Fractional Diversion of Discharge Current into Conductive Bodies in Contact with Plasmas

Author

Alexandrov, A.F. ; Lee, H.J. ; Choi, C.K. ; Plaksin, V.Yu. ; Riaby, V.A. ; Savi, V.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Moscow State Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

25-29 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

549

Abstract

The phenomenon of discharge current diversion by conductive parts (electrodes, design elements or substrates) in contact with plasmas is considered for both DC and AC discharges. For the first time, atmospheric plasmatrons are analysed together with the glow discharge devices. A special experiment has been carried out that proved directly the correctness of the proposed approach. The negative sides of the phenomenon are discussed. In some practical cases, non-evident problems are formulated and their solutions are proposed

Keywords

electrodes; glow discharges; plasma diodes; plasma transport processes; AC discharge; DC discharge; atmospheric plasmatrons; conductive bodies; conductive parts; discharge current diversion; electrodes; fractional diversion; glow discharge devices; Electrodes; Etching; Fluid flow measurement; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Probes; Surface cleaning; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 2006. ISDEIV '06. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Matsue

ISSN

1093-2941

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0191-7

Electronic_ISBN

1093-2941

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.2006.357359

Filename

4194940