Excitation of atmospheric pressure uniform dielectric barrier discharge using repetitive unipolar nanosecond-pulse generator

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1830-1837

  Shao, Tao ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Dongdong ^a   Niu, Zheng ^a   Wang, Jue ^a   Yan, Ping ^a   Zhou, Yuanxiang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric pressure air; atmospheric pressure glow discharge; dielectric barrier discharge; discharge mode; Gas discharge; homogeneous discharge; magnetic compression; nanosecond pulse; non thermal plasma; pulsed power; repetition rate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE GLOW DISCHARGE; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DISCHARGE MODE; GAS DISCHARGE; HOMOGENEOUS DISCHARGE; MAGNETIC COMPRESSION; NANOSECOND PULSE; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; PULSED-POWER; REPETITION RATE;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; EXCITED STATES; FLOW CONTROL; GLOW DISCHARGES; ISOMERS; LIQUIDS; PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78650021984     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5658235     Document Type: Article

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