Study on Dry-ice Particle Jet Assisted Decontamination Technology

Fundamentals of Dry Ice Blast Cleaning Technology

A Laser Assisted Dry Ice Blasting Approach for Surface Cleaning

Surface cleaning processes are needed in different life cycle phases of technical products. They are important elements in manufacturing and in maintenance during usage as well as in recycling and remanufacturing. To meet the increasing requirements in product durability and functionality, the usage of compound materials and functional coatings becomes over more important. In this regard surfac...

Water jet-assisted lipoplasty.

Water jet-assisted lipoplasty channels a thin, targeted, fan-shaped jet into adipose tissue to loosen tissue structure and release adipocytes. According to the authors, water jet-assisted lipoplasty facilitates preinfiltration of modified tumescent solution to create analgesia, resulting in painless or near painless lipoplasty. The authors contend that, with this method, patient safety has incr...

Plasma Assisted Decontamination of Bacterial Spores

The efficacy and mechanism of killing bacterial spores by a plasma torch is studied. Bacterial-spore (Bacillus cereus) suspension is inoculated onto glass/paper slide-coupons and desiccated into dry samples, and inoculated into well-microplate as wet sample. The exposure distance of all samples is 4 cm from the nozzle of the torch. In the experiment, paper slide-coupon is inserted inside an env...

Dependence of Decontamination Performance on Co distribution in Test Pieces in Dry Surface Decontamination with Low-Pressure Arc Plasma

We have been studying dry surface decontamination technology with low-pressure arc plasma (LPAP). The dependence of the decontamination performance on Co distribution in the test piece was investigated. The Co removal ratio became lower when Co was distributed more deeply in the metal oxide film, although all the metal oxide film was removed. However, a Co removal ratio exceeding 90% was eventu...