Title :
VHF ballasting for high density atmospheric glow discharges
Author :
Byrns, Brandon ; Lindsay, Alex ; Shannon, Steven
Author_Institution :
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27695, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A major challenge in the production of large atmospheric glow plasmas is suppressing the transition to a thermal condition at higher power densities. One mechanism for forming a stable glow at moderate power densities is to sustain the plasma with a drive frequency where the glow exhibits ballasting characteristics that suppress the formation of thermally driven instabilities that lead to transition to a thermal discharge.
Keywords :
Atmospheric modeling; Density measurement; Discharges (electric); Electronic ballasts; Glow discharges; Plasmas; Power system measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383556