Study of timing optimization of plasma treatment for naval materials
Résumé
The new IMO regulations require finding new solutions for marine applications as Antifouling treatment or ballast water treatment. Due to the effectiveness of using non-thermal plasma produced by electrical discharges for decontamination applications, it was chosen for use a GlidArc reactor for the antifouling treatment. Consequently, it was followed the best moment of the plasma treatment in order to inhibit the biofilm formation: before the first layer of antifouling paint, between the layers of antifouling paint, on wet or dry paint, eventually after the final coat of paint. There are presented only the results obtained on naval steel and the validation method was the epifluorescence microscopy.