1. EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract www.cost.eu COST Action TD1208 Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications Joanna Pawłat askmik@hotmail.com Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electrotechnologies, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 38A, 20-618 Lublin, Poland, ipee.pollub.pl Research on interactions of electrical discharges with liquids at IEEE-LUT Studied topics atmospheric pressure plasma jets and glide-arc plasmas working with different process gases and their influence on liquid films (WG2, WG4) electrical discharges in foams and 3 phase environments (WG1, WG4) biomedical applications of atmospheric pressure plasma jets- biological decontamination of non heat resistant surfaces, (WG2, WG4) environmental and agricultural applications of foaming column, APPJ and glide arc plasmas (WG1, WG2, WG4) surface funcionalization using electrical discharges (WG1, WG2, WG4) Fig. Regimes of cylindrical plasma reactor and H 2 O concentration in dependence on frequency and time : (A) for discharge in water (submerged electrodes), (B) bubbling, (C) - foaming

2. EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract www.cost.eu COST Action TD1208 Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications Main experimental/computational facilities Location: IEEE with the Centre of Excellence for the Application of Superconducting and Plasma Technologies in Power Engineering – ASPPECT established in 2003 (5 laboratories). Available equipment in plasma laboratory: -various experimental reactors with power supplies (plasma jets, glide-arc, foaming column reactor, etc.) - FTIR, UV spectrometer, - pH meter, conductometer, ozone meter, chemical analysis test kits, equipement for electrical measurements, climatic chamber, optical microscope - computing equipment, COMSOL software Main research collaborations and industrial partners Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan, http://www.sojo-u.ac.jp Environment and Energy Laboratory, Fukuoka, Japan, http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~plasma/ Wofil, http://www.wofil.pl Main publications J. Pawłat, „Electrical Discharges in Humid Environments Generators, Effects, Application”, Lublin, Politechnika Lubelska, (2013), book J. Pawłat, N. Hayashi, C. Yamabe, „Studies on electrical discharge effects in a foaming environment”, JJAP, 40(12), (2001), 7061-7066, J. Pawłat, N. Hayashi, C.Yamabe, I. Pollo„Generation of Oxidants with a foaming system and its electrical properties” Ozone Sci& Eng.,24 (3), (2002)181-191, J. Pawłat, N. Hayashi, S. Ihara, C. Yamabe, I. Pollo, „Studies on Oxidants’ Generation in a Foaming Column with a Needle to Dielectric Covered Plate Electrode”, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Kluwer, 23 (3), (2003), 569-583 J. Pawłat, N. Hayashi, S. Ihara, C. Yamabe, I. Pollo, „Generation of Discharges in Dynamic Foam for Oxidants Formation Using Various Types of Electrodes, Colloids and Surfaces A: Phys.and Eng. Asp., 220(1-3), (2003), 179-190, J. Pawłat, N. Hayashi, S. Ihara, C. Yamabe, I. Pollo, „Foaming Column with a Dielectric Covered Plate-to-Metal Plate Electrode as an Oxidants’ Generator”, Advances in Environmental Research, Elsevier Publishers 8, (2004), 351–358, J. Pawłat, A.Mizuno, C. Yamabe, I. Pollo „Absorption and Decomposition of CH 3 CHO in the Cylindrical Foaming System”, JAOTs 7(1), (2004), 59-64, J. Pawłat, K. Hensel, C. Yamabe „Discoloration of the Solutions in the Foaming Environment” Czech. JPhys. 54 (2004) Suppl.C, 54(5), C964-C969 J. Pawłat, S. Ihara, C. Yamabe, I. Pollo, „Oxidant Formation and the Decomposition of Organic Compounds in Foaming Systems” Plasma Process. Polym., 2(3), (2005), 218–221, J. Pawłat „Various Environmental Applications of the Cylindrical Foaming Column”, Przegląd Elektrotechniczny (Poland), 1 (2005), 17-19, J. Pawłat, K. Hensel, S. Ihara, „Decomposition of Humic Acid and Methylene Blue by Electric Discharge in Foam” Acta Phys. Slov., 55(5), (2005), 479-485, J. Pawłat, K. Hensel, S. Ihara, „Generation of oxidants and removal of indigo blue by pulsed power in bubbling and foaming systems”, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 56, Suppl. D, (2006), B1174-B1178, Joanna Pawłat, Satoshi Ihara „Removal of COD and color using electrical discharge in foaming column” Plasma Process. Polym. 4(7-8), (2007), 753-759, J. Pawłat, K. Hensel, S. Ihara, C. Yamabe, „Treatment of Surfactants in the Foaming Column”, Chem. Listy 102(16), (2008), 1494−1497, K. Ebihara, F. Mitsugi, T. Ikegami, N. Nakamura, Y. Hashimoto, Y. Yamashita, S. Baba, H. Stryczewska, J. Pawlat, S. Teii, T. Sung, „Ozone-mist spray sterilization for pest control in agricultural management” European Physical Journal- Applied Physics, 61(02), (2013), 201324318, J. Pawłat, „Atmospheric pressure plasma jet for decontamination purposes”, European Physical Journal- Applied Physics, 61(2), (2013), 201324323, J. Pawłat, R. Samoń, H. Stryczewska, J. Diatczyk, T. Giżewski „RF-powered atmospheric pressure plasma jet for surface treatment”, European Physical Journal- Applied Physics, 61(2), (2013), 201324322. Fig. Plasma jet generated in RF powered device, P=80 W, f= 12,98 MHz