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Maximization of the working domain of an Atmospheric Pressure Townsend Discharge (APTD) using a current-source static converter

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to present the implementation of a square- wave current inverter power supply, and to describe its effect on the working domain of an Atmospheric Pressure Townsend Discharge (ATPD) in nitrogen. The results show that it allows a substantial increase of the percentage of time during which the discharge is ON ( on-time ) and therefore of the power delivered to the discharge, reaching almost 10 W/cm 2 in pure nitrogen. Moreover, the increase of the on-time of the discharge implies a decrease of the extinction off-time between two discharges, and thus an increase of the memory effect from one discharge to the following one, as it is monitored by using electrical and optical measurements. This leads to a larger working domain of the ATPD, even when adding impurities in nitrogen.

Source: Journal of Physics Conference Series

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/550/1/012044

Authors: M C Bouzidi, X Bonnin, N Naudé, H Piquet, A Belinger, N Gherardi

Institutions: Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie, Université de Toulouse

Language: English

Topic: Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Applications

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1996791008

FWCI: 4.188

Cites: 17

Cited by: 13

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