Basic characteristics of gliding-arc discharges in air and natural gas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 775-780

  Sagás, Julio C ^a   Neto, Antônio Hadade ^a   Pereira Filho, Alberto C ^a   MacIel, Homero S ^a   Lacava, Pedro T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gliding arc; gliding arc in air and natural gas (NG); plasma assisted combustion

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGE; BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; CHEMICAL SELECTIVITY; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; CONVERSION RATES; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLIDING ARC; GLIDING ARC IN AIR AND NATURAL GAS (NG); HALF CYCLE; HIGH-ELECTRON-DENSITY; MASS FLOW RATE; OTHER APPLICATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; REVERSE VORTEX FLOWS; TECHNIQUES USED;

COMBUSTION; DIAMOND FILMS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; METHANE; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NATURAL GAS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PIPE FLOW;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79951680555     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2096481     Document Type: Article

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