Influence of arc current modulation in plasma torch on jet oscillations

Author

Hrabovsky, M. ; Kopecky, V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Plasma Phys. v.v.i. AS CR, Prague

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This paper presents the influence of arc current modulation in plasma torch on jet oscillations. The effect of interaction of various types of fluctuations on plasma fluctuations was studied on plasma torch with electric arc stabilized by combination of gas flow with water vortex. Oscillations of plasma jet radiation were recorded using a linear array of high frequency photodiodes. Spectra of oscillations, mean amplitudes and phase velocities were evaluated by statistical analysis of records in various spectral windows for several arc currents. Two types of power supply with current ripple frequencies 300 Hz and 30 kHz were compared.

Keywords

arcs (electric); plasma boundary layers; plasma fluctuations; plasma instability; plasma jets; plasma oscillations; plasma torches; arc current modulation; boundary layer instability; jet oscillations; photodiodes; plasma flow fluctuations; plasma torch; thyristor power supply; water vortex; Anodes; Character generation; Chromium; Fluctuations; Frequency conversion; Frequency modulation; Plasma chemistry; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Power supplies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Karlsruhe

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1929-6

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590678

Filename

4590678