Effect of electrical discharge in water on concentration of nitrate solution

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/2/025101

Abstract In this work, the effect of electrical discharge on nitrate concentration is considered in aqueous solution. The atmospheric pressure plasma was produced by a high-voltage power supply at 27 kHz using pin-to-pin configuration. Air, argon, and argon/methane mixture were used to study the working gas effect. UV-VIS spectroscopy and ion chromatography were used to analyze the effect of the electrical discharge on nitrate concentration in deionized water. Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) was applied to diagnose active species inside and on the surface of the deionized water solution. The results of the present work showed that the atmospheric pressure electric discharge with air increases nitrate concentration while it remains constant using argon and argon/methane electrical discharges. It was also revealed that in the presence of air, the electrical discharge reduces pH, acidifying the solution and increasing solution conductivity due to production of extra nitrate ions. On the other hand, argon electrical discharge increases pH and conductivity due to production of OH^- ion in water.

Keywords: electric discharge nitrate solution optical spectroscopy

Received: 04 September 2016
Revised: 12 October 2016
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PACS:	51.50.+v	(Electrical properties)
	52.25.-b	(Plasma properties)
	52.80.Hc	(Glow; corona)
	52.90.+z	(Other topics in physics of plasmas and electric discharges)

Corresponding Authors: F Sohbatzadeh
E-mail: F.sohbat@umz.ac.ir

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F Sohbatzadeh, H Bagheri, R Safari Effect of electrical discharge in water on concentration of nitrate solution 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 025101

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