The invention deals with a splitter nose delimiting the inlet of a low-pressure compressor of an axial turbine engine. The splitter nose comprises a separation surface with an upstream circular edge suitable for separating a flow entering into the turbine engine into a primary flow and a secondary flow, and a plasma de-icing device. The device comprises two annular layers of dielectric material (42; 44) partially forming the separation surface, an electrode forming the upstream edge, an electrode forming an outer wall of the splitter nose, an electrode forming an outer shroud which supports blades, an electrode delimiting the primary flow. The device generates plasmas (46; 48; 50) opposing the presence of ice on the partitions of the splitter nose. The invention also deals with a turbine engine with a splitter nose that is provided with a de-icing system downstream of the fan.

There is herein described a plasma treatment system and a method for sterilizing. More particularly, there is described a plasma treatment system for rigid containers and a method of using the plasma treatment system for sterilizing the rigid containers. In some aspects, the plasma treatment system includes a sterilizing apparatus having a receptacle with a flexible passageway or indentation.

A system for preventing icing on an aircraft surface includes a plasma actuator which is applied onto an aircraft surface operationally exposed to air and which is arranged for generating at least one plasma discharge (D) for inducing a flow (F) of ionized hot-air particles towards the surface.

A blower having high efficiency and low noise by actively controlling airflow in the blower, and an air conditioner having the blower is provided. The air conditioner has a blower. The blower includes a fan having a hub and at least one blade provided on an outer circumferential surface of the hub, a motor to rotatably drive the hub, a shroud configured to surround the periphery of the fan and at least one actuator installed in the shroud and configured to form an airflow along an inner circumferential surface of the shroud.

A treatment apparatus and a treatment method using reactive oxygen, wherein, the treatment apparatus comprising: the reactive oxygen supply device comprises a plasma actuator and an ozone decomposing device inside a housing having at least one opening portion, the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode and a second electrode across a dielectric material and generates an induced flow containing ozone when a voltage is applied between the both electrodes, the plasma actuator and the ozone decomposing device are arranged such that the induced flow flows out from the opening portion and the induced flow is supplied to a surface of the object which is conveyed by the conveying means, and an outflow direction vector of the induced flow has a vector component x which is parallel to and oriented in the same direction as specific direction B.

A treatment apparatus and a treatment method using reactive oxygen, wherein, the treatment apparatus comprising: the reactive oxygen supply device comprises a plasma actuator and an ozone decomposing device inside a housing having at least one opening portion, the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode and a second electrode across a dielectric material and generates an induced flow containing ozone when a voltage is applied between the both electrodes, the plasma actuator and the ozone decomposing device are arranged such that the induced flow flows out from the opening portion and the induced flow is supplied to a surface of the object which is conveyed by the conveying means, and an outflow direction vector of the induced flow has a vector component x which is parallel to and oriented in the same direction as specific direction A.

An active oxygen supply device comprising: a housing; a plasma actuator disposed inside the housing; and an ozone decomposing device, wherein the plasma actuator comprises a first electrode, a dielectric material, and a second electrode, the first electrode is an exposed electrode provided on a first surface, which is one surface of the dielectric material, the plasma actuator generates an induced flow containing ozone to be blown out from the first electrode in a first direction, which is one direction along the surface of the dielectric material, the ozone decomposing device decomposes the ozone contained in the induced flow to generate active oxygen, an edge portion of the second electrode leading in a second direction reverse to the first direction is provided with a protruded portion, and overlap the first electrode only in the protruded portion, and the protruded portion has a width constant in the second direction.

An active oxygen supply device equipped with a cylindrical housing having a first opening and a second opening opposite to the first opening, a plasma actuator arranged in the housing, and an ozone decomposition device, in which the plasma actuator causes dielectric barrier discharge to blow out an induction flow, the plasma actuator is arranged such that the blow direction of the induction flow faces the second opening, an air flow that flows from the first opening to the second opening is generated in the housing by the action of the induction flow, the ozone decomposition device decomposes the ozone contained in the air flow to generate active oxygen in the air flow, and the plasma actuator and the ozone decomposition device are arranged such that the air flow containing the active oxygen can flow out to the exterior of the active oxygen supply device through the second opening.

This reactive oxygen supply apparatus is characterized by comprising a humidification device, a housing having at least one opening, and a predetermined plasma actuator in the opening, and is characterized in that the humidification device humidifies the inside of the housing and generates reactive oxygen in the induced flow, so that the induced flow contains the reactive oxygen, and the plasma actuator and the humidification device are disposed such that the induced flow containing the reactive oxygen flows out of the housing through the opening.

The dielectric barrier discharge plasma generator includes: a dielectric substrate that exhibits a plate shape extending in a first direction and has a first surface and a second surface located on an opposite side of the first surface in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a first electrode disposed on the dielectric substrate on a side of the first surface; a second electrode disposed at a position separated from the second surface of the dielectric substrate in the second direction; a gas flow path that is formed by a gap between the dielectric substrate and the second electrode and through which a gas flows in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction; and an outlet provided at a first end which is one end portion of the gas flow path in the third direction.