Electrical characterization of a reverse vortex gliding arc reactor in atmosphere

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3458-3464

  Guofeng, Xu ^a   Xinwei, Ding ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gliding arc (GA); reactor; reverse vortex; voltage current characteristic

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE ARC; DISCHARGE WAVEFORMS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ELECTRODE CONTROL; ELECTRODE GAP; GLIDING ARC; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NORMAL OPERATIONS; POWER SUPPLY; RE NUMBERS; REACTOR; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; VOLTAGE-CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 84871023717     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2219557     Document Type: Article

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