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access icon openaccess Atmospheric-pressure pulsed discharges and plasmas: mechanism, characteristics and applications

  • Author(s): Tao Shao 1, 2 ; Ruixue Wang 1, 2 ; Cheng Zhang 1, 2 ; Ping Yan 1, 2
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  • Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2018, p. 14 – 20
    DOI:  10.1049/hve.2016.0014 , Online ISSN 2397-7264
This is an open access article published by the IET and CEPRI under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Received 17/05/2016, Accepted 07/06/2016, Revised 07/06/2016, Published 21/02/2018

Pulsed discharge plasma and its application is one of the promising directions in civilian areas of pulsed power technology. In order to promote the research and development of the theory and application technology for pulsed discharge plasma, in this paper, recent progress on the mechanism of nanosecond-pulse gas discharge and the characteristics and applications of typical pulsed plasma at the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences is reviewed. Firstly, progress on mechanism of nanosecond-pulse discharge based on runaway electrons and measurement technology of runaway electrons is introduced. Then, the characteristics of three typical discharges, including direct-driven pulsed discharge, pulsed dielectric barrier discharge and pulsed plasma jet, are reviewed. Furthermore, typical plasma applications of pulsed plasma on surface modification and methane conversion are presented.

Inspec keywords: combustion; plasma jets; pulsed power technology; dielectric-barrier discharges; plasma applications; flow control; electron avalanches

Other keywords: runaway electron measurement technology; nanosecond-pulse gas discharge mechanism; pulsed plasma characteristics; combustion; pulsed plasma applications; surface modification; pulsed plasma jet; pulsed power technology; pulsed discharge; pressure 1 atm; flow control; methane conversion; pulsed discharge plasma; pulsed dielectric barrier discharge; runaway electron; direct-driven pulsed discharge

Subjects: Dielectric-barrier discharges; Dielectric breakdown and discharges; Plasma devices and applications

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