Numerical simulation of downstream kinetics of an atmospheric-pressure nitrogen plasma jet

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12 PART 2, 2010, Pages 3387-3392

  Tsai, I Hung ^a   Hsu, Cheng Che ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient air; atmospheric pressure (AP) nitrogen plasma jet; downstream kinetics; quench

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; DOWNSTREAM KINETICS; JET DOWNSTREAM; JET SIZE; MODELING RESULTS; NITROGEN DENSITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUENCH; REACTIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL PROFILES; VISUAL APPEARANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITED STATES; FERMI LEVEL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA JETS; VISUALIZATION;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 78650211590     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2084598     Document Type: Article

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