Center Capabilities

Major Plasma Research System Capabilities of C-PEAB Universities

Thermal Arc, Non-thermal Gliding Arc and Spark discharges in power range from 100W to 15-30KW for energy system, fuel conversion, water/solution cleaning and activation, produce washing, material treatment (Drexel University, George Washington University, University of Michigan).

Cold Plasma Sources, including continuous wave, micro- and nano-second pulse DBD discharges, and plasma jets for fuel conversion, water/solution cleaning and activation, air cleaning, material treatment, adaptive plasma and aerosol plasma research, new material synthesis, plasma biology and plasma medicine (Drexel University, George Washington University, University of Michigan)

Plasma Modeling Capabilities, including low pressure, high pressure and liquid plasmas, plasma-power-supply matching analysis, self-adaptive and aerosol plasmas, space plasmas and micro-plasmas for wide variety of applications (Drexel University, George Washington University, University of Michigan)

Plasma Characterization Capabilities, including optical emission and absorption spectroscopy for detailed diagnostics of active and passive neutral, charged, and excited plasma components, as well as related temperature, electric field, and energy distribution functions (Drexel University, George Washington University, University of Michigan)

Plasma-Chemical and Plasma-Biological System Characterization Capabilities, , including measurements of different short- and long-living products of plasma-chemical and plasma-biological processes; as well as characterization of short-term and long-term consequences of plasma treatment of inorganic, organic, and biological materials and tissues (Drexel University, George Washington University, University of Michigan)