离子体射流具有潜在的应用价值。为此,介绍了一种利用预电离办法产生Ar/O2等离子体大气压低温射流及其在表面油污清洗中的应用。采用针电极放电等离子体作为预电离源,为射流介质阻挡放电(DBD)提供种子电子,使得射流DBD的击穿与维持电压得以降低,即使在氧气与氩气体积比高达6%时,也可以产生均匀稳定的放电模式。采用光纤温度传感器检测得到放电等离子体气体温度在390～440K,而Boltzmann斜率法计算得到的电子激发温度为4640K,通过示踪元素法计算得到氧原子数密度在1017 cm-3量级。将该射流应用到玻璃表面油污清洗,最大清洗速率可达0.1mm/s。所以预电离技术可以产生具有高化学活性的均匀放电的大气压低温等离子体射流,该射流在表面油污清洗中具有较高效率。     

A numerical simulation study on active species production in dense methane-air plasma discharge

Recently, low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasmas have been proposed as a potential type of ‘reaction carrier' for the conversion of methane into value-added chemicals. In this paper, the multi-physics field coupling software of COMSOL is used to simulate the detailed discharge characteristics of atmospheric pressure methane-air plasma. A two-dimensional axisymmetric fluid model is constructed, in which 77 plasma chemical reactions and 32 different species are taken into account. The spatial density distributions of dominant charged ions and reactive radical species, such as CH_4~+CH_3~+N_2~+O_2~+H, O, CH_3, and CH_2, are presented, which is due to plasma chemical reactions of methane/air dissociation(or ionization) and reforming of small fragment radical species. The physicochemical mechanisms of methane dissociation and radical species recombination are also discussed and analyzed.     

Comparison of Yeast Inactivation Treated in He, Air and N2 DBD Plasma

In this paper, the mechanism of yeast inactivation in low temperature atmospheric pressure helium, nitrogen and air plasmas generated by dielectric barrier discharge is analysed and compared. The results show that all the three gas plasmas have a high germicidal efficiency. The morphology of the yeast is observed by scanning electron microscopy, which reveals that the yeast treated in helium plasma is ruptured completely but there are only some flaws on the cell walls in the nitrogen and air plasma treated samples. Also, the flaws on the cell walls treated by air plasma are more significant than that by nitrogen treatment. Simultaneously, the pH values of the samples after 5 rain nitrogen and air plasma treatment have no remarkable change either, while the sample treated with helium plasma descends below 4.0, which is beyond the optimum one for the yeast＇s living environment. The difference in pH values may be caused by the treatment effect and the degree of the cell＇s rupture when the gas discharge plasma treatment is applied.     

基于Wigner-Ville时频分析的行波信号检测方法

针对行波信号的准确有效检测,结合专用行波传感器进行故障信号的测量,提出了一种基于Wigner-Ville时频分析的行波检测方法。该方法通过系统建模仿真分析输电线路、阻波器、CVT和专用行波传感器对故障行波信号的传变特性,应用Wigner-Ville分布对所测行波信号线模分量进行时频特征分析,利用交叉项时间聚集特性选取能量主频带,然后求取能量主频带演变谱,实现行波信号检测。仿真结果表明,在不同输电线路故障情况、噪声干扰、最低要求采样频率以及通过专用行波传感器测取信号情况下,该方法对比WT和HHT方法,能更加准确有效检测故障行波信号,并且利用该检测信号所得故障定位结果满足工程精度要求。