Title :
Sympathetic Current Pulses in Atmospheric Pressure Weakly Ionized Acetylene/Argon Plasma
Author :
Wemlinger, Erik C. ; Pedrow, Patrick D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Abstract :
It has been observed that current pulses in corona-based atmospheric-pressure weakly ionized plasma can be synchronized between needles, dependent on the gap between the needles. This observation was made via a series of experiments utilizing a statistically significant number of current pulses at varying spacing between needles.
Keywords :
argon; corona; ionisation; organic compounds; plasma transport processes; Ar; atmospheric pressure; corona-based atmospheric-pressure weakly ionized plasma; current pulses; pressure 1 atm; sympathetic current pulses; weakly ionized acetylene-argon plasma; Corona; Current measurement; Educational institutions; Inductors; Needles; Plasmas; Synchronization; Atmospheric pressure; corona; nonthermal plasma; streamers; weakly ionized plasma;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2012.2227828
