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

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-86

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^c MILITARY TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charged particle transport; Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); Powder removal; Standing wave electric curtain

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARGED PARTICLES; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DUST; DUST CONTROL; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FLOW CONTROL; INSULATING MATERIALS; IONIZATION OF GASES; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; POWDERS; REMOVAL; STANDING WAVE METERS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

AGGLOMERATED PARTICLES; APPLIED VOLTAGES; ATMOSPHERIC AIRS; CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE (DBD); DUST LAYERS; DUST REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; DUST REMOVALS; GAS PRESSURES; INSULATING LAYERS; IONIZATION THRESHOLDS; MARS ANALOGS; PARTICLE SEDIMENTATIONS; PHASE ELECTRICS; POWDER REMOVAL; REDUCED PRESSURES; STANDING WAVES; STANDING-WAVE ELECTRIC CURTAIN; STRESSED ZONES; TRAVELING WAVES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 59649115055     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2008.2009723     Document Type: Article

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