Modeling of Nonequilibrium Air Plasma Generation by Transversal Gas Discharge

Author

Tropina, Albina A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Hydraulics, Kharkov Nat. Automobile & Highway Univ., Kharkov

Volume

36

Issue

6

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2887

Lastpage

2891

Abstract

The mathematical model of nonequilibrium air plasma at atmospheric pressure has been presented. Theoretical investigation of nonequilibrium plasma interaction with turbulent gas flow has been performed for the case of transversal gas discharge taking into account 3-D geometry of the conjugated problem. The calculated results have been compared with the experimental data and have shown good results. Influence of gas flow rate on the discharge characteristics has been analyzed. Differences in the calculated and measured electron temperature values observed are explained.

Keywords

air; discharges (electric); plasma flow; plasma production; plasma turbulence; atmospheric pressure; gas flow rate; nonequilibrium air plasma generation; transversal gas discharge; turbulent flow; Atmospheric modeling; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Discharges; Electrons; Fluid flow; Geometry; Mathematical model; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Temperature measurement; Hydrodynamic approach; nonequilibrium air plasma; three temperature model; turbulent flow;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2008.2003192

Filename

4689366