Operation Patterns and Spectrum Characteristics of DC and AC Rotating Gliding Arc Plasma

Author

Yong Ren ; Xiaodong Li ; Angjian Wu ; Shengyong Lu ; Jianhua Yan

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

2700

Lastpage

2701

Abstract

Rotating gliding arc plasma reactor performs two operation modes according to supply power (dc and ac modes). According to the images of operating states and the emission spectrum of the two modes, the characteristics of dc mode and ac mode are well distinguished and investigated. The dc mode owns platform-type plasma region, high temperature, and energy consumption, suitable for fuel conversion field. The ac mode has a few advantages in gaseous organic pollutants treatment field, because of its relatively low gas atmosphere temperature, little by-products (NO_x) production, and low energy consumption.

Keywords

arcs (electric); fusion reactors; plasma diagnostics; plasma flow; AC rotating gliding arc plasma reactor; DC rotating gliding arc plasma reactor; emission spectrum images; fuel conversion field; gaseous organic pollutants treatment field; platform-type plasma region; Atmosphere; Cathodes; Energy consumption; Inductors; Plasma temperature; Temperature; Image analysis; plasma properties; spectral analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2348551

Filename

6893020