Atmospheric Pressure Plasma an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma and Their Applications

Abstract

The installation of an array of plasma torches is made easy by introducing a cylindrically shaped plasma torch module, which has been designed and constructed by remodeling components from two commercially available spark plugs and adding a tungsten wire as the central electrode. Use of modules as building blocks of a large volume plasma source also makes it easy to maintain the plasma source. This plasma torch module has been improved by adding a dc magnetic field between the electrodes, changing the geometry of the gas plenum chamber for allowing higher gas flow rate, and the shape and position of the central electrode.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 2000
Accession Number
ADA386755

Entities

People

  • Daniel Bivolaru
  • S. P. Kuo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chambers
  • Cyclotron Resonance
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Gas Flow
  • Geometry
  • Magnetic Fields

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics