Among the many technological and legal efforts being made to restore our environment, electrostatic technologies may well hold the solution to the cleaning of air, water and soil. Such technologies include non-thermal plasma processing - electron beam irradiation, electrical discharge, hybrid plasma systems. The book also contains descriptions of the industrial implementation of the technology for NO x and SO 2 removal using accelerated electrons. This technique has been implemented in three plants, built in China, Poland and Japan. Water pollution can be controlled and reduced by the use of ozone and UV irradiation. Soil pollution can be reduced by electrical methods and by using electrostatics to spray agricultural pesticides. Further articles cover the future of EHD systems in environmental protection, new aspects of ESD research, and industrial waste recycling technologies.

Zusammenfassung
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Bucharest, 9-12 November, 1998

Inhalt
Session I: General Aspects of the Environment Protection and of the Electrostatics Contributions.- The Present Position of the Electrostatics in the Environment Protection and the Canadian Experience.- Development of Electrostatics in Romania and Its Contribution to Environmental Protection.- Some Data Concerning Romania Strategy of Environment Protection.- The Activity of the Electrostatics Society of America in the Field of Environmental Protection.- New Solutions for the Removal of the Pollutants Generated by Electrical Power Plants in Romania.- A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of the Electrostatic Filters.- New Results in the Field of Esd Research.- Electrostatic Technologies for the Recycling of Non-Ferrous Metals and Plastics from Wastes.- The Miniaturization of Electrostatic Precipitators.- Session II: Methods of Control and Reduction of Air Pollution.- Environmental Protection by Radiation Technology and Laea Activity.- Electron Beam Scrubbing for High Sulphur Flue Gas.- Modelling The Interaction of Plasma Hot Pockets with Gas Containing Nitric Oxide.- Treatment of Organic Pollutants by Corona Discharge Plasma.- Non-Termal Plasma Technology for Gas Treatment.- Electron Flue Gases Treatment in Poland.- Use of High Power Electron Beam Radiation for Treatment of Municipal and Industrial Wastes.- Experimental Contributions for So2and Nox Reduction from Combustion Flue Gases by Energetic Electron Induced Plasma Process and Electrical Discharge.- Session III: Methods of Control and Reduction of Water and Soil Pollution.- Ozone Generators.- APPLICATIONS OF OZONE IN WATER TREATMENT: Advantages, Disadvantages and Developments.- Operation of Industrial Effluents.- New Considerations of Ozone Generation and the Influence of Nox in Ozone Production and WaterTreatment.- Recent Advances in the Electrical Decontamination of Soil.- The Role of Mobility in Ehd Pollution Control Techniques.- Electrostatic Pesticide Spraying.- Tests for the Electrostatic Crop Spraying Asa Method of Treatment with Ultra Low Volume.- Charged Liquid Aerosols: Generation, Advantages and Non-Polluting Technologies.