Title :
Development of Atmospheric Plasma Jet With Long Flame
Author :
Takemura, Yuichiro ; Kubota, Yuusuke ; Yamaguchi, Naohiro ; Hara, Tamio
Author_Institution :
X-ray Laser & Plasma Eng. Lab., Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, an atmospheric plasma jet with long flame has been developed. The plasma jet is covered with a cylindrical glass container, where the inner volume is purged by the working gas. The flame of N2 plasma jet has been elongated to about 200 mm, while the conventional plasma jet has a flame of only 10-20-mm length. It has been confirmed that the long-flame plasma jet can modify polymer film with a work distance of over 200 mm. This plasma-jet device could be applicable for treating and cleaning objects having deep channels or large structures and could be used in the wider application fields.
Keywords :
contact angle; flames; plasma jets; plasma materials processing; plasma torches; surface treatment; atmospheric plasma jet; contact angles; cylindrical glass container; long flame; plasma torch; polymer film; size 10 mm to 20 mm; working gas; Nitrogen; plasma applications; plasma torches; surface treatment;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2009.2024752
