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We achieved patent pending for “DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FLOW-THROUGH-PLASMA-HYDRODYNAMIC-REACTOR-BASED WATER TREATMENT.”

June 2023

The patent has been assigned the number US 18,331,610

Inventors: V. Gorobets at al.

The system and method can be used in a variety of industrial enterprises such as swimming pools, artificial ponds, agriculture, emergency drinking water applications, special institutions, as well as in everyday life.  The combination of the hydrodynamic effect on water by the flow body and the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in a volumetric plasma discharge in the turbulence zone causes a synergistic effect that increases the efficiency of water treatment. 

Cold plasma discharge within turbulent fine bubbles effectively produces various ROS, such as hydroxyl radicals (•OH). , superoxide anion (O2−), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and singlet oxygen. The water flowing through a hydrodynamic plasma reactor becomes saturated with these particles.  The hydroxyl radicals (and other ROS) impact organic pathogens in water by disrupting their cell membranes, causing cell death. They also react with proteins and enzymes, inhibiting cellular growth and reproduction.  Additionally, ROS damage the genetic material of pathogens, impairing their ability to replicate and survive.