Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter. Just as a liquid will boil, changing into a
gas when energy is added, heating a gas will form a plasma which can be considered as a soup
of ions and electrons. Because so much of the universe is made of plasma, its behavior and
properties are of intense interest in many disciplines.
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Plasma Pyrolysis plant |
Since the plastic waste management is an important issue in both developed and developing
countries nowadays, Plasma pyrolysis is one of the best technologies for recovery of resources
from plastic waste. When carbonaceous solids are injected into plasma ,they are heated up very
rapidly and the volatile matter is released and cracked giving rise to carbon monoxide and other
hydrocarbons. It is therefore of considerable interest to study plastic waste pyrolysis in plasma
process for gaseous fuel or chemical production purposes.
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Plasma Rockets |
Plasma also finds its place in space application. Plasma rockets are a modern technology that
transforms fuel into a hot soup of electrically charged particles, known as plasma, and ejects it to
push a spacecraft. Using plasma rockets instead of the traditional chemical rockets can reduce
total in- space fuel usage by 90 percent. NASA mission planners are already looking into using
plasma rocket transport vehicles for ferrying cargo between Earth and Mars. A plasma
antenna is a type of radio antenna currently in development in which plasma is used instead of
the metal elements of a traditional elements .In this a gas is ionized to create a plasma. Unlike
gases, plasmas have very high electrical conductivity so it is possible for radio frequency signals
to travel through them so that they can act as a driven element to radiate radio waves or to
receive them.
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Plasma Sterilizer |
Plasma medicine emerged in the last decade as an exciting new field of research at the
interface between physics and life sciences. In modern medicine, high temperature
plasmas are used for sterilization of medical devices and implants. Cold atmospheric pressure
plasmas however can also be used for the treatment of viable tissues and thus have become a
focus of medical research over the past years.
Institute for Plasma Research(IPR) is one of the premier Institutes in India in this field. One can
go research in fields like plasma for space application, plasma nanoscience, plasma for
textiles, plasma surface engineering, plasma for photovoltaic and many others.
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