CBE Research Report Spring 2017 | Page 6

Student Oral Presentation #1 The Influence of Carrier Gas on Nanosecond-Pulsed Plasma Discharge Generated in a Water Film Plasma Reactor Huihui Wang, Robert J. Wandell, Bruce R. Locke Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States Abstract Plasma discharge with liquid water has potential applications in water treatment and chemical synthesis. The main product of plasma discharge with water is hydroxyl radical, which is one of the strong oxidants and it can react with many organic pollutants in the water. However, the hydroxyl radicals are not stable, and the maj