Study of dust removal by standing wave electric curtain for application to solar cells on mars

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 334-340

  Atten, Pierre ^a   Pang, Hai Long ^a   Reboud, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Charged particle transport; Dielectric barrier discharge; Standing wave electric curtain

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; INSULATING MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SPACE RESEARCH; STANDING WAVE METERS;

CHARGED PARTICLE TRANSPORT; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; GAS PRESSURE; STANDING-WAVE ELECTRIC CURTAIN;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745923194     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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