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TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
PLASMA - THE FOURTH STATE OF MATTER
Elementary science teaches the three basic states of matter — Solid, Liquid, and Gas. When heat is applied to ice, the ice transforms from solid to liquid and eventually into gas. If heat or pressure continues to be added, the gas molecules dissociate into atoms. As the gas temperature rises and the electrons orbiting the nucleus break from the atoms, the electrons separate into positive ions and negative ions. The gas containing these particles generated by ionization is called plasma.
ICE [ SOLID ]
WATER [ LIQUID ]
STEAM [ GAS ]
PLASMA [ IONIZED GAS ]
Non-Thermal (COLD) PLASMA
Plasma is produced by applying sufficient energy (thermal, electromagnetic, or electric fields) to a neutral gas at atmospheric pressure. Non-thermal or cold plasma is a partially ionized gas that contains reactive species, such as free radicals, ions, and excited electrons. Non-thermal plasma is not at thermodynamic equilibrium due to the temperature difference between the reactive species and the ambient gas.
OUR PLASMA RESEARCH
Tellapure’s plasma science research seeks to build replicable pathways to apply its technology to environmental and human challenges, such as, air and water pollution, food insecurity, and disease outbreaks. Tellapure's laboratory work prepares the technology for process and design integration into disruptive commercialized applications.
As of February 2024, Tellapure has five patents pending, including our large-area, multi-layered dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and jet plasma reactors; capable of processing large gas volumes. As laboratory-scale plasma research projects have evolved and made extraordinarily successful progress, Tellapure and its partners have begun to design applications to address global environmental issues (e.g., agriculture research, wastewater treatment processes, greenhouse gas mitigation, etc.).