Title :
Candlelike Discharge From Water–Ceramic Electrode
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Control Eng., Niihama Nat. Coll. of Technol., Niihama, Japan
Abstract :
The candlelike discharge from a water-ceramic electrode has been presented. A water-ceramic electrode is a nonmetallic arc discharge electrode composed of water and a ceramic component. The discharge is maintained by the complementary functions of the water and the ceramic component, just as the candle flame is maintained by the complementary functions of molten wax and a wick. During a discharge, the ceramic component becomes locally incandescent and melts, and the arc column terminates here. Therefore, the discharge resembles a candle flame.
Keywords :
arcs (electric); ceramics; electrodes; flames; water; waxes; candle flame; candlelike discharge; metallic arc discharge electrode; molten wax; water-ceramic electrode; wick; Ceramics; Electrodes; Plasmas; Reservoirs; Surface discharges; Water heating; Arc discharges; atmospheric-pressure plasmas; discharges; electrodes; melt processing; plasma materials processing;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2011.2160361
