Numerical and experimental study of the dynamics of a μs helium plasma gun discharge with various amounts of N2 admixture

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Bourdon, Anne ^a   Darny, Thibault ^b   Pechereau, François ^c   Pouvesle, Jean Michel ^b   Viegas, Pedro ^a   Iséni, Sylvain ^b   Robert, Eric ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

electric field; fluid simulation; non thermal atmospheric pressure plasma; plasma jets; plasma medicine; reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HELIUM; IONIZATION; KINETICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PLASMA GUNS; PLASMA JETS; REACTION KINETICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DISCHARGE DYNAMICS; ELECTRO-OPTIC PROBES; FLUID SIMULATIONS; IONIZATION FRONTS; NON-THERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PEAK ELECTRIC FIELD; PLASMA MEDICINES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84973367304     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/25/3/035002     Document Type: Article

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