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Plasma Processes for Energy and Environment

Plasma Processes for Energy and Environment

This monograph explores the pervasive role of plasma processes in some areas related to energy and environment.

2017

Stories

John Pucadyil

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Star Stuff

The campus of the Institute for Plasma Research in the village Bhat in the outskirts of Ahmedabad stood out in a city which is renowned for…

John Pucadyil

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Jul 3

The Star that Pinched

The air in the control room of the Agni-3 facility of India’s latest fusion startup in Gandhinagar didn’t smell like the future. It smelled…

The Star that Pinched

John Pucadyil

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Jun 26

Black Gold, Cold Plasma

The humid breeze of the Arabian Sea carried the heavy, unmistakable scent of cardamom and black pepper across the Willingdon Island docks…

Black Gold, Cold Plasma

John Pucadyil

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Jun 13

The Alchemist of Surat

The humid air of Surat usually smelled of salt and diesel, but inside the laboratory of Harishbhai Shah, it smelled of ozone and machine…

The Alchemist of Surat

John Pucadyil

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Jun 7

How I Built My First Plasma Physics Experiment

The year was 1964. My role as a lecturer at Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, was beginning to feel like a trap. I could see the…

How I Built My First Plasma Physics Experiment

John Pucadyil

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May 28

The Angora Bond

In the mist-shrouded peaks of the Kulu Valley, where the air smells of cedar and ancient snow, a revolution was brewing — not of swords…

The Angora Bond

John Pucadyil

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May 15

A New Radiance for Moradabad

The air in Moradabad is a heavy soup of coal smoke and metal dust. The ghosts of a thousand years of craftsmanship hide in the street…

A New Radiance for Moradabad

John Pucadyil

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May 2

The Fireball and the Mirage: Harvesting the Invisible River of Dhaneri

The sun over Dhaneri does not rise; it attacks.

The Fireball and the Mirage: Harvesting the Invisible River of Dhaneri

John Pucadyil

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Apr 19

The Fourth State of Fashion

In the colonnaded heart of Connaught Place, where the whitewashed Georgian arches met the high-tech sheen of the new millennium, the huge…

The Fourth State of Fashion

John Pucadyil

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Apr 5

The Star and the Stubble

In the fertile plains of Punjab, where the horizon is usually a blurred line between golden wheat and the dusty haze of the Grand Trunk…

The Star and the Stubble

John Pucadyil

John Pucadyil

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I am a plasma physicist who also paints and writes poetry. My work is available on my website www.pucadyil.com. I write on science, technology and my life

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