Plasma-enabled liquid filtration and decontamination

An apparatus for decontamination of a liquid, comprising:

• a reaction chamber having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, said reaction chamber comprising an inlet at the first end, an outlet at the second end, and a filter proximate to the second end;
• a hollow tube electrode and a solid electrode, each of the hollow tube and solid electrodes extending into the reaction chamber, a portion of each of the hollow tube electrode and the solid electrode being submerged within a liquid flowing through the reaction chamber;
• a power supply connected to the hollow tube electrode and to the solid electrode;
• and
• wherein a gas is introduced into the reaction chamber at the first end via the hollow tube electrode, the gas contacting both the hollow tube electrode and the liquid, a plasma volume being generated from the gas when a voltage from the power supply is applied across the hollow tube electrode and the solid electrode;
• wherein the liquid surrounds the plasma volume as it flows through the inlet of the reaction chamber to the outlet, the plasma causing parent species contaminant molecules in the liquid to break apart into daughter products comprising smaller molecular fragments as it contacts the liquid;
• wherein the liquid then passes through the filter situated between the plasma volume and the outlet from the reaction chamber;
• and
• wherein the parent species and daughter products in the liquid are adsorbed by the filter before the liquid is output from the reaction chamber via the outlet.