Simulation of two counter-propagating helium discharges at atmospheric pressure

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Jánský, Jaroslav ^a,b,c   Bourdon, Anne ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric pressure plasmas; helium discharges; plasma jets; plasma simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRODES; HELIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; MERGING; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SIMULATION; TIME DELAY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

APPLIED VOLTAGES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; COUNTERPROPAGATING; DISCHARGE CHANNEL; HELIUM DISCHARGE; INTERACTION REGION; MINIMUM DISTANCE; OPTICAL EMISSIONS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84898031307     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/23/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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