Published September 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of Energy Density and Gas Velocity on Transport Rate of Ions

  • 1. Department of Physics, Dalian Maritime University, Key Laboratory of Strong Electric-Field Ionization Discharge in Liaoning Province, Dalian 116026 (China)

Description

In order to study the effect of the parameters such as the energy density and the gas velocity on the transport rate of ions, the applied force and the motion law of charged particles in the electric field of corona discharges at atmospheric pressure is investigated in this paper. As a result, when the gas velocity is raised from 1.5 m/s to 25 m/s for an energy density of 0.4 mJ/cm3, the ionic transport rate increases from 5.4x108/ cm3.s to 8x1010 /cm3.s, which is an increase of over two orders of magnitude. However, in the zones of streamer and glow discharges, the effect of the input energy density and the energy density of gas ionization on the transport rate is below one order of magnitude. In conclusion, the increase of charged particle momentum can be a major factor in raising the transport rate and reducing the volume of the plasma sources

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1009-0630/8/554/pst6_5_12.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Plasma Science and Technology (ISSN 1009-0630) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Plasma Science and Technology
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 554-557
ISSN
1009-0630

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38009646
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; CORONA DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY DENSITY; GLOW DISCHARGES; IONIZATION; IONS; PLASMA; VELOCITY; ZONES
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; RADIATION TRANSPORT