Two-Dimensional Modeling of the Active Species Flow Generated by an Atmospheric Plasma Jet

Author

Atanasova, M. ; Carbone, E.A.D. ; Mihailova, D. ; van Dijk, J. ; van der Mullen, J.J.A.M. ; Benova, E. ; Degrez, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Sci., ULB, Brussels, Belgium

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2348

Lastpage

2349

Abstract

A proper description of the flux of active species generated by cold atmospheric-pressure (AP) plasma jets is of crucial importance for plasma applications. To that end, a 2-D fluid model has been constructed to investigate the effect of the coupling between the plasma kinetics and plasma flow. It is shown that pure-argon cold AP RF plasma jets are not only controlled by diffusion losses but also by convective transport of argon molecular ions Ar₂⁺.

Keywords

argon; high-frequency discharges; plasma applications; plasma jets; plasma kinetic theory; plasma transport processes; positive ions; 2-D fluid model; Ar₂⁺; active species flow process; argon molecular ion transport; diffusion loss analysis; plasma application; plasma flow; plasma kinetics; pure-argon cold atmospheric-pressure RF plasma jets; Argon; Atmospheric modeling; Electrodes; Ions; Kinetic theory; Plasmas; Radio frequency; Atmospheric pressure plasmas; fluid flow; glow discharges; plasma transport processes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2011.2147807

Filename

5773502