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Record W4408020458 · doi:10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01300

Integrating multiple cold plasma generators and Bernoulli-driven microbubble formation for large-volume water treatment

2025· article· en· W4408020458 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueSustainable materials and technologies · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicPlasma Applications and Diagnostics
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
FundersAlberta InnovatesNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaMitacsCanada Research Chairs
KeywordsBernoulli's principlePlasmaVolume (thermodynamics)Nuclear engineeringMechanicsMaterials scienceEnvironmental sciencePhysicsThermodynamicsEngineeringNuclear physics

Abstract

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Cold plasma-bubble is a promising clean technology for wastewater treatment using air and electricity. However, scalability continues to pose a significant challenge to industrial applications. In this study, we integrate portable, low-power cold plasma generators with spontaneous microbubble formation in engineered venturi tubes for rapid water treatment. These tubes provide water flow channels with multiple plasma ports. The design expanded the flow rate range for stable microbubble formation from earlier reports, enabling 16 L/min and scaling up the volume of treated water to 40 L with same energy efficiency. Importantly, we identified a universal linear correlation between the total surface area of microbubbles and activation efficiency, represented by removal of a model dye, methyl orange. Significant disinfection against Gram-(−/+) bacteria with 6.68-log was confirmed in increasing water volume. Time required for effective disinfection of 4-log CFU/mL removal increases approximately linearly with volume of water, suggesting that disinfection can be achieved even at large-scale without losing the effectiveness. Increasing the plasma generator numbers (four-needle), the treatment capacity can be further improved to 120 L. Our work demonstrates that the cold plasma-bubble technology for flowing water is rapid and scalable, providing a sustainable solution for diverse industrial and environmental challenges. This study integrates portable, low-power cold plasma generators for microbubble enhanced activation using engineered venturi tubes, demonstrating scalable, efficient and sustainable wastewater treatment and disinfection. • Engineered Venturi coupled with cold plasma generators designed for water treatment. • Dual-needle & water channel expanded liquid flow-rate, enhancing RONS mass-transfer. • Rapid disinfection renders log 6.68 CFU/mL ( E. coli ) removal even from large-scale. • Linear degradation-rate relationship with volume offers scalable operation.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.098
Threshold uncertainty score0.391

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.007
GPT teacher head0.236
Teacher spread0.229 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it