Design and Implementation of a Pulsed Plasma System Combined with Image Processing for Drying Plant Leaves

Applying plasma food and plant products to improve their quality is a novel goal considering the importance of food security for human societies. The present study aims to design and implement a portable and cost-effective plasma generator system for use in plant environments. Different dielectric materials were evaluated. To evaluate the system, the plasma was applied on the leaves of different plants. Also, image processing technology was applied to investigate the effect of pulsed plasma on plants. The results indicated the suitability of glass rather than paper dielectric. Based on the related image processing findings of samples, the effect of plasma on the color indices, it can be concluded that pulsed plasma was successful in drying the samples. The values of changed color indexes (R, G, B, L*, a*, and b*) indicate the dryness of the samples affected by plasma. So, the plasma system can be used as an in plant environment.

کلیدواژه ها:

Plasma generation ، Pulsed plasma ، Image processing ، Plant drying