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Use of plasma-treated liquids to treat herpes keratitis
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY Drexel researchers have shown that non-thermal dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma treatment is a viable method for reducing herpes simplex virus infection and replication without significantly affecting host cells, making it an ideal treatment for herpes keratitis of the cornea.APPLICATIONSTITLE: ApplicationsPreventing...
Published: 5/19/2022   |   Inventor(s): Jane Clifford, Oleg Alekseev, Kelly Donovan
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Category(s): Plasma, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics > Pharma: Infectious Disease, Plasma > Plasma: Liquid Treatment
Plasma Licensing Authority
Company BackgroundPAGE SUMMARY We intend to become the leading edge of transformation into a new awareness and our company, Plasma Licensing Authority, (PLA) was created to actualize commercial applications of cold plasma technology pioneered at the Nyheim Plasma Institute. We are dedicated to applying these next generation advancements to address the...
Published: 5/19/2022   |   Inventor(s):  
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Category(s): Startup Companies, Life Sciences, Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Gliding arc plasmatron reactor with reverse vortex for the conversion of hydrocarbon fuel into synthesis gas
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY A reactor for reforming a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, and associated processes and systems, are described herein. In one example, a two stage process is disclosed in which a first reactor is coupled to a second stage reactor having a reaction volume greater than the first reactor. In the first reactor, the liquid hydrocarbon...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Alexander Rabinovich, Michael Gallagher, Anatoliy Polevich, Alexander Gutsol
Keywords(s): Fuel conversion, Plasma
Category(s): Energy, Plasma, Plasma > Plasma: Fuel Conversion, Plasma > Plasma: Liquid Treatment, Energy > Energy: Hydrogen Generation
Non-equilibrium plasma technologies for energy applications
PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY Non-equilibrium, or low-energy, or non-thermal plasma has a wide range of uses, and the researchers at Drexel’s Plasma Institute are developing its applications for fuel conversion, production of syngas and liquid fuel from biomass, waste and other carbonaceous feedstocks, chemical synthesis and catalysis, and...
Published: 5/19/2022   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Alexander Gutsol, Alexander Rabinovich
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Category(s): Physical Sciences, Plasma, Energy, Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Materials for Disinfection Produced by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The invention is a device for generation of high voltage pulsed-periodic corona discharge using formation of short pulses of high voltage on the electrodes of the pulsed corona chamber. These devices can be used for cleaning of gaseous or liquid media under normal atmospheric conditions as well as under very humid conditions,...
Published: 5/19/2022   |   Inventor(s): Ari Brooks*, Gennady (gary) Friedman, Alexander Fridman, Gregory Fridman, Alexander Rabinovich, Suresh Joshi, Alexander Gutsol
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Category(s): Energy, Physical Sciences, Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Cyclonic Reactor with Non-Equilibrium Gliding Discharge and Plasma Process for Reforming of Solid Hydrocarbons
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY A reactor for reforming a hydrocarbon, and associated processes and systems, are described herein. In one example, a reactor is provided that is configured to use non-equilibrium gliding arc discharge plasma. In another example, the reactor uses a vortex flow pattern. Two stages of reforming are described. In a first stage,...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Alexander Gutsol, Michael Gallagher, Anatoliy Polevich
Keywords(s): Fuel conversion, Plasma
Category(s): Energy, Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Fuel Conversion, Plasma > Plasma: Reactors, Energy > Energy: Environmental Purification and Protection, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Environmental Purification and Protection
Pre-treating water with non-thermal plasma
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The present invention consists of a method of pre-treatment of adulterated water for distillation, including adulterated water produced during hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) of shale rock during natural gas drilling. In particular, the invention is directed to a method of treating adulterated water, said...
Published: 7/16/2024   |   Inventor(s): Young Cho, Alexander Fridman, Alexander Rabinovich, Daniel Cho
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Category(s): Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Liquid Treatment, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Environmental Purification and Protection, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Mechanical Device
High power non-thermal plasma system for industrial applications
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY Methods of increasing the total power of non-thermal plasma power systems are described. Various embodiments of the present invention provide non-thermal plasma reactor assemblies and methods of operating said assemblies, each assembly comprising: (a) at least two non-thermal plasma reactors, each reactor comprising at...
Published: 7/15/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Gary Nirenberg, Ivan Chernets, Alexander Rabinovich
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Category(s): Energy, Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Fuel Conversion, Plasma > Plasma: Reactors, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Mechanical Device
Vortex Reactor and method of using it
PAGE TITLEOverview PAGE SUMMARY A vortex reactor is provided. The vortex reactor includes a substantially cylindrical shaped portion forming a reaction chamber therein, wherein said substantially cylindrical shaped portion forms a first charged electrode; a circumferential flow apparatus fluidly connected to the reaction chamber for creating a circumferential...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Alexander Gutsol, Young Cho, Kenneth Blank, Lawrence Kennedy (retired), Alexei Saveliev, Andrey Romanets, Igor (ihor) Matveev
Keywords(s): Plasma
Category(s): Energy, Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Fuel Conversion, Plasma > Plasma: Reactors
Plasma Spark Discharge Reactor and Durable Electrode
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY In spite of the recent oil price declines the shale oil production is recovering at a rapid rate. With it, the amount of water used in hydraulic fracturing grows as well, including the water used both at the front end of this process, in fracking liquid, and at the back end, the flowback and produced water. The front-end...
Published: 7/24/2024   |   Inventor(s): Young Cho, Alexander Fridman, Daniel Cho, Hyoungsup Kim
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Category(s): Plasma, Plasma > Plasma: Liquid Treatment
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