Streamer Discharge Simulation in Flue Gas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 672-678

  Li, Jing ^a   Sun, Wanming ^a   Pashaie, Bijan ^a   Dhali, Shirshak K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; FLUE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PLASMA SIMULATION; REMOVAL; SILICA;

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; POISSON EQUATION; STREAMER DISCHARGE SIMULATION; TOWNSEND TYPE DISCHARGE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0029352983     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.467989     Document Type: Article

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