Organization of Dielectric Barrier Discharges in the Presence of Structurally Inhomogeneous Wood Substrates

Author

Levasseur, Olivier ; Bouarouri, Assia ; Naude, Nicolas ; Clergereaux, Richard ; Gherardi, Nicolas ; Stafford, Luc

Author_Institution

Dept. de Phys., Univ. de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

2366

Lastpage

2367

Abstract

The spatial organization of atmospheric-pressure plasmas controlled by dielectric barriers in the presence of complex wood substrates was analyzed using optical imaging and current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. While all wood species investigated yielded homogeneous-like I-V characteristics, the structural inhomogeneities of selected wood species produced nonuniform light emission patterns with less intense emission on early versus late wood sections.

Keywords

dielectric-barrier discharges; plasma diagnostics; plasma transport processes; atmospheric-pressure plasma; current-voltage characteristics; dielectric barrier discharges; homogeneous-like I-V characteristics; nonuniform light emission patterns; optical imaging characteristics; pressure 1 atm; spatial organization; structurally inhomogeneous wood substrates; Dielectrics; Discharges (electric); Organizations; Plasmas; Substrates; Sugar; Surface discharges; Atmospheric-pressure plasmas; plasma diagnostics; plasma materials processing; plasma materials processing.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2321518

Filename

6819072