Hydrodynamic and electrical characterization of a corona discharge plasma reactor

This paper is focused on the understanding of the hydrodynamic phenomena in a corona discharge plasma reactor, diagnosed by Laser Doppler Anemometry. In order to describe and quantify the gas flow structure inside the reactor , the electrical characterization of the system permits a complementary und erstanding of the gas motion. Then a recycling gas flow, due to elementary electrical breakdown, and a residence time obtained with the gas flow distr ibution, are calculated, which allows to describe the gas flow structure in side the reactor. The association of the electrical elementary phenomena an d the gas flow macroscopic process allow the comprehension of the impulse b ehavior evolution during the treated gas residence time, in the area betwee n the two electrodes.