TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of automatically controlled corona plasma system for inactivation of pathogen in hydroponic cultivation medium of tomato
AU - Takahashi, Katsuyuki
AU - Saito, Yoshinori
AU - Oikawa, Rikuya
AU - Okumura, Takamasa
AU - Takaki, Koichi
AU - Fujio, Takuya
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors are grateful to Mr. Y. Shida in Iwate University for their assistance with the experiments. This research was supported by a grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (A scheme to revitalize agriculture and fisheries in disaster area through deploying highly advanced technology) and by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science , Grant Number 15H02231 .
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - A nutrient solution treatment system using corona plasma is developed for practical use in hydroponics. A gas-liquid separated reactor and a high voltage power supply based on a 20 kHz inverter neon-transformer are developed to archive the treatment with high energy efficiency, a low initial cost and a low running cost. The performance of the system on bacteria inactivation in the nutrient solution is evaluated in a continuous treatment system operation. The results show that the standard plate count for background microflora and R. solanacearum is drastically reduced by the plasma treatment and is not detected after 8 days treatment. The nutrient solution is decontaminated by 4 log cycle with plasma treatment under the continuous operation condition.
AB - A nutrient solution treatment system using corona plasma is developed for practical use in hydroponics. A gas-liquid separated reactor and a high voltage power supply based on a 20 kHz inverter neon-transformer are developed to archive the treatment with high energy efficiency, a low initial cost and a low running cost. The performance of the system on bacteria inactivation in the nutrient solution is evaluated in a continuous treatment system operation. The results show that the standard plate count for background microflora and R. solanacearum is drastically reduced by the plasma treatment and is not detected after 8 days treatment. The nutrient solution is decontaminated by 4 log cycle with plasma treatment under the continuous operation condition.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.elstat.2017.12.006
DO - 10.1016/j.elstat.2017.12.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039988270
SN - 0304-3886
VL - 91
SP - 61
EP - 69
JO - Journal of Electrostatics
JF - Journal of Electrostatics
ER -
