Influence of the pre-ionization background and simulation of the optical emission of a streamer discharge in preheated air at atmospheric pressure between two point electrodes

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bourdon, A ^a   Bonaventura, Z ^a,b   Celestin, S ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BAND SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; DISCHARGE REGIMES; DISCHARGE STRUCTURES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; INPUT PARAMETER; INTERELECTRODE GAPS; NEGATIVE STREAMERS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; POINT CONFIGURATIONS; PRE-IONIZATION; PREHEATED AIR; PULSED VOLTAGES; RADIAL EXPANSIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; STREAMER DISCHARGES; TIME AVERAGING; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TWO-POINT;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT EMISSION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; REACTION RATES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77952986501     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/19/3/034012     Document Type: Article

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