Numerical modelling of the effect of dry air traces in a helium parallel plate dielectric barrier discharge

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Lazarou, C ^a   Belmonte, T ^b,c   Chiper, A S ^d   Georghiou, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^d ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

atmospheric pressure plasmas; dielectric barrier discharge; low temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW CONTROL; HELIUM; IMPURITIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMA SOURCES; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE DISCHARGE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BARRIER DISCHARGES; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DISCHARGE EVOLUTION; LOW CONCENTRATION LEVELS; LOW TEMPERATURES;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84991730530     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/25/5/055023     Document Type: Article

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