6th IEJ-ESA Joint Symposium

International Symposium on Electrostatics

and

Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Applications

 

 November 7-10, 2004

Sanjo Conference Hall, The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

 

November 7

(Only for foreign guests)

13:00 – 15:00    Tour of The University of Tokyo and visit to Oda and Washizu Lab. 

(For all participants)

16:00 – 18:00    Registration

18:00 – 19:00    Welcome Reception

 

November 8

9:30 – 9:40       Opening           

Tetsuji Oda                             (President of IEJ)

Session 1  ‘Particles’

9:40 – 10:20       “Limiting Factors in the Electrostatic Levitation of Fine Particles”

G. S. P. Castle and Y. Wu          (Univ. Western Ontario, Canada)

10:20 – 10:40     “A Development of Atomized Powder Coating System and its Charging

　　　　　　   Characteristics of Powder Particles”

Mitsuru Matsui*, Takashi Takahashi** and Tsutomu Ito***

(*Zao Electrost. System Lab., **Top Industries, *** I.P.D., Japan)

10:40 – 11:00     “Three-Dimensional Electrohydrodynamics for Alternatively-Oriented

　　　　　　   Spiked-Electrode Electrostatic Precipitator”

Toshiaki Yamamoto, Hidekatsu Fujishima, Yoshifumi Morita and

　　　　　                   Masaaki Okubo                      (Osaka Pref. Univ., Japan)

(11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break)

Session 2  ‘Application’

11:20 – 11:50     “Plasma Actuators for Air Flow Control”

Eric Moreau and Gérard Touchard                 (LEA, France)

11:50 – 12:30     “How Electrostatic Applications Have Improved the Quality of Life”

John F. Hughes                       (Univ. Southampton, UK)

(12:30 – 13:30   Lunch)

Session 3  ‘Biological’

13:30 – 13:50     “Dynamics of DEP Liquid Actuation in Viscous Fluid”

Tomohito Ito*, Masahide Gunji** and Masao Washizu**

(*Toba Nat. College of Maritime Tech., **Univ. Tokyo, Japan)

13:50 – 14:10     “Influence of Pulsed Electric Field on Various Enzyme Activities”

Takayuki Ohshima*, Tsuruki Tamura** and Masayuki Sato*

(*Gunma Univ., **Reverse Proteomics Research Inst., Japan)

14:10 – 14:30     “Arraying DNA Fibers in Microstructure by Electroosmotic Flow”

Kyohei Terao*, Hiroyuki Kabata** and Masao Washizu*

(*Univ. Tokyo, **Kyoto Univ., Japan) 

14:30 – 14:50     “Recovery of Yeast Chromosomal DNA Molecules from Agarose Gel Using

　　　　　　   Electrophoresis and Electrolysis”

Jun Komatsu, Kazunori Takashima, Shinji Katsura and Akira Mizuno

(Toyohashi Univ. Tech., Japan)

Session 4  ‘Surface Charge’

14:50 – 15:30     “Retention of Charge on a Sheet in Contact with a Ground Plane”

Joseph M. Crowley                      (Electrost. Appl., USA)

(15:30 – 15:50   Coffee Break)

Session 5  ‘Charge Behaviour’

15:50 – 16:10     “Reflectance Measurement of Carbon Fiber Flocked Surface”

Yasuo Sekii, Tsutomu Isaka, Shoichi Hasegawa and Tomonao Hayashi

(Chiba Inst. Tech., Japan)

16:10 – 16:30     “Triboelectric Charging between the Same Toner Particles”

Tatsuya Tada*, Yoshinobu Baba** and Manabu Takeuchi*

(*Ibaraki Univ., **Canon, Japan)

16:30 – 16:50     “Charge Behavior of Potassium Salt Ionomers of Ethylene Copolymer”

Nobuyuki Maki*&**, Hitoshi Tachino* and Yoshiro Tajitsu**

(*DuPont-Mitsui Polychemicals Company, **Kansai Univ., Japan)

16:50 – 17:10     “Thermally Stimulated Surface Charge Decay Measurements in Polymer

Powder Layers”

Takao Sugihara and Manabu Takeuchi        (Ibaraki Univ., Japan)

17:10 – 17:30     “Solid Oxide Thin Film Preparation by Pulsed Laser Deposition Method for

　　　　　　   Electrochromic Application”

Toshikazu Ohkubo, Fumiaki Mitsugi and Yukiharu Nomoto

(Oita Univ., Japan)

 

 

 

November 9

Session 6  ‘Calculation’

9:30 – 10:10       “Model Computations in Electrostatics”

István Berta                     (Budapest Inst.Tech., Hungary)

10:10 – 10:30     “Numerical Model for the Distortion Dynamics of Water Droplets in Electric

              Field”      

K. Adamiak and J. M. Floryan     (Univ. Western Ontario, Canada)

Session 7  ‘Charging and Discharging’

10:30 – 10:50     “Influence of Relative Humidity on Corona Discharge from a Metal Wire

Particle with a Floating Potential”

Yusuke Kudo and Yoshio Higashiyama     (Yamagata Univ., Japan)

(10:50 – 11:10   Coffee Break)

11:10 – 11:30     “Surface Flashover in a Micro-Gap between Foil Conductors on Printed

Wiring Board” 

Yoshiaki Yamano and Yousuke Takaoka       (Chiba Univ., Japan)

11:30 –11:50      “A Compact High Voltage Pulse Generator Using a Rotary Induction

Airhole Sparkgap”

Hong-Geun Lee, Seung-Hoon Lee and Jae-Duk Moon

(Kyungpook Nat. Univ., Korea)

11:50 – 12:10     “Gas Temperature of Spark Discharge in the Air”

Ryo Ono*, Masaharu Nifuku*, Shuzo Fujiwara*,

Sadashige Horiguchi* and Tetsuji Oda**

(*AIST, **Univ. Tokyo, Japan)

12:10 – 12:30     “Development of Electrode for Removing Pollutants in Soil by the Natural

              Zeolite and its Characteristics”

Masafumi Suzuki, Tomoyoshi Shoji and Noboru Yoshimura

(Akita Univ., Japan)

(12:30 – 13:40 Lunch)

Session 8  ‘Safety’

13:40 – 14:20     “Testing Products and Processes with Regard to Electrostatic

Hazards”

Ulrich von Pidoll                             (PTB, Germany)

14:20 – 14:40     “One-Dimensional Fluid Model for Charge Neutralization by Ionizers”

Atsushi Ohsawa                    (Nat. Inst. Ind. Safety, Japan)

Session 9  ‘Other Topics’

14:40 – 15:00     “Charge Transfer in Spark Discharge between a Grounded Electrode and an

              Array of Charged Multiple Electrodes”

Toshiyuki Sugimoto, Satoshi Ogata and Yoshio Higashiyama

(Yamagata Univ., Japan)

15:00 – 15:20     “Use of Volatile Additives to Increase the Antimicrobial Efficacy of a Corona

              Discharge”

Lindsey Gaunt and John Hughes         (Univ. Southampton, UK)

(15:20 – 15:40   Coffee Break)

15:40 – 16:10     “Flow Electrification - Applications in Transformers”

T. Paillat*, O. Moreau** and G. Touchard*    (*LEA, **EDF, France)

16:10 – 16:30     “The Antibacterial Effects of Ionized Vapours Emitted from Candles”

Sabrina Higgins, Lindsey Gaunt and John Hughes

(Univ. Southampton, UK)

16:30 – 16:50     “ "Elekiter" - Japan's First Electrical Machine - Restoration and Measuring Characteristics”

Ryo Nishimura, Katsumi Nishimori and Naganori Ishihara

(Tottori Univ., Japan)

16:50 – 17:30   Closing Remarks for Two Days  

Akira Mizuno                    (Toyohashi Univ. Tech., Japan)

Banquet

 

November 10

-Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Application (Special Symposium)-

 

Session 10  ‘Air Cleaning - VOC etc.’

9:20 – 9:40        “Atmospheric Pressure Non-Equilibrium Plasma Application for Environmental Protection”

Tetsuji Oda and S. B. Han                  (Univ. Tokyo, Japan)

9:40 – 10:00       “Influence of Ferroelectric Materials and Catalysts on the Performance of

Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP) for the Removal of Air Pollutants”

F. Holzer, U. Roland and F.-D. Kopinke

(UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Germany)

10:00 – 10:20     “Low Temperature Decomposition of Aromatic Compounds Using

Plasma-Driven Catalysis”

Hyun-Ha Kim*, Jeong-Uk Park*&**, Kum-Chan Choi**,

Atsushi Ogata* and Shigeru Futamura*

(*AIST, Japan, **Dong-A Univ., Korea)

10:20 – 10:40     “Characteristics of Parallel Type Streamer Corona Discharger for Deodorization and

Decomposition of Gaseous Pollutions”

Toshio Tanaka*, Kanji Motegi*, Kenkichi Kagawa* and

Toshikazu Ohkubo**

(*Daikin Air-conditioning R&D Lab., **Oita Univ., Japan)

(10:40 – 11:00   Coffee Break)

Session 11  ‘Flue Gas Process’

11:20 – 12:00     “Applications of Non-Thermal Plasmas to Combustion Enhancement”

Louis A. Rosocha, Yongho Kim and Sy Stange

(Los Alamos Nat. Lab., USA)

12:00 – 12:20    “Simultaneous Removal of NOx and CO from Exhaust of Diesel Engine

              Power Generator by Plasma-Catalyst System”

S. Iwasaki*&**, D. Brocilo*, K. Yamada*&***, K. Urashima*,

D. Ewing*, J. Hoard****, H. Ehara* *, S. Ono**, T. Ito**, M. Itoh***

and J. S. Chang*

(*McMaster Univ., Canada, **Musashi Inst. Tech., Japan,

***Doshisha Univ., Japan, ****Ford Motors, USA)

(12:20 – 13:30   Lunch)

13:30 – 13:50     “NOx Reduction System Using Nonthermal Plasma Desorption under

Oxygen-Poor Condition”

Masaaki Okubo, Masaki Inoue, Tomoyuki Kuroki and

Toshiaki Yamamoto                   (Osaka Pref. Univ., Japan)

13:50 – 14:10     “Comparison of Pt-Al2O3 and Plasma Oxidation Techniques for Enhancing

Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides”

Jae-Ou Chae, V. Demidouk and V. Ravi        (Inha Univ., Korea)

Session 12  ‘Other Topics’

14:10 – 14:50     “An Effective Means for Corona Plasma Generation Utilizing a Dielectric

              Pellet Barrier and a Meshed-Plate”

Jae-Duk Moon                   (Kyungpook Nat. Univ., Korea)

14:50 – 15:10     “Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurement Generated by a Pulse Barrier

Discharge of Atomic Oxygen - Oxygen Concentration Effects - ”

Kei Takezawa*, Ryo Ono** and Tetsuji Oda*

(*Univ. Tokyo, **AIST, Japan)

(15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break)

15:30 – 15:50     “On Generation of DNA Molecular Beam and Plasma”

Kazunori Takashima, Jun Komatsu, Shinji Katsura and Akira Mizuno

(Toyohashi Univ. Tech., Japan)

 

15:50 – 16:10   Resume and Discussion about Future Atmospheric Pressure Plasma

             Applications (temporal)

 

16:10 – 16:20    Closing