Title :
Design and parameter measurements of an atmospheric pressure plasma
Author :
Ngo, H.H. ; Vojta, S.A. ; Rohner, J.A. ; Hankins, O.E. ; Bourham, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nucl. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. During the spring of 1997, a team of seniors in the nuclear engineering design course designed and constructed an atmospheric plasma device named PALADIN. The PALADIN uses an inexpensive, low frequency power supply, along with an inexpensive encasement to produce low temperature plasmas in argon and helium at atmospheric pressure. In this paper, the operating parameters and plasma parameters will be presented. Estimates of the plasma parameters of temperature and density are made using optical emission and electrostatic probe measurement techniques.
Keywords :
plasma density; plasma diagnostics; plasma probes; plasma temperature; 1 atm; Ar; He; PALADIN; atmospheric pressure plasma; density; electrostatic probe measurement; inexpensive low frequency power supply; low temperature plasmas; nuclear engineering design course; operating parameters; optical emission measurement; plasma parameters; temperature; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; Design engineering; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Power engineering and energy; Pressure measurement; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1998. 25th Anniversary. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1998 IEEE International on
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4792-7
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1998.677643
