The high pressure torch discharge plasma source

Citation
V. Kapicka et al., The high pressure torch discharge plasma source, PLASMA SOUR, 8(1), 1999, pp. 15-21
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
09630252 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
15 - 21
Database
ISI
SICI code
0963-0252(199902)8:1<15:THPTDP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We present a plasma source which works on the principle of the are torch di scharge. The powered electrode of the are torch discharge was made from a t hin pipe that simultaneously acts as the nozzle through which the working g as flows to the discharge region. The Bow of the working gas stabilizes the are torch discharge and a well defined plasma channel is created. The adva ntage of this system is that it is able to work at high pressure of working gas up to atmospheric pressure inside the plasma-chemical reactor and also in free space.